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- Welcome (back) Ryan Naraine; Zero Day's line-up revamped
- You may have noticed a familiar byline over at our Zero Day security blog--Ryan Naraine. His addition completes a revamped line-up for our security blog. Ryan is now an evangelist for Kaspersky Lab, a security vendor. He joins Nate McFeters and Dancho Danchev, two real-world security researchers...
- Tags: Dancho, Dancho Danchev, Larry Dignan, Nate McFeters, Ryan, Security, Security Blog
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Threat hierarchy: experimental hacking
- There are five levels of threats. In the next few days I will walk though each of the levels, starting with the lowest level: experimental hacking. (I will be in Reykjavik for most of next week where I assume I will have no trouble getting online but you never...
- Tags: Stupid Criminal stories, Security blog, Security, CyberCrime
- Blog posts 2007-07-26
- Espionage on the rise
- Espionage is evidently a growth industry once again. An article in The Australian reports that the number of Russian and Chinese spies in Australia are approaching the level they were at during the Cold War. Australia is trying to build out its counter-espionage capabilities. I wonder if there are any...
- Tags: State Sponsored Hacking, Security blog, Security
- Blog posts 2007-07-24
- $10 million to fight cyber crime
- Law makers in Washington introduced a bill Monday called the "Cyber-Security Enhancement Act of 2007". Brian Krebs gives it good coverage. The bill would make additional funds available to the Secret Service, which is responsible for handling credit card theft in addition to their body guard duties, as well...
- Tags: CyberCrime, Security blog
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- Wow, the security industry is consolidating!
- All right Ill be the first to admit it - Websense acquiring a competitor, Surf Control, is indeed industry consolidation. The news broke last week and, as could be expected, it was labeled "security sector consolidation". I am somewhat constrained from commenting on industry matters now that I am not...
- Tags: consolidation, Data Security, Richard Stiennon, Security, Security blog, Security Industry News, Websense Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-05-02
- SiteKey phish demonstrated against BofA
- The use of images to assure a user that they are not being phished has started to become common. Yahoo! uses them. And BankofAmerica has been using Passmarks RSA technology in their SiteKey scheme to protect their online banking customers from being phished. The idea is that a cookie...
- Tags: Security blog, Bank security
- Blog posts 2007-04-12
- Spoofing NAC
- Remember Stiennons first law of network security? It is: Thou shalt not trust an end point to report its own state. This means that you cannot trust the IP address, MAC address, location, AV signature file version, and configuration information reported by a device. It can be spoofed....
- Tags: Security blog, Security, Secure Network Fabric
- Blog posts 2007-04-03
- Google practices social engineering
- I was prepared to be extra skeptical yesterday, April 1. I was waiting for the "Microsoft purchases Department of Homeland Security" announcements. But even with scam sensors turned up to full I fell for the Google Paper hoax. It was beautiful. It even matched a business plan I put...
- Tags: Security blog, Security
- Blog posts 2007-04-02
- Identity theft is not just about criminal kiddies
- The perception, thanks to the history of virus writers, that cyber criminals are young hackers holed away in hovels in Romania is not entirely accurate. As a matter of fact that perception is rapidly becoming totally wrong. Did you see this article from last December? "The sophisticated international...
- Tags: CyberCrime, Security, Security blog
- Blog posts 2007-02-19
Additional Resources
- Fake swine flu e-mails lead to computer virus
- You can ignore that e-mail that looks like it comes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control about creating a profile for an H1N1 vaccination program. You can ignore that e-mail that looks like it comes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control about creating a profile for an...
- Tags: Computer Virus, H1N1 Flu, Computer, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, malware, swine flu, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Elinor Mills CNET News
- News items 2009-12-01
- Microsoft investigating 'black screen of death'
- Microsoft said that it is looking into reports that its latest security updates are causing some serious problems for certain users. Microsoft said on Monday that it is looking into reports that its latest security updates are causing some serious problems for certain users. The problem...
- Tags: Occupation, Fool, Chump, Swoopo VC, Games, Personal Technology, Robin Harris
- News items 2009-12-01
- East Anglia: some new angles, but no arrests for hacking
- Investigation..."If the Republicans regain control of the Senate any time soon, you can expect a full-blown Inhofe-fuelled investigation."Horrors! Imagine that, someone actually wants to INVESTIGATE to see if the "science" of global warming holds water pardon the pun? You mean people actually want to KNOW if these drastic changes to...
- Tags: Blogging, NETWORKING, SECURITY, Junkscience, East Anglia, e-mail, hacking
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- The cloud computing battleground takes shape. Will it be winner-take-all?
- You can't be a good consultant if you can't even mention MSIf you really think MS is irrelevant in cloud computing then you have some serious bias issues to work out.The fact that throughout your entire blog you can't even get yourself to mention MS or Azure even once is...
- Tags: Virtualization, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, cloud computing battleground, Microsoft Corp., cloud computing, Azure, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Opera patches 'extremely severe' security hole
- Let me know when it gets really reheheally 'extremely severe'.ntRE: Opera patches 'extremely severe' security holeStill using Opera 10.01, still no problems. I'll upgrade before I sign off.What comes after "extremely severe"? - just so gawd awful, really, must do or die, severe!Critical and importantThese bugs would be rated...
- Tags: Web browsers, patch management, Lynx, Opera Software ASA, security, security hole, Opera patch
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Internet: A threat to government or the other way around? (Part 4)
- internet and governmentI'm glad I read this, it was interesting. Not as informative as it might have been - I would have liked to see some actual cases and decisions cited - but it raised interesting issues. However, what really struck me is that this article needs a good copy...
- Tags: Vertical industries, government, Part 4, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Exploit published for critical IE 7 zero-day flaw
- Do you mean:"The vulnerability was confirmed on fully patched Windows XP SP3 systems with Internet Explorer 6 and [b]7[/b]."Also how effective is the exploit with Protected Mode and limited user account usage? I'd like to see more information on how these two mitigation techniques work against exploits. I suspect the...
- Tags: Web browsers, EXPLORER, Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Internet Explorer, critical IE 7 zero-day flaw, IE 7 zero-day flaw, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, zero-day bug, exploit
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Let's get rid of usernames and passwords for good
- RE: Let's get rid of usernames and passwords for goodIf you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology. -Bruce SchneierCommon sense & best practicesFirst off social networking sites are a DISASTER waiting to happen, private data into a...
- Tags: password, security
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Second iPhone worm behaves like botnet
- A second iPhone exploit has been identified by security vendor F-Secure, which claims the new worm has botnet capability and is more threatening than its predecessor. A second iPhone exploit has been identified by security vendor F-Secure, which claims the new worm has botnet capability and is more threatening...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Worm, Cyberthreats, Smart Phones, Viruses And Worms, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, security, Apple, iPhone, Vivian Yeo ZDNet Asia
- News items 2009-11-23
- Schiller: App Store isn't broken
- The truth hurtsThe truth is consumer lacks the ability to make good decision regarding the security of their data. We are regularly tricked into click-installing things while surfing the web, download trojans and other malware, give out information over the phone that we shouldn't etc ... and we never...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, approval process, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- A Chrome OS Video Tour
- Microsoft: Watch Out, We're Coming to Getcha!Open Source is like water, you can't stop it.Bwahahahahahhhhhhhhhh................Man this OS is a POS.There is nothing this OS can do that I can't do already with Windows 7. It looks like a piece of crap and I really wanted to give Google the...
- Tags: Operating systems, INTERNET, NaCl, Chrome, Chrome OS, Chrome OS Video Tour, operating system, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
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