/// Archive for: Security
Email This!
Spammers are abusing the social media sharing functionality of popular web sites, to bypass spam filters. I received an email this evening with the subject...
Malware As A Video Game: “Voluntary Botnets” Being Used In Pro-WikiLeaks DDoS Attacks
Hadn’t really posted anything here yet about the ongoing WikiLeaks saga, but like seemingly every other network security commentator in the world, I was tapped...
Wikileaks DDoS Arrests, Microsoft Set To Fix Three Vulnerabilities That Allow DDoS Attacks
A 16-year-old boy suspected of being involved in the attacks on the MasterCard and PayPal sites was arrested yesterday in Holland. At the same time...
No Stopping Operation Payback
I have been closely tracking the Anonymous Hacker Group and its attacks against various Web sites and have found that the tool to initiate a...
Why Being Proactive In Security Is Essential
We have always been taught that once your system is compromised you need to either restore a clean backup or re-install the system in order...
Companies Must Prepare For Frantic Friday Employee Online Shopping
The big freeze that hit the UK at the start of December is likely to be felt in more ways than one. The big freeze...
Freedom Exists In A School Book
The continuing DDoS attacks on major commercial websites in support of Operation Avenge Assange raise some interesting questions about internet freedom. The online collective dubbed...
The Growing Scope For IP-Based Surveillance
The value of camera surveillance at a property has always been recognised, but when it comes to home security for the consumer there have been...
Securing Your Privileged Identity: Is Anyone In Control Of Cloud Security?
There are those who argue that the age of Cloud computing is merely in the minds of the more far-sighted IT visionaries. I have even...
Today’s Threats Require Joined-Up Security
The security threats that we face today are complex and sophisticated and are designed to do real harm—stealing data, recruiting computers into botnets and committing...
Russian Spam King Facing Charges In US Federal Court
Oleg Nikolaenko, 23, of Moscow, Russia, was due to face arraignment in U.S. Federal Court in Milwaukee today in the wake of his Nov. 16...
Could NAC Have Stopped Operation Aurora Attacks On Google?
In January 2010, Google disclosed that sophisticated cyber attacks on its computer systems had resulted in the theft of Google intellectual property. According to sources...
Selling The Real Spyware?
In a report from the BBC, it was revealed that the the British intelligence community was considering ways in which it could commercialise its own...
Is Your VOIP Secure?
VOIP has tremendous benefits for business users – which include cost savings and greater productivity – but like anything else it comes with associated security...
“Smishing” (SMS Phishing) And “Vishing” (Voice Phishing) On The Upswing, FBI Warns
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a new warning recently about new phishing attacks carried out via SMS text or cellular voicemail messages. The...
