Black Hat: Researcher picks apart Sophos antivirus package

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	Black Hat: Researcher picks apart Sophos antivirus package A researcher presenting at Black Hat picked apart Sophos Antivirus software and found it lacking in several areas that leave it vulnerable to attack or circumvention - something he says might apply to other antivirus vendors' products as well, but he just hasn't looked. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Manage Complexity, Cost and Compliance To outsource or not to outsource IT security—that is the question for enterprises as they face increasingly complex cyber threats. Managed security services can help organizations alleviate the cost and complexity of proactively securing the IT infrastructure. Read Now. In this Issue Security rundown for week ending Aug. 5, 2011 FBI busts trio for selling stolen Apple iPhones, Macbooks from mall kiosk How to Conduct a Linux Server Security Audit Build a Better Virus Trap, Win $200,000 Former Cisco engineer indicted on hacking charges Has your company been infiltrated by the Shady Rat hack? 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Read More FBI busts trio for selling stolen Apple iPhones, Macbooks from mall kiosk The FBI said today it had arrested three mall cell phone kiosk workers for buying stolen iPhones and other Apple products and selling them for profit. The FBI said the arrests were based on an investigation of a large number of mobile devices stolen from riders of the region's mass transportation system, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, more commonly known as Metro. Read More How to Conduct a Linux Server Security Audit Nowadays many Linux servers are neither initially installed nor maintained by dedicated Linux administrators, yet IT professionals are responsible for their servers' security. If your server is compromised, not only can all your sensitive information be exposed, but your server can also become a tool in the wrong hands. To avoid such scenarios, make sure your server is properly configured and regularly... Read More Build a Better Virus Trap, Win $200,000 In the 1996 movie "Ransom," Mel Gibson plays a wealthy man whose son is kidnapped for a multi-million dollar ransom. Rather than pay, he goes on TV and offers the ransom as a reward for the head of his son's kidnapper. Read More WEBCAST: Cymphonix Gain Complete Control Over Internet Bound Traffic The Cymphonix Network Composer is the only network appliance that provides comprehensive clarity into all internet bound network traffic and simply powerful tools to manage that traffic with a holistic approach. Learn More Today! Former Cisco engineer indicted on hacking charges A former Cisco engineer at the center of an extradition controversy has been indicted by a federal grand jury on computer hacking charges. Read More Has your company been infiltrated by the Shady Rat hack? When McAfee released its Operation Shady Rat hacking report earlier this week, it didn't name all of the organizations it thought could have been hacked as part of a large, five-year ongoing campaign. Yours might be one of them. Read More SAP will issue patch for NetWeaver vulnerability A reportedly serious security bug affecting the J2EE (Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition) engine in SAP's NetWeaver middleware will be patched soon, SAP said Friday. Read More Scariest Black Hat story so far: Power plants at risk Last night at Black Hat in Las Vegas, security researcher Dillon Beresford showed a group of reporters and government types how he can commandeer the Siemens S7 computers that are control many industrial operations, including power plants. Our report from IDG News Service reporter Robert McMillan notes early on that there are limits as to what Beresford is allowed to reveal publicly regarding his... Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Security: A Multilayered Approach The resources in this Security KnowledgeVault provide expert advice on everything from creating a multilayered security strategy and deploying a more proactive fight against cybercrime, to realizing when it's time to stop going it alone and seek outside, expert help. Learn more. As targeted e-mail attacks proliferate, companies wince The strange e-mails arrived in executives' inboxes around the same time that the Australian oil company was negotiating a deal with a Chinese energy company. Read More 'Shady RAT' hacking claims overblown, say security firms Two security companies are questioning claims that a cyber espionage campaign uncovered by a rival firm was sophisticated or even extraordinary. Read More Malware turns off Windows' UAC, warns Microsoft Microsoft this week urged users to keep an oft-criticized Windows security feature turned on, even as it said that more malware is disabling the tool. Read More Industrial controllers need security rewrite The stripped down systems that control many manufacturing, utility and industrial processes have enormous security issues, researchers find. Read More
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