IT Security news from FierceCIO

Microsoft has a new security problem, and there is no way to fix it. Security firm Symantec told USA Today that cybercriminals have already found the vulnerability, which affects PCs using Windows XP... Read more...

The FBI has arrested a man on charges of felony computer intrusion after coming across videos of his shenanigans--on YouTube. Jess William McGraw apparently took up a job as a security guard at the... Read more...

Bill Anderson, a 42-year old Maryland entrepreneur, found himself intrigued by the way the human eye reads and processes text andimages, and decided to apply the concept to computer security. He... Read more...

Fears that cloud computing does not offer adequate security for sensitive data is causing corporate customers to hesitate in adopting cloud services. Despite the current hype surrounding cloud... Read more...

You are not alone. Many managers are grappling with the issue of giving workers the green light to work from home. Last year, more than 17 million Americans worked from home or remotely at least one... Read more...

A new study by the Ponemon Institute finds that many employees are engaging in sloppy behavior that could jeopardize a firm's data security. Nearly 70 percent of the 967 IT professionals surveyed... Read more...

You may think you have the highest level of security on your website and the money you have spent to keep it safe is paying off, but a new survey by WhiteHat Security, a security and audit provider... Read more...

Tech security firms are emerging as big winners in this recession. Despite the fact that it's a very bad year for just about everyone, there have been 55 acquisitions of security firms so far in... Read more...

If you've ever signed up for any web services, chances are that you've been asked to select a "Secret Question" and to key in a corresponding answer as a secondary means of resetting your password.... Read more...

In a blog post last week, researchers from IBM noted a sharp spike in the amount of image spam that has been disseminated since the last week in April. Based on their analysis, the properties of this... Read more...