London, 20th May 2010 – Over half of organisations believe that cloud computing will result in an improvement in security defences according to a poll from 360°IT, a fifth thought there would be no improvement and a quarter of organisations said that it will be detrimental.  [Poll of 271 IT managers carried out in May 2010]. 

Richard Hall, CEO of CloudOrigin www.cloudorigin.com, a seasoned expert in the world of cloud computing - claims that the current trend of businesses migrating their IT systems into the cloud does not mean a reduction in security defences.

Far from it, says Hall, who, after more than 20 years in the IT business, has concluded that cloud technology actually raises the industry's game on the security front.

 New virtual appliances offer best-of-breed web application firewall and database security

 Redwood Shores, CA – May 18, 2010 – Imperva, the leader in data security, today announced the availability of its SecureSphere Virtual Appliances to accommodate the unique data security needs of dynamic and virtualized enterprise environments. The SecureSphere Virtual Appliances provide the same best-of-class security protection, compliance and risk management of Imperva’s hardware-based solutions as well as flexible, fast deployment, enabling organizations to quickly provision and configure new security services.

“Today’s secure datacenters aren’t all virtual or all iron alliances – having the flexibility to choose virtual or hardware solutions based on their particular business and risk needs is what is really needed,” said Gartner Research Vice President Greg Young.

Retailers blamed for making people vulnerable to fraud London, UK 26th April 2010 –A survey of 1000 commuters in London has found that a tidal wave of credit card fraud and Identity theft is sweeping the UK as 44 % of people said they have suffered from bank/credit card fraud and 42% have had their identity stolen. According to researchers from Infosecurity Europe, the number one dedicated Information security event which takes place at Earls Court, London this week, the average amount stolen was £1448 per person, and 37% overall did not get their money back from the bank. People that lost a small amount of money were far less likely to get their money back from their bank than people who lost a large amount of money with 91%of people who lost more than £5000 getting their money back compared to only 41% of people who lost less than £100.

Completely Redesigned Malware Now Targets Firefox Browsers and has Already Infected One in Every 3,000 Computers

London, April 21, 2010 –Trusteer, the leading provider of secure browsing services, today announced that a completely new version of the Zeus (Zbot) password stealing Trojan that targets online banking users has already been detected by the Trusteer Rapport service on one in every 3,000 computers it monitors. This is an unprecedented rate of distribution for new financial malware code. Version 1.4 of Zeus, also known as version 2, now targets Firefox as well as Internet Explorer browsers and uses advanced polymorphic techniques to avoid antivirus detection.

Trusteer used its Flashlight remote fraud investigation and mitigation service to link Zeus 1.4 with fraud committed against both commercial and consumer banking customers in North America and the United Kingdom. Flashlight was able to collect new Zeus configurations and code samples from infected computers. This new version of Zeus is completely different than versions 1.2 and 1.3.