Wiping Out Wimpy Passwords
Recent breaches at Rockyou.com and Hotmail illustrate the consistency of human behavior: Since the dawn of access control systems, users continue to choose easily guessed passwords.
Phishing Attacks Steadily Rise
A report this week shows the number of phishing attacks continue to climb, year over year. Ditto for the number of Web servers dishing out malware. And the country that hosts the most phishing sites? That one just may surprise you.
Anatomy Of A Targeted, Persistent Attack
New report provides an inside look at real attacks that infiltrated, camped out, and stole intellectual property and proprietary information -- and their links to China
China Denies Attacking Google
Officials in China call claims that the government had a role in the cyber attack on Google and other companies "groundless."
BBB Offers SMB Security Info
The Better Business Bureau, working with technology and financial companies, unveiled a new online educational resource intended to help small businesses get a grip on data and online security. Based on the BB's numbers, it's past time for plenty of those businesses and their staffs to go back to school.
Cost of Data Breaches Continue Their Rise
Businesses that suffered a data breach in 2009 paid a higher price for the incident than any previous year, according to a study released today. Also, the average cost for a data breach reached an eye-opening $6.75 million.
Get Data Out Of The Cloud
As the Cloud Compute and Cloud Storage markets continue to mature, some of those vendors are going to go out of business. It is the natural order of things. The strong (or well funded) survive. You either need to be very sure that the cloud vendor is not going to be one of those that does or you need to make sure you are getting your data out of the cloud on a regular basis.
HP Expands Security Portfolio
By adding new security services and integrating them, HP aims to simplify enterprise security and regulatory compliance.
Operating In An Insecure World
I've heard of the idea of operating day-to-day with the assumption that your organization is already compromised, and I just saw it reiterated in the Tenable Security Blog, but I think it's a tough one to swallow for most organizations. There has to be some level of trust within an organization, otherwise, how could you get any business done. But as tough as it is to accept, there is value in taking this approach.
Privacy Network Tor Suffers Breach
The virtual network, Tor, designed to provide private and secure Web browsing to people around the world had a number of servers hacked recently. The Tor anonymous network is helpful to those living in nations that oppress free speech, such as China and Iran, and need unfettered access to information.
Avoiding ATM "Skimmer" Threats
A security expert has posted photos of a device that could cost your small business dearly if you fall prey to it: an ATM "skimmer."
Sloppy Software Dev Exposes Google Hacker Holes
I've ranted on the subject before, but it's worth sounding off again in light of the recent China hacker breaches of Gmail: Poor software development procedures are the big reason major firms are apparently running around scared witless that their products are vulnerable to cyberattacks. (The corollary, about which we haven't read anything, is that firms with buttoned-down dev rules are likely feeling, if not entirely safe, then at least free of the panic which plagues the cluelessly unprepared.
Google/China Reality Check Amid The Fog Of Cyberwar
We've all heard about the Chinese attacks against Google by now. We've heard of Google's moral standing, how corporations now impact international relations, and how censorship is bad and freedom is good. However, some important questions lost in the fog of war need to be asked.
Denial-of-Service Attack Intensity Grows
A survey of 132 network operators and telecommunication providers reveal that Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks is the top day-to-day security challenge facing service providers.
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