Security

Back when Sony announced their Playstation Network and Qriocity services had been hacked, unleashed 77 million users’ personal details in the process, everybody knew it was bad. However, nobody realised that more than six weeks later Sony’s evidently laughable security would still be falling victim to marauding groups of hackers.

As far as tarnished reputations go, Sony is currently in rare air. The initial hacking furore of mid-April, which resulting in the company’s PSN gaming network and Qriocity media service being shut down for three weeks, is far from over.

Over the weekend Sony’s ailing Playstation Network was finally resuscitated and brought back online, to the delight of its long-suffering users. The network had been offline for over three weeks after Sony took it down and was forced to rebuild it from the ground up in response to a massive security breach, which saw the personal details of over 100 million users lifted by hackers.

Reuters | May 15, 2011 | Jack Kim (Reuters) – North Korea on Sunday rejected allegations by the rival South that it was behind a cyber attack that paralyzed the computer network …

The world’s tech press, fickle bunch that they are, have moved on from bashing Sony over the continued outage of the company’s Playstation Network and Qriocity services, and are currently drooling over Google’s latest and greatest at the I/O 2011 conference in San Francisco.

Juniper Networks | May 10, 2011 | Press Release Junos® Pulse and Junos Pulse Mobile Security Suite to Provide Secure Access and Protection to KT Mobile Device Users SUNNYVALE, Calif., …

As we mentioned last week, things just keep getting worse for Sony. Hackers gained access to their Playstation Network’s backend on April 19th, and the service (along with on-demand service Qriocity) has been offline since a few days after the attack.

April 12 2011 – 10:00 am ET | Bob Moser | RCR Wireless News RIO DE JANEIRO – Public safety communication networks will be targeted as an easily applicable market …

Keeping yourself secure online is of vital importance. This is equally true whether you are using your laptop, desktop, mobile phone or other connected device. Thankfully LastPass integrates very well with Android. …

Online security is crucial. Making certain that your identity is not easily stolen and that grubby little thieves can’t get their hands on your money or private data is something to take very …

Capital.gr | March 31, 2011 | Diana Kinch RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Spanish telecoms company Telefonica SA (TEF, TEF.MC) said it has canceled its Brazilian Depositary Receipts, or BDRs, program. …

Over-The-Air Dynamic SIM Card Activation Platform – NANTERRE, France, March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Oberthur Technologies, the world’s second largest provider of security and identification solutions and services based on …

Sydney Morning Herald | March 21, 2011 | Ben Grubb Hundreds of thousands of cryptographic tokens used by Australians who bank online, the Defence Force and other large corporations are …

You may have heard of Square, a new mobile payment solution from Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. Essentially Square is attempting to make traditional Point of Sale services and hardware obsolete, by using your smartphone and a free card reader that plugs into your headphone jack.

Having your e-mail compromised can be a serious problem – there is a lot of potentially sensitive data sat around in your inbox. For many Gmail users, it is not just e-mail that is at risk if their account is compromised. Nowadays, many of us have documents, calendars, pictures and even some location information associated with our Google Inc. accounts.

Gemalto | March 2, 2011 | Press Release Just Ask Gemalto, for Answers about Protecting Your Digital Lifestyle and Safeguarding Personal Information, Launches in Brazil: JustAskGemalto.com.br Sao Paulo, BRAZIL, Mar …

F-Secure | February 24, 2011 | Press Release Helsinki, Finland – February 23, 2011: F-Secure and Telefonica have entered into a long term regional partnership to offer Telefonica’s wireless and …

Fortinet | February 7, 2011 | Press Release Latin America’s Largest Brokerage Firm Relies on Fortinet for Security and Network Performance SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) – a leading …

CellTrust | February 7, 2011 | Press Release CellTrust Corporation, the recognized worldwide leader in mobile secure messaging and secure applications for mobile phones (www.celltrust.com), announced today that Celcom, the …

CellTrust | February 7, 2011 | Press Release CellTrust Corporation, the recognized worldwide leader in mobile secure messaging and secure applications for mobile phones (www.celltrust.com), announced today that Celcom, the …