XSS vulnerabilities and security technology that thinks more like you Learning about the world around us and then modifying our opinions and actions as we learn more is a skill that we aspire to teach in every classroom, and it is a process that informs how we think about making technology a little bit smarter. XSS vulnerabilities represent a serious challenge for organizations In 2012 the number of reported web application vulnerabilities rose 14% YtY, with over 3,500 new web application... [More]

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NEW! IBM X-Force 2012 Annual Trend and Risk Report Twice a year since the late 1990s, IBM�s X-Force Research and Development team releases a trend and risk report including content collected from dozens of thought leaders across the company. Its findings, analyses and predictions come from working with our thousands of clients and leveraging vast database resources of publicly disclosed security vulnerabilities, IP reputations, and details behind historical spam and phishing attacks. The... [More]

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Gina Stefanelli, Manager of X-Force Marketing at IBM, has contributed this post. Connect with Gina on Twitter @GStef123 . IBM X-Force recently released their 2012 Mid Year Trend and Risk Report . In it, they talk a lot about this combustible environment of attack activity and how teams responsible for securing corporate data continue to struggle with how to secure an enterprise made up of so many interconnected devices and services. The team reported an increase in malware and malicious web... [More]

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This post is contributed by Paul Sabanal, Researcher for IBM X-Force . My colleagues at X-Force and I have been paying pretty close attention to Mac malware lately. In fact, we predicted in the IBM X-Force 2011 Annual Trend & Risk report that we would start seeing even more Mac malware in 2012, and that it would begin to resemble its Windows counterpart. Turns out we were right. What�s interesting to us is how this malware is being spread. If you read the last report, then you know that the... [More]

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I have had the distinct honor of working with the IBM X-Force team since 2006, and manage security marketing for IBM across all of the various brands that contribute to build our overall security story. Twice a year, the X-Force team compiles all of the research, data, trends, myths�that are relevant within the Internet security landscape and publishes its recommendations for staying ahead of the threat. This year�s mid-year report launched today ( read it here ) and covers a whole host of... [More]

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When it comes to security, the challenges we face today are, in many ways, familiar business and IT challenges. Based on the events of the last year, two really significant questions have come to the forefront of the security conversation. The first is around the level of investment and how to more strategically prioritize both spend and skills. The second is around the nature of the technology conversation. Today, we need to focus more on not just buying the latest and greatest, but making sure... [More]

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Twice a year our X-Force team releases their insights and observations on the security landscape, and today we�re announcing the release of the IBM X-Force 2010 Trend and Risk Report .� In 2010 we saw the continued rise in the number of disclosed vulnerabilities as well as the continued prevalence of web application vulnerabilities.� However, 2010 also gave us a lot of new things to mull over.� We�re seeing sophisticated threats and attackers become more prevalent then ever before.� Mature... [More]

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� Today, the IBM X-Force Research and Development team released its 2010 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report . The report shows that vulnerability disclosures are increasing dramatically and have reached record levels. It focuses on areas rife with vulnerabilities, such as: Web applications Javascript PDFs Phishing The report also covers some key security trends to watch for the future: cloud computing and virtualization. At the IBM Pulse conference in Las Vegas this year, these were huge topics in... [More]

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