According to a poll of 100 IT security professionals, conducted at InfoSecurity Europe 2006 by AppSense, a leader in endpoint security for the enterprise, most IT managers accept the limitations of existing security systems for want of a better way. 79% of IT managers admitted they live in fear of unknown IT threats (zero-day attacks) [...]
Unauthorised Applications Biggest Concern To IT Managers
May 4th, 2006 · No Comments
Understanding Windows NTFS Permissions
May 4th, 2006 · No Comments
Even though Windows permissions have been around for a long time, I still run into seasoned network administrators that aren’t aware of the new changes that came with Windows 2000 so long ago. When Microsoft released Windows 2000, they released a new version of NTFS, which was versioned 5. The new NTFS permissions were essentially [...]
RFID Security in the Logistics Setting
May 4th, 2006 · No Comments
RFID has come a long way, and has still a long way yet to go. Some of the evident problems with RFID, of course, are the costs. A lot of companies find it difficult to justify that initial expense of setting up the RFID infrastructure. Whether or not to adopt the technology is usually dependent [...]
Symantec Goes After Phishing
May 4th, 2006 · No Comments
Security software giant Symantec said Monday it will launch a service allowing businesses to report phishing incidents or fraudulent web sites that try to steal personal information from online users, as it looks to crack down on one of the Internet’s biggest security problems. The Phish Report Network, as Symantec calls it, will let anyone [...]
Troubleshooting your Windows based VPN
May 4th, 2006 · No Comments
VPNs are one of the most impressive networking technologies introduced in the last several years. Mobile employees no longer have to rack up huge phone bills by dialing directly into the corporate network. Instead, they can use an existing Internet connection and attach for free. As great as this technology is, though, it doesn’t always [...]
Build borderless networks you trust
May 4th, 2006 · No Comments
The popularity of smart phones and other handheld devices such as the Blackberry that do almost everything a computer can do, coupled with the rapidly expanding range of wireless access, means that the perimeter of an enterprise network can be almost anywhere on the planet. It also means that such a network now comprises an [...]
Viruses no longer top security threat
May 4th, 2006 · No Comments
Early reports of malware distribution in April show that viruses are swiftly declining as a threat in comparison with other malicious software. Separate research from Fortinet and Sophos shows that the top viruses were mainly old timers, and that Trojans and spyware are coming to the fore in their place.
Fortinet in particular reported that Adware/BetterInternet [...]
Homeland Security Audit Flags Critical Linux Bug
May 4th, 2006 · No Comments
An open-source security audit program funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has flagged a critical vulnerability in the X Window System which is used in Unix and Linux systems. Coverity, the San Franciso-based company managing the project under a $1.25 million grant, described the flaw as the “biggest security vulnerability” found in the [...]
Eager IT Leaders Could Swallow Security Industry
May 4th, 2006 · No Comments
With industry experts predicting a wave of consolidation across the security applications sector, the continued efforts of the IT industry’s largest players to bake more defense features into their products could accelerate the rapid shifts in the market.
Since the beginning of 2006, most of the computing world’s largest names have issued new promises of added [...]
Hackers control bot client over P2P
May 4th, 2006 · No Comments
Security watchers are warning of a new worm that’s propagating over instant messenger networks run by both AOL and MSN. Nugache-A is also spreading (albeit modestly) as an infected email that uses a variety of well-known Windows exploits to infect vulnerable Windows PCs.