Breach

Big Yellow has done an about-face in light of new analysis that confirms users of its pcAnywhere software may be at risk to attack due to the disclosure of source code.

Given the change in the threat landscape, the onus is on security professionals to keep evolving security postures to keep up with the bad guys.

If your company doesn't have a response plan, the unending spate of recent breaches is surely motivation enough to create one.

Symantec acknowledged this week that in addition to theft of source code for past versions of some if its security software, its own servers were breached in 2006.

Hackers breached a server belonging to online retailer Zappos and made off with the personal information of 24 million customers, though no credit card numbers were involved.

Fingers are being pointed at criminal networks based in Russia and China as the culprits behind the more-than-decade-long siphoning of personal banking information from students, faculty and staff of the City College of San Francisco.

As part of its quarterly security update, Oracle on Tuesday is planning to release 79 patches to address vulnerabilities across its product line.

An Anonymous representative said some 5.2 million emails stolen from Stratfor, a Texas-based global intelligence firm, will go live within the coming days.