Is there no end to the AutoRun madness?

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg Let’s skip any introduction and get straight to the point: We’re currently facing a problem of epidemic proportions in malware that is spreading via removable devices. The U.S. army’s recent ban on removable storage probably says it all, though one may wonder what took [...]

AlertPay hit by a large scale DDoS attack

Timing is everything. Millions of account holders at privately owned online payment gateway AlertPay.com weren’t able to do business through the service yesterday, due to the fact that AlertPay was under a large scale DDoS attack, according to a notice left by a company representative. Seven hours of downtime right in the middle of [...]

‘Dumbing down’ the security profession

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Shyama Rose The market for the development and implementation of source code analysis (static and dynamic) tools is swelling. Companies are increasingly relying on source code analysis tools to identify security-related vulnerabilities. The demand and reliance upon sophisticated automated solutions is greater than the supply of [...]