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Threatpost launches as best practice for enterprise IT and social media

Threatpost launches as best practice for enterprise IT and social mediaSocial networks for security typesThreatfire is a good first step towards enterprise IT social networking. Small businesses and individuals might want to check out The Internet Protectors (www.theinternetprotectors.com) - similar interactive content approach but no previous security knowledge required.

Tags: Social networking, Strategy, Threatpost, social media, information technology, best practice, ThreatFire

Discussion threads 2009-03-20

Threatpost launches as best practice for enterprise IT and social media

While social media represented measurable success for many consumer-focused companies, there is still a lot of learning to be done in terms of how enterprise technology-focused companies leverage social media. And while many are having luck using collaboration tools or even white label social networks for improving internal communications or...

Tags: Brand, Kaspersky Lab, Information Technology, Social Media, Site, Best Practice, Threatpost, Naraine, Kaspersky Team, Drawas, Branding, Security, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-03-20

Additional Resources

Podcast: Inside the OWA attacks, Patch Tuesday wrap-up

In this podcast with Threatpost co-editor Dennis Fisher, I discuss the recent Outlook Web Access phishing attacks, the Microsoft/Adobe patchapalooza and the true extent of the botnet/malware epidemic.  Listen here. by Ryan Naraine

Tags: Attack, Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Microsoft Outlook, Podcasts, Phishing, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Black Hat recap podcast: SSL, SMS, BIOS rootkits

In this podcast, I chat with Threatpost.com co-editor Dennis Fisher about the big news coming out of the Black Hat security conference.  We discuss the attacks using SMS and MMS, rootkits in keyboards and BIOSes, vulnerabilities in SSL and the response from vendors to these problems. Listen here [mp3]. by...

Tags: Black Hat, SSL, SMS, Rootkits, BIOS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Podcasts, Ssl/Tls, Authentication/Encryption, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Network Security, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Hardware, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Internet, Networking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Mac OS X vulnerable to 6-month old Java flaw

Attention Mac OS X users:  Turn Java off immediately or you could be at high risk of malicious code execution attacks. Tired of waiting for a patch from Apple for a Java flaw that was fixed upstream six months ago, Mac developer Landon Fuller (of Month of...

Tags: Malicious Code, Apple Macintosh, Java Applet, Flaw, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Applet, Landon Fuller, CVE-2008-5353, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Java, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Botnet hijack: Inside the Torpig malware operation

Security researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara have broken into the nerve center of the Torpig botnet also called Sinowal or Mebroot to find a 10-day stash of 10,000 bank accounts and credit card numbers worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. During the botnet hijack,...

Tags: Credit Card, Malware, Torpig, Card Number, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Sales, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Microsoft tackles patch management metrics with Project Quant

In partnership with security analyst Rich Mogull right, Microsoft is set to roll out a new research project to help businesses compute the total cost of the patch-management cycle, from testing and distributing a fix to user deployment of the patch. According to this Dennis Fisher report...

Tags: Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Patches, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-04-15

Conficker botnet stirs, with a scareware business model

The Conficker botnet has stirred to life, using its peer-to-peer communication system to update itself and download scareware (fake anti-virus programs) to millions of infected Windows machines. The Conficker update comes a week after a heavily-hyped April 1st activation date and provides the first sign of the...

Tags: Antivirus, Malware, Conficker, Gostev, Waledac, Viruses And Worms, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-04-09

Attackers pounce on Microsoft PowerPoint zero-day

Attackers are using rigged PowerPoint files to exploit an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's presentation software, according to warning late Thursday from the software maker. In a pre-patch advisory, Microsoft described the attacks as "limited and targeted," the kind of language that suggests it is being used to...

Tags: Attacker, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-04-02

News to know: Salesforce.com; Office; SOA; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce announces Twitter app; further validates power of cloud Ed Bott: Next Office version to ship in 32-bit and 64-bit versions ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Browsers, Digital Music, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-03-23