In a new report, security firm McAfee says that mobile phones are likely to be the target of malicious attacks in 2011, noting that the year ahead could be "a turning point for threats to mobile devices."
"Year 2010 was the year of the vulnerability. And 2011 only promises the worse," predicts Alexander Gostev, head of Kaspersky Lab's global research & analysis team.
A study by People Security and commissioned by 3M, reveals two-thirds of employees expose sensitive data outside the workplace – some even exposing highly regulated and confidential information such as customer credit card and social security numbers.
A package bomb was found at the Greek Embassy in Rome, four days after similar mail bombs exploded at two other embassies injuring two people. The device was defused and no one was injured.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would prevent registered sex offenders and criminals convicted of crimes against children from working in schools.
The Mexican government’s security strategy has succeeded in weakening Mexico’s drug cartels, including the Pacific cartel, whose members accounted for 24 percent of the drug arrests made in the country this year, Mexico's Security Cabinet said.
ASIS International and IE Business School in Madrid announced the Effective Management for Security Professionals program, a five-day executive education program for mid-to-upper level security managers.
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