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iPhone Worm Password Cracked By Data Security Company
AlertBoot Endpoint Security —
Authority: 131
Youve probably heard the news by now that there is an iPhone worm making its way out of Australia. Initially, it started out as a prank. However, many security professionals pointed out that this code can be modified to do some real harm. Now, those fears have come true, with a second iPhone worm out in the ...1 day ago -
Comcast Homepage Hackers Indicted
Information Security Resources —
Authority: 534
By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert One hacked email address led to the defacement of Comcast’s homepage. When the hackers called Comcasts technical contact to let them know all 200 Comcast domain names and Comcast homepage were vulnerable, he hung up on them. It has not been disclosed how ...1 day ago -
Telecommuting and Enterprise Security
Information Security Resources —
Authority: 534
By Simon Heron , CISSP Internet Security Analyst We’ve just released a free guide for businesses on securing remote workers . Remote working, or working from home, is becoming increasingly popular as companies seek the economic benefits of moving some of its team out of the office, or having employees ...1 day ago -
Data Security: 41% Of Employees Steal Corporate Data
AlertBoot Endpoint Security —
Authority: 131
A survey carried out in the US and UK has found that 41% of employees have willingly taken corporate information. When one has a data breach due to accidental loss or theft, data protection solutions like full disk encryption can mitigate the ensuing developments. However, what can one do when the threat comes ...1 day ago -
How To - Malicious Web SIte Analysis Environment
Information Security Short Takes —
Authority: 419
There are numerous sites and web-server side scripts which perform malicious attacks or simply unpleasant problems to their visitors. The latest one that gained prominence, is the although not really causing much harm is the "Want 2 C Something Hot?" . It is an elegant XSS hidden which just shares itself on the ...1 day ago -
Security Briefing: November 23rd
Liquidmatrix Security Digest —
Authority: 119
Morning All! It’s Monday. Seize the day. By which I mean, grab it firmly by both shoulders and drive your knee into it’s crotch. I mean, it is Monday after all. Cheers, Dave Click here to subscribe to Liquidmatrix Security Digest! . And now, the news… New critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer | ...1 day ago -
Honeymoon’s Over: Windows 7 Exploit Harshes Our Mellow
Infosecurity.US —
Authority: 134
News , over the weekend, of Microsoft Corporation’s (NasdaqGS: MSFT ) brief , but inspiring (for those residing in Redmond, that is…) honeymoon with the highly touted security posture of Windows 7. This time the mildly annoying, yet pesky Server Message Block fiasco, which apparently permits the ...1 day ago -
Surviving Cyber War: A Primer on DDoS
Information Security Resources —
Authority: 534
By Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-Harvest Jomini’s first maxim of the Art of War: To throw by strategic movements the mass of an army, successively, upon the decisive points of a theater of war, and also upon the communications of the enemy as much as possible without compromising one’s ...2 days ago -
Cyber Security Red Flags For Insurance
Information Security Resources —
Authority: 534
By Laton McCartney , Editor at CIOZone Companies that offer cyber and technology risk and liability insurance typically require potential customers to fill out extensive questionnaires that measure their vulnerably. They start with basic questions: Are you a public company? Have you been in any actual ...2 days ago -
Information Security Technology
TechBurgh Blog and PodCast —
Authority: 539
We live in a world full of dangers. On one hand the world economy is going bonkers while on the other hand, the waging costs are rising sky high. To add up to the misery, the internet has taken over the world but at the same time has become one of the most unsafe places on earth . This is due to all the scammers, ...2 days ago -
Report: How risky is cloud computing?
Seo, Make Money Online and Technology —
Authority: 147
This came from cnet news The European Network and Information Security Agency outlines the benefits and pitfalls for companies thinking of entrusting a third party with their data and even their entire business infrastructure. Go to Source3 days ago -
Database Admin Hacking his Ex Firm - Is It All His Fault?
Information Security Short Takes —
Authority: 419
Data Breaches has just published information about a Former GEXA employee pl eads guilty to computer intrusion According to the article, here is what happened Kim remotely accessed the GEXA Energy computer network and the GEXA Energy Management System (GEMS) database. While connected to the GEXA Energy ...3 days ago -
Online Money Mules Aide Theft and Fraud
Information Security Resources —
Authority: 534
By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert Mules are relatively unaware people who get hooked into a “small business” or employment that is a function of a criminal enterprise. The mules often respond to “help wanted” ads from online job placement sites. Shipping scams are a common tactic ...4 days ago -
Data Security: House Of Reps. Passing P2P Bill? Secure Federal File Sharing Act
AlertBoot Endpoint Security —
Authority: 131
A bill was introduced this week by Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee. The bill, the Secure Federal File Sharing Act, is aimed at restricting the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) software by government employees and contractors. (If they could only do something ...4 days ago -
Effective Security Policy Messaging Important
Information Security Resources —
Authority: 534
By Christopher Burgess , Senior Security Adviser End users tuning you out? Here’s a three-step process for taking human factors into account in your security program (and even using them to your advantage). Let us begin with the premise that security policies exist to protect an entity’s assets as it ...5 days ago -
Windows Security Logs and MS Log Parser
Information Security Resources —
Authority: 534
By Bozidar Spirovski , CISSP, MCSA, MCP When investigating an intrusion in a Windows system, one of the first places to start is the Windows security log. Security event log is also very useful for analysis when searching for anomalies and possible intrusions. Reading through a Windows security log ...5 days ago -
How to make a career in information security field a long term success
IT answers —
Authority: 458
New Question Created by NetworkingATE5 days ago -
Virtualization is Real
Pete Silva —
Authority: 403
I remember back-in-the-day when Virtual meant ‘almost,’ ‘simulated’ or ‘in essence’ as in, ‘I’m virtually there.’ Today, as it has made it’s way into computer terminology, it can mean actual or real things that are done over computers. Virtualization has been the main enabler of Cloud ...5 days ago -
HTTPS Data Exposure - GET vs POST
Information Security Short Takes —
Authority: 419
Here is a quick chart showing the data exposure when considering GET vs POST and also HTTP vs HTTPS. URL arguments refer to arguments in the URL for GET or POST (e.g. foo.com?arg1=something). Body arguments refer to data communicated via POST paramaters in the HTTP request body. NOTE: This chart does not ...5 days ago -
ATM on Craigslist Loaded with Card Data
Information Security Resources —
Authority: 534
By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert After the Vegas DEFCON ATM debacle where hackers hacked hackers by setting up a fake ATM in front of the facilities security office, I needed to see how stupid easy it was to buy and ATM and just set it up anywhere. So my search began. I started looking on ...6 days ago
