At Security B-Sides, infosec author Andrew Hay explains the four pillars for moving from the bottom of the IT security shop to a place of respect, and why getting to the A-list isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Former Mozilla security chief Window Snyder has been hired by Apple.

The software giant says a new flaw in the browser could allow attacker to run arbitrary code.

The Cloud Security Alliance identifies seven top cloud computing security threats.

Microsoft told Windows XP users today not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site, as part of its reaction to an unpatched vulnerability that hackers could exploit to hijack PCs running Internet Explorer (IE).

Steve Hunt spells out three meanings of "convergence" and notes that cooperation is the one that matters most.

Miscellaneous news bytes from the RSA 2010 press room: QSAs tell Ponemon Institute that 41 percent of companies would bomb their PCI security audit; hackers industrialize their sinister revolution and VeriSign opens a new compatibility lab.

Sony's PlayStation Network has been hit by a glitch that has left users on all continents unable to connect to the online service, the company said Monday.

EMC is expanding its security consulting services to help enterprises tackle the complexities of securing their data and complying with regulations in virtualized computing environments.

Merchants that undergo network audits to ensure compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards are paying an average of $225,000 each year.