Even with good security protocols in place it’s still common for employees to transfer sensitive information to their insecure USBs to take home with them.

If you’re going to use USB devices in a work environment you want to use an IronKey. The IronKey encrypts data on the device keeping your information safe.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System, which has about 1,700 employees uses IronKey.

You can read more over at pcworld.com

Arthur Wong, CEO of IronKey has shared his thoughts on the latest anti-malware software in a guest post on forbes.com.

Mr Wong said,

“Think your anti-virus or firewall will keep you safe? Unfortunately, over 75% of crimeware attacks go undetected by the best anti-malware software.  Today’s crimeware changes so fast that it evades anti-virus and firewalls, countermeasures that depend on having seen the threat before. New threats slip past undetected.”

You can read more over at forbes.com

While we’re keeping an eye on the results at the tennis in Melbourne via the  australianopen.com website there is a team of IT security experts monitoring our usage.

They’re doing this to prevent cyber attacks by keeping an eye out for any overly large volumes of traffic being transferred.

You can read more over at theage.com.au

Dave Jevans has revealed on his blog that 760 companies have potentially felt the effects of criminals finding a database of their symmentric RSA SecurID keys. With this information, the criminals were able to create virtual copies of the RSA SecurID tokens.

You can read more over at http://blog.ironkey.com/?p=1329

Sophos, a computer security company, recently acquired 50 misplaced USB keys from RailCorp, who sold the keys in a lost property auction.

Sophos analysed the keys and found that two thirds of the keys were infected with some form of malware.

Sophos found there were CVs, jobs applications, tax return information, photo albums, work projects, university assignments, minutes of meetings, software and source code.

“Don’t be lulled into thinking that your personal data is unimportant unless you’re a high-flying executive or have pots of money. Information about you is worth money to cyber criminals,” said Mr Ducklin, the head of technology at Sophos.

RailCorp has also come under fire for selling personal USB keys, and it is under investigation from the NSW Deputy Privacy Commissioner, John McAteer.

You can read more over at the Sydney Morning Herald

Michael J. Miller of PCMag.com has reviewed the IronKey range of secure USB devices.

He concludes by saying,

“Overall, IronKey remains the standard for secure, managed drives, with just a bit more speed and flexibility.”

You can read the full review here.

In a post on the official Facebook blog, it was revealed that 600,000 Facebook accounts a day are compromised.

To combat these breaches, Facebook’s proposed plan is to have users set 3 to 5 trusted friends. These friends would then receive a code, which they can pass on to you to help you unlock your compromised account.

You can read more at theage.com.au

Research from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has revealed 45 percent of US computers are infected by crimeware.

Crimeware is a term used to describe malicious software on a computer that can be used to hack in to bank accounts, steal credit card information or perform other illegal activities, all without the user knowing it is happening.

IronKey Chairman Dave Jevans will discuss the evolution of crimeware, along with next generation fraud prevention at the online trust alliance forum.

You can read more, including details of the forum over at marketwire.com

IronKey has announced it will be showing the latest version of its online banking security solution at GITEX Technology Week.

“Online banking fraud isn’t restricted by borders, and the organised cyber-gangs that have been successfully stealing large sums from the Western banks are now turning their attention to banks and their clients in the Middle East. Crucially GITEX offers us the opportunity to speak with banks across the region to explain why anti-virus and strong authentication software has all proven ineffective in stopping online banking fraud, and discuss the steps they need to take to protect themselves and their customers.”

commented Jeremy Freeman, director of financial services MENA at IronKey.

You can read more at eyugoslavia.com

Advanced Bank Solutions (ABS) has officially turned on the Ironkey Trusted Access platform.

Trusted Access “keeps fraudsters out of online accounts unlike one-time passcode tokens and other controls that fail to stop criminal attacks on bank customers’ computers.”

You can read more at the Online Banking Business Review website.