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- CEO out in Core Security shake-up
- Core Security Technologies, one of a handful of companies hawking penetration testing tools to businesses, is looking for a new CEO to replace Paul Paget.According to an analyst report from The 451 Group, there are red flags about the future of Core after news emerged that Paget and product manager...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Spyware and Adware, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Google, Firefox, Exploit code, Digital rights management, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Black Hat
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- The 5 Key Gaps in Cyber Security
- For the past decade, corporations around the world have been hemorrhaging data to online criminal syndicates. Organized hackers no longer attack just for fun; now they're exploiting vulnerabilities specifically for financial gain. While there's no silver bullet when it comes to preventing attacks, every organization can take...
- Tags: Hacker, Cybersecurity, Attack, Core Security, Kellermann, Security, Hacking
- Webcasts 2007-03-02
- Penetration Testing: Taking the Guesswork out of Vulnerability Management
- It is no longer good enough to simply identify potential problems on the network and systems. Security professionals must now know the real risks and implications of vulnerabilities and regularly test the effectiveness of network defenses. This white paper from IDC demonstrates how penetration testing software efficiently and...
- Tags: Penetration Testing, Network, Core Security, Security
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Automated Penetration Testing: Can IT Afford Not To?
- During IDC's research and in-depth interviews, they found compelling reasons why IT executives and team members must adopt Penetration Testing as an integral part of their Security and Vulnerability Management SVM processes and programs. In this white paper, IDC examines why organizations need to perform penetration testing now to:...
- Tags: Penetration Testing, Information Technology, International Data Corp., Core Security, Security
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Webcast: How to Mitigate Outsourcing-Related Security Risks
- Outsourcing is growing in popularity due to the efficiencies and cost savings that many businesses achieve through the practice. What's often overlooked, however, is the fact that any outsourcing arrangement carries with it a separate set of security risks that must be properly managed, in addition to managing the security...
- Tags: Webcast, Core Security, Outsourcing, Security, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Webcasts 2006-09-08
- Webcast: If it Ain't Broke, Break Into It: Best Practices for Penetration Testing and Remediation
- Organizations spend a great deal of time and money securing their network perimeters from external threats. However, nearly half of the security breaches that were made public in 2005 were from insider attacks. Unless companies test their systems completely, they are leaving themselves wide open to insiders who pose...
- Tags: Penetration Testing, Webcast, Network, Best Practice, Core Security, Security
- Webcasts 2006-08-18
- Penetration Testing: Assessing Your Overall Security Before Attackers Do
- Network Security has evolved from protecting against "script kiddies" trying to break into networks to combating criminal organizations that have complex and strategic hacking efforts. It has become apparent that there is real money to be made from criminal hacking and this trend is putting companies at substantial risk....
- Tags: Penetration Testing, Attacker, Network, Core Security, Hacking, Security
- White papers 2006-06-01
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- Michael Dell sticks to Windows 7 big bang theory
- too old?"Windows XP is 8 years old"So What? If it ain't broke don't fix it!Windows 2000 is ten years old and still does almost everything I need. Everyone around me runs XP or newer, yet I have far fewer problems.What is good for the computer industry is not...
- Tags: Operating systems, theory, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Google's Chrome OS: Will you give up desktop apps?
- I won't ntntI can'tI'm not online 24/7. I need local apps, as does everyone else. Say what you want. But network outages happen... Weather by forces of nature or human error, a network will eventually go down. It's only a matter of time. And knowing Google's past GMail outages, I...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Desktops, operating system, desktop, Google Inc., desktop app, netbook, Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Google Chrome OS announcement
- Just as I thought"All data on Chrome OS is in the cloud""All data stored in the cloud in Google Docs":(YeahThat unfortunately is a deal breaker for me.I'll be sticking to my dual boot Windows 7/Fedora Core setup on my netbook.bad and bad no chrome os for me ......RE: Google Chrome...
- Tags: Operating systems, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, operating system, Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Firefox faces browser clone war in China
- Come on ZDNet!!!!Is this really newsworthy????Newsworthy? That's not the point...ZDNet's intent was not to write about anything worthwhile. It's intent was to draw you in and to have you read further in order to get you to visit at least one more page in their web-site.If they had...
- Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Most security products flunk quality tests
- Testing company ICSA Labs reported that 78 percent of security products fail their first test due to inadequate performance of core product functionality. In a report released Tuesday, ICSA Labs noted that 78 percent of product failures during the first series of tests are due to inadequate...
- Tags: ICSA Labs, Security Product, security, test, Liau Yun Qing, ZDNet Asia, Liau Yun Qing, ZDNet Asia
- News items 2009-11-17
- IObit Security 360 1.30 (Windows)
- IObit Security 360 is a free malware & spyware removal utility that detects, removes the deepest infections, and protects your PC from various of potential spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, bots, worms, and hijackers. With the unique "Dual-Core" engine and the heuristic malware detection, IObit Security 360 detects the most complex...
- Tags: Malware, Microsoft Windows, IObit, IObit Security 360, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- Designing High Availability for Internet Information Services
- End downtime forever! - Organizations today are relying more and more on Web services for the implementation of mission-critical applications. With the advent of Service-Oriented Architectures SOAs,which make extensive use of the core Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP and the Secure Sockets Layer SSL, the Web server from the past has...
- Tags: Web Server, CA XOSoft, High Availability, Information Service, Microsoft IIS Server, Web Servers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Servers, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2009-11-17
- Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploit
- Ummm interesting....so just block 139 and 445...445? great that port aggain.Is SMB blocked to/from internet by th firewall by default?RE: Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploitPorts 139 and 445 are blocked by default for Internet access by Windows firewall in Windows 7 and any commerical hardware firewall. They are enabled...
- Tags: Firewalls, SMB/SME, SMB protocol, Microsoft Windows 7, firewall, Windows 7 exploit, Microsoft Windows, small and medium business, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- VeriSign sets timetable to fix DNS hole
- VeriSign has said a significant outstanding internet security vulnerability will be closed by 2011, after delays caused by technical aspects of the implementation. VeriSign has said a significant outstanding internet security vulnerability will be closed by 2011, after delays caused by technical aspects of the implementation. ...
- Tags: DNS, VeriSign Inc., Internet Security, Internet, Domain Names, Security, VeriSign, security, Tom Espiner
- News items 2009-11-16
- Alienware M15x (Intel Core i7 720QM, 250GB HDD, 3GB)
- Keeping the same revised look and feel as the recent 17-inch M17x version, the Alienware M15x is an imposing black slab of computing power that's thicker and heavier than most 17-inch laptops. We love having high-end options such as Intel's uberpowerful Core i7-920XM CPU, and it's a plus that...
- Tags: Alienware, Alienware M15x
- Product reviews 2009-11-13
- Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole
- I hope Jeremy got some sleep last nightbecause he probably won't be getting much in the near future.first of many zillionsis there anything worse than being MS security programmer?poor bastards.YesYeah, being a mindless repetitive troll.yeah, being a poor Mac user. yeah, being a poor Mac user....
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Firewalls, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, zero-day hole, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Windows, firewall
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations
- In order to avoid the financial and brand damage associated with data breaches, businesses need to consider deploying end-to-end encryption as a tamper proof way of securing data. Commentary - Media outlets around the globe highlight new data breaches at an alarmingly regular rate. Forrester estimates that the cost...
- Tags: PCI, Organization, Data Breach, PCI DSS, Encryption Key, encryption, security, Paul Meadowcroft Thales, Special to ZDNet, Paul Meadowcroft, Thales, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-11-11
- Apple Mac OS X 10.6.2 (Mac)
- Snow Leopard builds on a decade of OS X innovation and success with hundreds of refinements, new core technologies and out of the box support for Microsoft Exchange. To create Snow Leopard, Apple engineers refined 90 percent of the more than 1,000 projects that make up Mac OS X. Users...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Refinement, Snow Leopard, Grand Central Dispatch, 64-Bit, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software, Networking
- Software downloads 2009-11-09
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