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Sweetening the Honeypot
2007-04-27 08:24:00 New free tools and services aimed at making honeynets more manageable are now becoming available: The Honeynet Project next month will roll out its new Global Distributed Honeynet as well as new honeynet tools, Dark Reading has learned, while the New Zealand Honeynet Alliance has begun offering client based honeynet services for organizations that can’t ...
Five Mistakes of Data Encryption
2007-04-27 08:21:00 If you follow the media today, you might get to a conclusion that data encryption is everywhere. However, is this ?good? encryption? A classic saying ?Encryption is easy; key management is hard? illustrates one of the pitfalls that await those implementing encryption enterprise-wide or even SMB-wide. This paper covers some of the other mistakes that ... More About: Data , Mist , Five , Crypt
Microsoft business security ready for prime time
2007-04-27 08:19:00 Microsoft is readying the final version of Forefront Client Security , its long-awaited product to protect business computers against malicious code attacks. Forefront Client Security is designed to shield PCs and servers from threats such as spyware, viruses and rootkits. Microsoft announced the software in October 2005 and an early trial version has been available for ... More About: Business , Microsoft , Time , Soft
How to beat the rootkit
2007-04-27 08:17:00 If you, or your clients, use a computer to browse the internet, open emails or instant messages, or to download files or programs, you are at risk of infection. And one of the most dangerous and prevalent types of infection today is the rootkit. A rootkit is a collection of tools that enable administrator-level access ... More About: Beat , Rootkit , Root
To Encrypt or Not to Encrypt
2007-04-27 08:16:00 On those occasions when it is deemed appropriate for an authorized employee to transfer confidential data to a removable storage device, a best practice is to ensure that the data is encrypted while stored on the device to reduce the threat from prying eyes should the device be misplaced or lost. Before implementing a security solution ... More About: Crypt
Tool mines personal data from across Net
2007-04-27 08:14:00 Who needs to dive through dumpsters or steal snail mail when so many details on people are available simply by searching the Web? South African security researcher Roelof Temmingh, known for his work on security tools such as Wikto, is taking the search for personal information a step farther. Temmingh–who spoke at the CanSecWest security conference ... More About: Personal , Data , Tool , Mine , Across
What, When and How to Respond to a Data Breach
2007-04-27 08:06:00 There?s been a data breach. It happened 268 times during 2006 (according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse). Now, it?s happened to your organization. What do you do? Well, you might want to obey the 33 or so state laws that govern when and how you should notify the people named in those exposed files, gently ... More About: Data , Pond , When , Reach , Breach
Bug hunters face online apps dilemma
2007-04-27 08:05:00 Web applications pose a dilemma for bug hunters: how to test the security without going to jail? If hackers probe traditional software such as Windows or Word, they can do so on their own PCs. That isn’t true for Web applications, which run on servers operated by others. Testing the security there is likely illegal ... More About: Online , Face , Dilemma , Line , Hunters
Microsoft Urges Workaround as Worm Hits Unpatched DNS Flaw
2007-04-27 08:01:00 With a worm exploiting the unpatched zero-day vulnerability in Micro soft ’s Domain Name System Service mere days after it was discovered, Microsoft on Monday urged customers to apply workarounds the company had provided in its earlier security advisory. The W32/Delbot-AI worm, aka Nirbot or Rinbot, is infecting PCs via a vulnerability in the way the Windows ... More About: Worm , Soft , Patch
Botnets Battle Over Turf
2007-04-27 07:50:00 More botnet-on-botnet turf wars have erupted — and intensified — over the past few months. Aside from the distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks they launch against one another to disrupt their operations (like the recent DDOS battles between the Storm and Stration botnets), they also are constantly trying to hijack bots from one another. "Stealing is ... More About: Over , Battle , Botnet , Botnets , Turf
10 Hot Security Startups
2007-04-27 07:48:00 Some of the brightest minds in security have hitched their wagons to new companies in recent months, and Dark Reading has come up with 10 of the hottest. We mostly looked for the newest of the newbies — those with promising tools and leaders with the potential to take their products to the next level. ... More About: Security , Startup , Tart , Startups
Hacking the Cisco NAC
2007-04-13 13:37:00 At Black Hat Europe we met Dror-John Roecher and Michael Thumann who were able to hack the Cisco NAC solution by exploiting a fundamental design flaw. In this video they illustrate how they worked towards this discovery and give us some exploit details. It is not their intention to simply release a tool, they want ... More About: Hack , King
Five ways to prevent data theft by iPod
2007-04-13 13:35:00 Here is a sampling of the ways your organization can protect itself from data theft via iPod s and other such portable storage devices: 1. Educate users. Make corporate policies regarding the use of removable media clear by including ?iPod? and ?MP3 players? in the text. 2. Consider endpoint security products that learn what the organization deems ... More About: Event , Ipod , Data , Theft
How to Secure Your Wireless Network
2007-04-13 13:33:00 Almost all of us have jumped onto someone else’s unsecured Wi-Fi network. There’s little harm in that if you’re just an honest soul looking for an Internet connection. But if you’re the owner of an unsecured network, you should be aware that the world’s not made up entirely of honest souls–and it’s not hard for ... More About: Wireless , How To , Work , Network , Your
Multiple Defenses Needed to Fight Off Zero-Day Attacks, Say Experts
2007-04-10 08:57:00 The Windows animated cursor flaw that Microsoft patched last week caused widespread concern because attempted exploits of it were unleashed before the patch became available. But there are a variety of steps that companies can take to try to mitigate the risks posed by the ANI vulnerability and other so-called zero-day security threats. The available measures ... More About: Fight , Multi , Defense , Experts , Need
Dont use WEP for Wi-Fi security, researchers say
2007-04-10 08:55:00 The Wi-Fi security protocol WEP should not be relied on to protect sensitive material, according to three German security researchers who have discovered a faster way to crack it. They plan to demonstrate their findings at a security conference in Hamburg this weekend. Mathematicians showed as long ago as 2001 that the RC4 key scheduling algorithm ... More About: Security , Research , Search , Cher
Protecting Sensitive Corporate Data from Sabotage
2007-04-10 08:54:00 So it?s official then. Men are more truthful than women, and Scots are the most truthful social group in the UK. Now far be it from me to say I told you so but this has been self evident for a long time. For example when do you last hear a Scotsman claim that Scots ... More About: Corporate , Data , Sens , Sabotage , Rate
How To Come Back From A CyberAttack
2007-04-10 08:53:00 Are you prepared to deal with a cyber attack? Most companies are not. In this month’s computer forensics column, we’ll offer a peek at some real-life situations, and as well as a run down on the steps you should follow from the moment you discover you have been the victim of a computer break-in or ... More About: How To , Back , Berat , Cyber , Come
Microsoft Rushes Out a Security Update
2007-04-04 07:02:00 Microsoft Corp. yesterday said it plans to issue a software update on Tuesday to fix a dangerous security flaw in its Windows operating system — a flaw that cyber criminals are actively targeting to gain access to computers across the Internet. The update will come a week in advance of Microsoft’s official patch release schedule, ... More About: Security , Microsoft , Update , Soft , Micro
Blocking image spam
2007-04-04 07:01:00 Spammers are consistently creating sophisticated new weapons in their armed race against Anti-Spam technology, the latest of which is known as Image -based Spam. Spammers have used images in their messages for years, in most cases to offer a peek at a pornographic Web site, or to illustrate the effectiveness of their miracle drugs. But as more ... More About: Spam , Bloc , King , Block
Webroot Study Finds 43% of Firms Hit with Malware
2007-04-04 07:00:00 A new report by Webroot Software has found that more than 40 percent of companies surveyed had been hit with malware that disrupted their business. Webroot’s State of Internet Security report details the cost and legal implications to businesses of malware threats. Using the company’s Phileas automated spyware research system, Webroot researchers discovered that 4.2 million ... More About: Study , Malware , With , War , Ware
What to Do When Your Security is Breached
2007-04-04 06:58:00 Well, it’s finally happened. Despite all your efforts to stop both internal and external attackers, someone has penetrated your defenses and stolen or damaged your data. You’ve got a full-blown security incident on your hands. What are you going to do about it? If you’ve been smart, experts say, you’ll already have a computer security ... More About: Security , Hat , Your , When
Why Encryption Did not Save TJX
2007-04-04 06:57:00 TJX: It’s the target of the largest known customer record theft of all time, and it’s a case in point that encryption is not a silver bullet. This is the heart of the encryption problem, quoted from the 10-K filing The TJX Companies made to the Securities and Exchange Commission: "Despite our masking and encryption practices ... More About: Encryption , Save , Crypt
Cursor hole puts Windows PCs at risk
2007-04-04 06:55:00 The vulnerability affects all recent Wind ows versions, including Vista, which Microsoft has promoted heavily for its security. The operating system software is flawed in the way it handles animated cursors, Microsoft said in a security advisory. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability through a Web page or e-mail message with rigged computer code, Microsoft said. "Upon ... More About: Cursor , Risk , Indo
Guide to email encryption
2007-04-04 06:54:00 Email is the most important business communication system in the world, with daily messages far exceeding that of phone, fax, postal mail, and instant messages combined. A majority of a company?s business-critical information is stored in email and the annual losses ascribed to email insecurity are conservatively estimated to be in the tens of billions ... More About: Mail , Encryption , Email , Guide , Guid
New RFID Attack Opens the Door
2007-04-04 06:52:00 Be careful of who walks up to your building and swipes an ID card: New proof-of-concept code will soon be released that lets attackers hack RFID readers and walk right in as if they work there. The attack uses SQL injection to fake the back-end RFID reader into admitting the cardholder into the building, says Joshua ... More About: Open , Pens , Door , The D , Attack
Vista BitLocker vs. Mac FileVault
2007-03-23 08:45:00 Both Windows Vista and Mac OS X can encrypt files and protect them from the prying eyes of thieves and snoops. Vista’s new BitLock er feature and Mac OS X’s FileVault are especially useful to those of you toting laptops that contain sensitive data. Both BitLocker and FileVault are built into the operating system, and they ...
Why Passwords do not live up to Todays Needs
2007-03-23 08:43:00 I’m planning on writing a few articles about passwords - the most basic of all security tools. Starting with this essay, I’ll describe what makes passwords such an issue and briefly outline a few solutions to the problem. In the subsequent posts, I’ll be going more into detail on how (I believe) to best avoid ... More About: Word , Words , Today , Live , Password
How to make a honeypot network security system pay off
2007-03-23 08:42:00 Honeypots have largely been relegated to use by academia and antivirus vendors because most enterprise IT teams figure they’re too expensive to run and could land their companies in legal trouble. But honeypots aren’t as scary as all that, according to an expert on the topic who spoke at the InfoSec World Conference & Expo ... More About: Security , System , How To , Network Security , Work
First Line Of Defense: How Well Do Your Physical Locks Work?
More articles from this author:2007-03-23 08:40:00 Despite all the firewalls, antivirus software, and VPNs, most companies and government agencies just aren’t as safe as they think they are. And the problem isn’t necessarily with the technology. The problem, it turns out, could be as simple as the locks on the doors. That’s the warning coming from Marc Weber Tobias, an investigative ... More About: Work , Physical , Your , Defense , First 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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