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5/20/2011

Trustwave Releases Supplement to 2011 Global Security Report

Trustwave, a leading provider of information security and compliance solutions, today released Payment Card Trends and Risks for Small Merchants, a supplement to its 2011 Global Security Report. The report highlights that approximately 90 percent of compromises occur in Level 4 merchant environments.

This statistic, while staggering, is not surprising as the majority of businesses in the US are small, Level 4 merchants, as defined by the card brands based on the number of credit card transactions processed yearly. And while the risk to small business is clear, this population has been slow to validate compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which is shown to be one of the best ways to combat the theft and fraud experienced by this diverse population.
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4/29/2011

Cisco Names LogRhythm Global Solution Partner of the Year

LogRhythm, the company that makes log data useful, today announced that it has been recognized by Cisco as its Global Solution Partner of the Year for the utilities vertical market. LogRhythm and its SIEM 2.0 platform were honored at the annual Cisco Partner Summit in New Orleans. The Cisco Partner Summit global awards are designed to recognize the exemplary channel partners who demonstrate best-in-class business practices and serve as a model to the industry.

LogRhythm combines log management and SIEM (security information event management) with advanced pattern recognition and correlation capabilities to detect insider threats, sophisticated malware, and targeted attacks. To help utilities defend against cyber-attacks like the recent Stuxnet worm which can sabotage industrial equipment without any changes appearing in their monitoring systems, LogRhythm can extract, detect and alert on all suspicious activity captured in logs.
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4/27/2011

Social-media tools used to target corporate secrets

Adobe PDF attachments were e-mailed to US law firms recently, hiding under the guise of an analyst report describing the impact of Libya’s uprising on oil futures. Each lawyer clicked on the attachment. But the PDF was actually pre-set to deliver a quick-acting computer intrusion, says Chris Day, chief security architect at data security firm Terremark, who watched the attack unfold. Within a few seconds, the PC of each attorney who clicked on the attachment began sending a silent beacon to a command server controlled by the intruders. Terremark alerted law enforcement, and the law firms were notified, cutting off yet another persistent intrusion — a distinctive type of hack that has quietly become a staple of the cyberunderground. “We’re seeing criminal gangs using these tactics against commercial enterprises simply because they work so well,” says Day. Such so-called spear-phishing attacks, which often enlist social-media tools to meticulously wedge into corporate networks, are increasingly used in computer thefts that pinpoint valuable corporate data, according to a report released today by IBM’s X-Force cybersecurity team.
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4/22/2011

Trustwave Releases App That Changes the Face of Penetration Testing

Trustwave, a leading provider of information security and compliance solutions, today announced the release of PenTest Manager, an online portal that changes the status quo of penetration test deliverables. PenTest Manager offers enterprise clients the ability to manage all forms of penetration tests in real-time, and view live detailed test results and recommendations. PenTest Manager delivers rich media demonstrations of evidence gathered in penetration tests, offering customers insight that was previously unavailable.
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