TOP STORY: Espionage Via Spoofed White House eCard
Espionage malware came packed in a happy holiday eCard that spoofed whitehouse.gov, tricking government and contractor cybersecurity experts and stealing over 2 gigs of data.When many people were caught up in the warm fuzzy feeling of peace on earth and goodwill toward man, it may have felt rewarding to receive a Christmas eCard from The White House. The bad news is that the spoofed whitehouse.gov seasons greetings contained malware aimed at espionage and sucked up several gigabytes of sensitive government documents. Some of the victims worked on cybersecurity as government... Read More
WHITE PAPER: Unified Threat Management - Market Review (Watchguard)
Compare the major brands of security products by UTM throughput per MSRP dollar to see where you will get the best value for your money. Find out how you can have full UTM capabilities for comprehensive protection and still have blazing fast throughput to keep your network humming. Read now! | Researchers hack GSM mobile calls using $9 handsets
Researchers have demonstrated an alarmingly simple technique for eavesdropping on individual GSM mobile calls without the need to use expensive, specialised equipment. Read More
Five 2010 stories that nobody predicted
Welcome to 2011. Usually around this time of year, pundits guess what we'll be seeing in the year ahead. On the computer security front, we're hearing that 2011 will be the year of mobile malware, that criminals will take to the cloud, and that social network security is destined to become a bigger and bigger problem. Read More
WHITE PAPER: Prepare IT for Growth (IBM)
The need has never been so great to balance evolving IT Services with reduced IT budgets. Learn to position your organization for growth in this uncertain business climate. Read Now | What you missed: URL-shortening services gave hackers a new entry point
The No. 3 top sleeper tech story of 2010 Read More
What you missed: Social media messaging is getting around traditional firewalls
The No. 8 top sleeper tech story of 2010 Read More
WHITE PAPER: The Antidote to DNS Cache Poisoning and Other DNS Attacks (F5 Networks)
Domain Name System (DNS) provides one of the most basic but critical functions on the Internet. If DNS isn't working, then your business likely isn't either. Secure your business and web presence with Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). Learn more! | Will There Be A Shortage of Cyber Security Professionals in 2011?
Security spending will increase but there may not be enough bodies to throw at the cyber security problemHappy New Year everyone! In my last blog of 2010, I wrote about the multitude of opportunities for skilled security professionals. According to ESG Research, cyber security jobs should continue to grow at a healthy pace in 2011. For example: 1. 58% of large mid-market (i.e. 500-1000 employees) and enterprise (i.e. 1000 employees or more) will increase spending on cyber security in 2011. This... Read More
Cisco Security Intelligence Operations Explained
Cisco SIO provides IP reputation to Cisco security products This post is a followup post from my colleague Garett Redelings, Enjoy! --- Last month I had written about Cisco's IronPort Application Visibility Controls. The information here on the Cisco SIO is a follow up based on readers comments to the previous article. You can read that article by clicking here. What is the Cisco Security Intelligence Operations? Read More
WHITE PAPER: Addressing the Complexities of Remote Data Protection (IBM)
This white paper reviews the factors that can make data protection and recovery in remote offices a complicated problem and describes the range of technology options available, explaining the benefits and shortcomings of each in the context of remote offices. Read Now | Hack: Windows Phone Marketplace App-Security Cracked [Video]
A "white hat" developer created a proof of concept hack that allows any or all of the 5k apps from Windows Phone 7 Marketplace to be downloaded, rips security off, and then deploys to phone.The Windows Phone 7 Marketplace is growing at a faster rate than any other app store to date, having over 5,250 apps available for Windows Phone 7 according to the Marketplace Browser. And now a "white hat developer" has cracked the Windows Phone Marketplace app security which could eventually make all 5,256 apps available to users. It took one hacker only six hours to crack. Read More
Lawsuit Claims Microsoft, McDonald's, Mazda & CBS Used Ads as Cover for Data Mining
A federal lawsuit claims Microsoft, McDonald's, Mazda & CBS violated privacy laws, committed "Computer Fraud and Abuse" and used web ads as a "cover" for data mining.Microsoft, along with McDonald's, Mazda and CBS have been named in a class action suit filed in Federal Court for working in concert with behavioral advertising specialist Interclick. The companies allegedly used their ads as a "cover for data-mining, to identify the websites people visit, invading people's privacy, misappropriating their personal information and interfering with the operations of... Read More
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