Sony has revealed more than 1.5 million Australian user accounts, which potentially includes 280,000 credit card numbers are now in possession of the hackers who took down the PlayStation Network. Despite claims from Sony that the credit card numbers are encrypted, reports suggest people are discovering fraudulent charges appearing on their credit cards. Whether this […]
IronKey today published the results of a survey of IT security professionals working at some leading UK based businesses. The results found: 31 per cent of respondents revealed suffering at least one cyber attack in the last 12 months 45 per cent believed their organisation is a target of organised cyber crime, which would potentially […]
David Jevens, CEO of IronKey warns consumers to watch out for more sophisticated phishing emails. Due to a potential leak of millions of emails from a large advertising company, there is a very real possibility these people will be targeted by scammers. While it isn’t uncommon to receive an email from a scammer claiming to […]
The Best Case Scenario, a US gadget reviewer, has recently given the IronKey S200 series a general (not too technical) review and rated it 5/5 ‘Must Have Tech’. Specific points of the review: Faster than the comparative Lexar flash drive (with graphs showing the results) Simple and quick Secure Backups capability Handles ‘real world abuse’ […]
*Information derived from the latest MarketWire Press Release. TRUSTED ACCESS PROVIDES SECURITY AGAINST THE FOLLOWING ATTACKS DNS tampering: Provides authoritative DNS lookups that are not dependent on local network or ISP settings and are delivered through an encrypted tunnel Phoney websites: Prevents loading of unauthorized content and websites using automatic whitelist protection Network monitoring: Encrypts […]
Classified Defence documents were left on a Qantas flight recently by a former Defence employee, with the unsecured USB being picked up by a journalist after it was left behind. The contents of the USB, which are “not highly classified” to quote Defence, have since been repossessed and are the subject of continuing investigations. This […]
IronKey has been named as number 14 in the list of the “Next big thing for 2011” by Wall Street Journal. In a list of 50 companies, the Wall Street Journal highlights companies with the greatest opportunity and potential to succeed. “Achieving this prestigious distinction validates our success, market potential, and the critical importance of […]
IronKey Enterprise is the solution for Norfolk and the Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to protect and secure its confidential patient records. Hospital employees including consultants, medical staff and information analysts can ensure that they can securely transport and use the confidential data while being in accordance with the UK legislation governing the use […]
Dave Jevans, IronKey chairman, gives an insightful 15 minute interview into the new twists and turns of fraudulent activity that banks will have to combat in 2011. Jevans advises “We’re coming back to the stage, with customized software, where we have to take a little more responsibility for our end-user’s environment,” “Institutions need something that […]
Some quick useful security features of the IronKey: prevention of Autorun.inf, meaning that a potential virus will never be executed, and the user is warned of the change to autorun.inf with a screenshot: IronKey can be unlocked in read-only mode, so a user who is not authorised to change the data can still read the […]