Alex Goldman

The next time you’re deleting a piece of spam, consider this: Not only are the unwanted e-mails wasting your time, they’re also costing the planet. That’s because spam has a sizable carbon footprint — using 33 billion kilowatt hours (KWh) each year, according to a report by security vendor McAfee. But McAfee also said that […]

Oracle today aimed to plug dozens of vulnerabilities in its latest quarterly bundle of patches, with fixes for its BEA product suite and its flagship database as some of the most significant. In all, the company’s Critical Patch Update (CPU) patched 43 vulnerabilities. Four vulnerabilities rate an 8.5 or higher according to the industry Common […]

Criminal organizations are using sophisticated online marketplaces to distribute the work of theft to those who have the skills, according to Symantec‘s latest Internet Security Threat Report, covering 2008. Once key information, such as a social security number, credit card number or bank account has been stolen, a criminal can sell the data in the […]

The federal government continues working to tap IT to help simplify pressing issues in health care, seeking in a new initiative to overcome some of the hurdles facing U.S. military veterans. The effort, led by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs, created what the departments call a Joint Virtual Lifetime […]

Seems like almost everyone’s selling compliance these days. Enterprise search firms are betting that compliance features will bring in the cash. So are security vendors. RSA, EMC’s (NYSE: EMC) security subsidiary, today announced a new version of its data loss prevention software, RSA DLP 7.0. “Compliance is so important in today’s market due to the […]

Valentine’s Day is a the season for social engineering, as many people hope for a note from a mysterious and fascinating someone and are therefore more willing to open suspicious messages and attachments than at any other time. Unfortunately, it is now the season for data theft. It’s at tax time that the highest quantity […]

The FBI is taking a page from industry in looking to tech to improve collaboration and how it collects and shares mission-critical information. But while enterprises aim to cut costs and beef up productivity, the feds have quite another goal in mind: putting an end to decades of serial murder cases across the country. The […]

It’s no surprise that vulnerability-seeking malware is on the rise. And if Microsoft is to be believed, it could be your fault. In its biannual security report, issued this week, the software giant said that much of the problems with infected files stems from users’ failure to apply available patches. “The message is update, update, […]

Usually, the federal government claims to be spending money efficiently. But on Tuesday, the Pentagon said that it racked up $100 million in cyberdefense costs over a period of six months, raising eyebrows even as the damages related to online attacks mount. According to U.S. military leaders, the figures include cleanup after attacks and to […]

Experts have been saying for over a decade that the energy industry needs better infrastructure control and management systems. But change has been slow and now there’s a report that the system has been compromised. Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies says a report in the The Wall Street Journal today. That much is […]

Purveyors of malware have progressed from exploiting feelings of love to manipulating fear. Microsoft has released volume 6 of its biannual Security Intelligence Report and one finding stands out: a new category of threat, known as rogue security software or “scareware,” is on the increase. Version 6 of the report covers the second half of […]

Huntsville, Ala.-based ADTRAN (NASDAQ: ADTN) announced the ADTRAN Alliance Program at VoiceCon today to help integrators and small business customers connect the components of a small business voice system. The fact that the alliance is necessary shows how difficult it still is to deploy a complete small business IP phone system. that integrates components from […]