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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: Security Blog, Ryan, Nate McFeters, Dancho Danchev, Dancho, Nathan, Security, Larry Dignan
- 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: Security Industry News, Security blog, Security, Data Security
- 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
- Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylines
- In a direct challenge to the popular Wikipedia, Google opened Knol, an encyclopedia-like wiki site that requires writers to post their names and expertise. SAN FRANCISCO--Google opened its website Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about their areas of expertise under their bylines in a...
- Tags: Google Inc., DuPont Co., Web Site, Wikipedia, Knol, Wiki, Online Communications, Reuters, Google, encyclopedia
- News items 2008-07-24
- News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Live Webcast: Mid-Year Report: Malware, Spam and Web Threats in 2008
- What's NOT happening in 2008? The web continues to be a vector for cyber threats. Incidents of spear-phishing continue to dupe users, and botnets are increasing in popularity amongst growing economies across the globe. Complex polymorphic viruses as opposed to the more mundane Trojan horses are getting...
- Tags: Web, Webcast, Sophos Plc., Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Channel Management, Security, Marketing
- Webcasts 2008-07-24
- |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit
- [Updated 07/24/2008: Gallery images of diffs of code revisions has been included and will be updated as things change, see here.] Earlier today, noted researchers |)ruid and HD Moore released exploit code for the Metasploit tool for attacking the DNS flaw that was originally reported by Dan...
- Tags: DNS, Domain, Server, Entry, Exploit, NS, NS Record, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog
- Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional information that Dean shared with me about their corporate philosophy. Growth is good for a company,...
- Tags: Trader, Blog, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison
- Edward "Eddie" Davidson, a notorious e-mail spammer who was sentenced to jail time in April, has escaped from a federal prison camp in Florence, Colorado. Davidson left, also known as the "Spam King, made a run for it when his wife visited him last Sunday and is now officially...
- Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Restitution, Federal Prison Camp, E-mail, Security, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws
- Security researcher Aviv Raff left has discovered a pair of basic design flaws that could turn your iPhone into easy bait for malicious phishing and spamming attacks. According to an advisory from Raff, the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications are susceptible to a URL Spoofing vulnerability which...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Spamming, Flaw, Aviv Raff, Phishing, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service
- Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...
- Tags: Google PageRank, Attacker, Network, DShield, Highly Predictive Blacklist, Internet, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs
- Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...
- Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Fortify sets off FUD flood
- The Fortify study did not say enterprises must avoid open source because all open source is a security risk. But that's how lazy reporters played it. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source, Security, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Another student hacks another police website
- Oh the fun. Once again, another police website has been hacked by a student, showing that even the police aren't safe from all crimes. This is another link in the long chain of attacks over the years from egotistical teenagers trying to get a kick out of life without sticking...
- Tags: Web Site, Attack, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
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