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Amit Yoran talks cybersecurity
Insight newsmaker Former U.S. cybersecurity director Amit Yoran talks about his year as the "cyberguy" and why he is an "anti-user".
Tags: Authentication and encryption, PC security, Data security, Policy and management, Amit Yoran, Security, NSA, CNCI, Cybersecurity, Information Technology
Beware Olympic cybercrime chaos, urges former UK politician
News Speaking at the Infosecurity Europe 2009 conference, former U.K. home secretary David Blunkett says that attacks are taking place but not being talked about.
Tags: Network security, Home Secretary, Attack, Internet Attack, Accommodation, Infosecurity Europe, London, U.S. Government, theory, U.K.
'Best Video' scam on Twitter dropped malware
News Weekend Twitter attack is fake antivirus scam and not a worm, Kaspersky Labs says.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Antivirus software, Domain names, PC security, Network security, Twitter, Phishing, Malware, Security, Attack
Apple plugs holes for domain spoofing, other attacks
News Security update for Mac OS X addresses 43 specific issues, including holes that could allow an attacker to take over the computer.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Web sites, Apple Inc., Security, SSL, Web sites, Domain, Attack, Apple Mac OS X
Perspectives provides out-of-band verification for SSH
Techguide There is more to Perspectives than the Firefox extension for TLS/SSL validation.
Tags: Network security, PC security, Data security, Security, Perspectives, SSH Protocol, SSL, network, OpenSSH, SSH
Leaking crypto keys from mobile devices
News Attackers could steal keys used for encryption and authentication on mobile devices by analyzing electromagnetic signals and radio frequency emissions, researcher says.
Tags: Mobile, Authentication and encryption, Phone, cable box, Key, bank, mobile, Authentication and encryption, Attack, Mobile Device
New scam adds live chat to phishing attack
News RSA researchers say new attack targets one bank with fake site that pops up a live chat window where victims are tricked into revealing personal information.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Phishing, Scammer, Attack, Tool, Phishing Web Site, Online Scam, instant messenger, RSA Security Inc., window
Another attack hits Twitter
News Less than a week after a denial-of-service attack knocked it offline, Twitter's servers went down again.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data security, Security Management, Hacking, LiveJournal, Twitter, Attack, Server, denial of service, Facebook
Twitter, Facebook attack targeted one user
News Accounts of pro-Georgian blogger were targeted in denial of service attack leading to outage at Twitter and problems at Facebook, Blogger and LiveJournal, says Facebook CSO.
Tags: Network security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, LiveJournal, Twitter, Blogger, Attack, chief security officer, denial of service, Facebook
Businesses overlooking biggest security risks
News Companies are looking in the wrong places to defend against online attacks, according to security training organization Sans.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Spam and phishing, Security, Phishing, Training, Vulnerability, Attack, Web Application, Programming
BlackBerry smartphones open to SMS attack
News Certificate notification issue means BlackBerry users could be tricked into visiting malicious Web sites, Research In Motion has warned.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Network security, BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, E-mail, dialog box, Web Site, software, domain name
Microsoft reports attacks using IIS vulnerability
News Flaw that could attack Microsoft's Web server software is now being used to attack machines, the software company reports.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft IIS Server, Vulnerability, information service, FTP, Microsoft IIS 7.0, Microsoft IIS 5.1, security response communications team, Microsoft IIS 5.0, Attack
Researchers can attack mobile phones via spoofed SMS messages
News Researchers at the Black Hat security conference showed how an attacker could spoof a SMS message that appears to be sent from the carrier or some other trusted source.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Spam, PayPal, Message, Cell Phone, Carrier, Attack, Server, phone, Attacker
Spam offers to let people use their PC to attack Obama site
News Regardless of your political leanings it's unwise to fall for the spam.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Malware, Spam, Attack, computer, e-mail, denial of service, DOS, Web Site, Web
Understanding risk, threat and vulnerability
Techguide IT security, like any other technical field, has its own specialized language developed to make it easier for experts to discuss the subject. It pays to understand this jargon when researching security.
Tags: Security Management, Network security, Data security, Authentication, Security, Vulnerability, Attack, CompTIA, Chad Perrin, penetration testing
