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Free Honeypot Client Could Sting Malware
2008-03-28 15:04:00 The Honeynet Project has released a new freebie honeypot client tool that lets security pros and researchers automatically detect and dissect bot infections and other malware attacks on client machines. More About: Network Security , Malware , Free , Sting , Client
What Firewalls Do & Donot Do
2008-03-28 15:01:00 Over the last few years, security threats have grown and altered dramatically and so have the defences. Traditional firewalls, installed over three years ago, are often not best suited for current threats and don?t protect against a number of newer threats. More About: Firewall , Network Security , Firewalls
Symantec fingers D Link for bot attacks
2008-03-26 14:01:00 D-Link routers may have been infected by a worm or bot according to security researchers at Symantec . However, the company has backtracked on its intitial reports that a bot had definitely been identified. More About: Malware , Attacks , Fingers
WhiteHat: 90% of Sites Still Vulnerable
2008-03-26 13:57:00 After years of fighting the hacker wars, today’s Websites are still a long way from being secure, according to a new research report. More About: Network Security , White , Vulnerabilities , Sites , Hat
Red Hat releases free security code
2008-03-26 13:55:00 Red Hat is freeing up the source code behind its identity management and security system in a bid to show that open source software is more secure than rival technologies.. More About: Security , Network Security , Free , Code
A new type of Bluetooth security
2008-03-26 13:52:00 Bluetooth has been a big success in the mobile world, but primarily for just one application: wireless headsets. These are extremely popular and with good reason: You can’t beat the convenience, and they are have become quite inexpensive. More About: Security , Bluetooth , Network Security , Application Security , Type
Dude, where is my perimeter?
2008-03-26 13:50:00 At one time, IT departments concerned themselves with hardening the perimeter. The idea was Medieval: build a fortress around yourself and don’t let outsiders in. Then came remote workers. Then chat apps. Then Web mail. And then mobile devices. More About: Network Security , Dude
Scaring users into IT security
2008-03-21 07:54:00 There’s nothing like telling a good horror story to encourage your employees — from senior executives to rank-and-file workers — to do their part in improving IT security. Cisco Chief Security Officer John Stewart has all the technological tools in the world at his fingertips to help keep the networking giant’s data and operations locked ... More About: Network Security , Users
VMware fixes security bugs
2008-03-21 07:52:00 VMware has identified and fixed seven security bugs in the free version of its hypervisor, which could let hackers launch denial-of-service attacks, change user privileges and forge RSA key signatures. More About: Security , Bugs , Vmware
The top 10 security land mines
2008-03-21 07:51:00 Many companies spend a small fortune and deploy a small army to secure themselves from the many security threats lurking these days. But all those efforts can come to naught when making any of these common mistakes. The results can range from embarrassing to devastating, but security experts say that all are easily avoidable. More About: Security , Land
Encrypt volumes through a cross platform GUI with TrueCrypt 5.0
2008-03-21 07:49:00 Last month the True Crypt Foundation released TrueCrypt 5.0, which finally introduces a Linux GUI for the cross-platform encryption application. TrueCrypt 5.0’s numerous other enhancements include a Mac OS X port, XTS operation mode, the ability to encrypt a system partition or drive under Windows, and the addition of the SHA-512 hash algorithm. More About: Encryption , Network Security , Cross
The threat of the Ajax Super Worm
2008-03-21 07:46:00 The rapid evolution of ?Web 2.0? has sparked the convergence of social networking on a massive scale and the adoption of new combinations of technologies that significantly increase the so-called ?attack-surface?. This combination offers irresistible opportunities to organised crime. More About: Network Security , Malware , Super , Worm , Ajax
eEye to Add Retina Web App Scanner
2008-03-14 07:13:00 eEye Digital Security tomorrow will make its first foray into the Web vulnerability space — with a new member of its Retina Security Scanner family that roots out Web application flaws. eEye founder and former CTO and chief hacking officer Marc Maiffret first revealed eEye?s plans to add Web application scanning to its portfolio in ... More About: Network Security
FTP Hacking on the Rise
2008-03-12 15:18:00 The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) has attracted renewed interest lately, but not in a good way: The bad guys are now using the ?70s disco-era file transfer technology to serve up bot malware, and even as a backdoor into some enterprises that neglect to lock down their FTP servers. More About: Network Security , Malware , Rise
Microsoft Patches 12 Office Security Holes
2008-03-12 15:16:00 Microsoft today issued four updates to fix at least a dozen security vulnerabilities in its Office software products. All of the updates earned Microsoft’s "critical" label, meaning attackers could exploit the flaws to break into Windows systems with little or no help from users. More About: Security , Microsoft , Network Security , Vulnerabilities
Malware removes rival rootkits
2008-03-04 14:55:00 Miscreants have created a strain of malware capable of removing rootkits from compromised PCs, only to install almost undetectable backdoor code of its own. The Pandex Trojan stops previously installed rootkits from working by removing their hooks into system calls. More About: Network Security , Malware , Rootkits
Security holes in VLC media player patched
2008-03-04 14:52:00 The developers of the open source media player VLC have closed several security holes. These would have allowed attackers to inject and execute malicious code using manipulated Realtime data streams or crafted video files. The latest version, 0.8.6e, is available to download and fixes the flaws. More About: Security , Media Player , Media , Player , Holes
Five basic mistakes of security policy
2008-03-04 14:50:00 As I mentioned in my last article, security policies serve to protect (data, customers, employees, technological systems), define (the company’s stance on security), and minimize risk (internal and external exposure and publicity fallout in the event of a breach). More About: Security , Policy , Basic
Windows XP SP3 Security
2008-02-29 15:04:00 The reality is that not every organisation has upgraded to Windows Vista. With Windows XP (launched in 2001 and still being sold) Microsoft have released service pack 3, the latest and probably the last version. More About: Security , Windows Xp
NetworkMiner - Passive Sniffer & Packet Analysis Tool for Windows
2008-02-28 06:52:00 NetworkMiner is a passive network sniffer/packet capturing tool for Windows with an easy to use interface. It can detect operating systems, sessions, hostnames, open ports etc. without putting any traffic on the network. NetworkMiner can also parse PCAP files for off-line analysis. More About: Analysis , Tool , Packet , Sniffer
Stolen FTP Credentials Offered for Sale: Major Firms at Risk
2008-02-28 06:49:00 Cybercriminals are selling a new crimeware package that can automatically infect nearly 9,000 FTP servers at some major global companies, researchers said today. Researchers at Finjan say they recently stumbled upon a Website selling and trading these stolen FTP server administrator credentials in a software-as-a-service model. More About: For Sale , Network Security , Sale , Stolen , Risk
VMWare opens hypervisor to security apps
2008-02-28 06:40:00 Virtual-machine software maker VMWare announced on Wednesday a way for security programs to access the company’s software and protect virtual systems in a way not possible today. More About: Security , Network Security , Safe , Vmware
Critical VMware bug lets attackers zap real Windows
2008-02-26 07:19:00 A critical vulnerability in VMware Inc.’s virtualization software for Windows lets attackers escape the "guest" operating system and modify or add files to the underlying "host" operating system, the company has acknowledged. More About: Real , Vmware , Critical
Cult of the Dead Cow turns Google into a vulnerability scanner
2008-02-26 07:16:00 The "Cult of the Dead Cow" hacker group ? cDc for short ? has published a tool that searches for vulnerabilities and private information across the web. Using well-chosen Google search queries, Goolag Scan discovers links to vulnerable web applications, back doors, or documents inadvertently put on the internet that contain sensitive information. More About: Vulnerabilities , Vulnerability
Email typosquatting poses leakage threat
2008-02-26 07:14:00 Companies and political organizations should put more effort into registering mis-typed versions of their primary domain, not only to protect visitors to their Web sites but also to prevent e-mails from accidentally leaking out, a security researcher said on Wednesday. More About: Email , Threat
Researchers crack FileVault, BitLocker with canned air hack
2008-02-26 07:04:00 One of the adages of computing is that no hardware is safe when a hacker has physical access to the machine. In an age of booming laptop sales, people haven’t found that reassuring and have frequently turned to disk encryption in an effort to protect their personal data. More About: Encryption , Network Security , Hack , Vulnerabilities , Vault
Black Hat: Dtrace a Rootkit?
2008-02-26 07:00:00 Sun’s Dtrace application was developed primarily as a tool to help monitor functions on Solaris . According to a pair of security researchers at the Black Hat conference, you can also use Dtrace as the basis for a rootkit-like tool for offensive and defensive security operations. More About: Network Security , Application Security , Black Hat
Experts hammer Web 2.0 security
2008-02-26 06:58:00 Even as social networking darling Facebook prepares a version of its online networking application aimed specifically at enterprise users, legions of security experts are getting behind the idea that the sites represent a serious threat to businesses and other organizations. More About: Security , Network Security , Malware , Web 2 , Experts
Free Web Filtering Service Taps User Input
2008-02-26 06:55:00 First it was the community-driven phish reporting site, and now, a people-powered Web filtering service: Open DNS tomorrow will launch a free, user-powered Web categorization and filtering service in the spirit of its PhishTank site. More About: Network Security , Service , Free
Stripping Away Malware Armor
More articles from this author:2008-02-26 06:51:00 Security analysts use stealth to win the "arms race" against malware. Getting around the defense mechanisms that malware writers erect isn’t easy. From packers to run-time obfuscators, software-armoring techniques create problems for reverse engineers and security analysts. More About: Malware , Armor , Stripping 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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