Blog Posts Tagged with "Network Security"
Years of Security Neglect - Solved in 24 Hours of Panic?
June 16, 2011 Added by:Rafal Los
It's been uncovered that your company is the next target of a hacktivist organization. Then panic sets in as everyone realizes the network that's been neglected for the last decade is responsible for 75% of your business revenue, and will likely be the front line of attack...
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Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Plant Targeted in Cyberattack
June 15, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"Y-12's external website has been replaced with a temporary information page. At this point, there is no evidence that any plant-wide email or internal computing services have been affected, nor has any classified or sensitive information been accessed or affected by this incident..."
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Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit 2011
June 14, 2011 Added by:Lawrence Pingree
Increases in the complexity and volume of targeted attacks coupled with the necessity for companies to address compliance issues continues to support healthy security market growth. We will be examining the key security issues at the upcoming Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit...
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Siemens Patches SCADA System Vulnerabilities
June 14, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Siemens was prompted to take swift action after security researcher Dillon Beresford cancelled a scheduled presentation at the Takedown Conference in Dallas where he planned to reveal an exploit proof-of-concept aimed at Siemens controllers...
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From Lulz to Global Espionage: The Age of the Cracker
June 14, 2011 Added by:Scot Terban
For groups like Lulzsec, they are passing from the nuisance category into perceived enemies of the state. Once they start attacking government and military targets, they are likely to see a more hardened response from intelligence agencies as well as the likes of the FBI...
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LulzSec Claims U.S. Senate Network Hack
June 14, 2011 Added by:Headlines
The group posted the following statement: "We don't like the US government very much. This is a small, just-for-kicks release of some internal data from Senate.gov - is this an act of war, gentlemen? Problem?"
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You Can't Buy DLP
June 13, 2011 Added by:Boris Sverdlik
To implement a data loss solution, you must take a holistic approach to identify the problem, threat vectors and vulnerabilities. You must understand where your sensitive data lives within your organization. This can’t be done with a tool, regardless of how good they claim it is...
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Security - Stupid Is As Stupid Does
June 12, 2011 Added by:J. Oquendo
With so much being spent on security - Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems, Intrusion 'Prevention' Systems, Intrusion 'Tolerance' Systems, Data Loss Prevention, Certified Security Professionals, Standards, Guidelines, and the list goes on, why are these companies failing?
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Citigroup Suffers Breach of Customer Information
June 09, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Citigroup has confirmed an unauthorized network access event may have compromised the account details of as many as two hundred thousand North American banking clients. Representatives said they detected the breach of the Citi Account Online network in May through routine monitoring...
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Solution Architecture: A Critical Service or Sales Talk?
June 08, 2011 Added by:Rafal Los
Over time the term has become widely over-used to the point where meaning is largely lost, and sadly most people on the buyer side of the aisle think it's just some marketing term or a way to get them to buy more of whatever widget is being sold...
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Flying Blind in Critical Infrastructure
June 07, 2011 Added by:Chris Blask
Once you get your head around the idea that you cannot trust your cyber devices you find it fits with existing industrial ideology quite well. The answer is to do your best to build a reliable cyber system - just as you do with the physical assets - then monitor it like a convicted criminal...
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Believe It or Not: Hackers Hit Sony Networks Again
June 03, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"SonyPictures.com was owned by a very simple SQL injection, one of the most primitive and common vulnerabilities... From a single injection, we accessed EVERYTHING. Why do you put such faith in a company that allows itself to become open to these simple attacks?"
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Summit Seeks Global Cybersecurity Collaboration
June 02, 2011 Added by:Headlines
“I’d like to see us create a working group which talks about cybersecurity espionage and cyber conflict in a big way. Cybersecurity is now intertwined with international security, and you can't divorce it from that...”
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NATO Threatens to "Persecute" Anonymous Hacktivists
June 02, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"It remains to be seen how much time Anonymous has for pursuing such paths. The longer these attacks persist the more likely countermeasures will be developed, implemented, the groups will be infiltrated and perpetrators persecuted..."
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A Review of the New Backtrack 5 Operating System
June 02, 2011 Added by:Lee Munson
If you are a computer security consultant, there is no better tool to use than Backtrack. If you own a company that has to store important data, then it is vital for you to have a tool like this so your security people can test your network with the same tools the bad guys are using...
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RSA SecurID Breach Spreads to L3 and Northrop
June 02, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"We're seeing are targeted attacks against the defense industry. The RSA attack was very sophisticated, probably executed by people who had plans for what to do with the keys. Think about the data that those companies have. They have our nation's military technology secrets..."
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