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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
- 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
- Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll
- Oh boy... this should be a fun Talkback... ntntyeap...for sure we'll be hearing what everyone has already said "ad nauseum".BallSack is a MoronPlain and Simple.I'm sure Win7 sales are decent. After all, it's hard to get an OS-less computer.....It is easy enough to get linuxpre-installed.Or buy a MacHowever,...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Mac sale, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux, sales, Steve Ballmer, Windows 7 sale, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- PassMem 2.8 (Windows)
- PassMem is one of the latest solutions created for secure password storage and a reliable and easy way of safely managing passwords, sensitive data, access codes, crucial dates, figures, numbers. With a simple but still stylish interface, PassMem offers an efficient and practical option of checking out what has been...
- Tags: Password, Microsoft Windows, Foxmediatools, PassMem
- Software downloads 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
- Microsoft to share some details on IE 9 at PDC show this week
- Tabs that dont hang and,1. HTML 5 standards compliance ahead of Chrome and FF2. Better plugins3. CSS 3 compliance4. FASTER!Trying to develop for IE8 is still a pain!Addon supportFor things like AdBlock Plus.Also, an x64 version of silverlight.Grow upso do not read this blog - OK? Prefer Firefox but...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE8, Mozilla Firefox, IE 9, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Groklaw suggests Microsoft sue, do over authentication
- Are you in any way trying to legitimize patent trolling?You are well aware that what Microsoft is doing is what we all used to call patent trolling aren't you?My guess...Nothing will happen... this is just MS trying to protect UAC and runas from paten lawsuits.Besides MS would be idiot... well...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, authentication, Groklaw, patent, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- 10 Firefox extensions that enhance security
- Compromising Web sites has become cybercriminals' favorite method of getting malware installed on computers. This PDF article and PowerPoint presentation offer 10 ways to beef-up Firefox and make it more difficult for the bad guys.The article in this download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog....
- Tags: Firefox Extension, Article, Michael Kassner, Compromising Web Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Web Browsers, Blogging, Security, Internet
- Download resources 2009-11-12
- 10 antivirus programs for Windows 7
- Windows 7 offers some new security features, but a good antivirus program can provide additional protection. Greg Shultz put together a list of 10 solid Windows 7-compatible choices.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.
- Tags: Antivirus, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2009-11-11
- Cisco Announces Hosted Email Service
- Cisco just announced a new hosted email offer, WebEx Mail. at its collaboration summit. This isn't the first time that Cisco has entered the email business, but it does come at time when Cisco is moving to challenge Microsoft and IBM in broader collaboration space. Similar to...
- Tags: Collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc., Semantic Inbox, Outlook Experience, E-mail, Online Communications, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2009-11-10
- Major online ad site hacked, serving up exploit cocktail
- One more reason to use FirefoxUse Firefox with AdBlock Plus and a simple filter of *media-servers.net* and the problem is solved.I am not sure that they are "major" as I did not have a filter for them.AgreedYet, I bet the web hosts will STILL complain about it. RE: Major online...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Confession, online advertising, Microsoft Windows, Ryan
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Counting vulnerabilities is pointless
- Suddenly it doesn't matter any more? Vulnerability count is an indication of software qualityIt goes directly to the process the vendor went through to root out vulnerabilities before shipping. At least if you compare products with the same general purpose and which receives the same amount of scrutiny.Time to fix...
- Tags: Web browsers, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Mozilla Firefox, vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, malware, risk period
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
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