Siemens SCADA systems under attack by information stealing worm

Siemens SCADA systems under attack by information stealing worm


Siemens SCADA systems under attack by information stealing worm

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 10:28 AM PDT

The recently discovered Stuxnet worm that contains the password for Siemens' SCADA systems is wreaking havoc around the world. The Simatic WinCC SCADA system, which runs on Windows and is used by ...

Lack of computer security experts weighs heavy on U.S. cyber defense

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 10:00 AM PDT

It is old news that the U.S. lack the manpower needed when it comes to defending its own information infrastructure. Again and again, existing security experts that work for the government and its var...

Review: CCNA Security 640-553 Cert Flash Cards Online

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Author: Brian D'Andrea Flash cards: 250 Publisher: Cisco Press ISBN: 158705910X Introduction The CCNA Security 640-553 Cert Flash Cards Online is a custom flash card application loaded w...

Botnet C&C centers move to social networks

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 07:00 AM PDT

In the last year or so, we have witnessed many botnet command and control centers being taken down in organized actions instigated or aided by companies such as Microsoft, Panda Security and organizat...

TrueCrypt 7.0 released

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 06:34 AM PDT

TrueCrypt 7.0 has been released. Among the new features are hardware-accelerated AES, support for devices that use sector sizes other than 512 bytes, ability to configure a volume to be automatically ...

New zero-day "shortcut worm" vulnerability affects all Windows versions

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 03:33 AM PDT

Microsoft published Security Advisory 2286198 on Friday of last week, confirming the existence of a critical vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows. The new zero-day vulnerability is ...

iTunes 9.2.1 fixes critical hole

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 12:55 AM PDT

iTunes 9.2.1 comes with improvements and a security fix. A buffer overflow exists in the handling of "itpc:" URLs. Accessing a maliciously crafted "itpc:" URL may lead to an unexpected application ...

A holistic approach to managing risk

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 12:42 AM PDT

McAfee unveiled a risk management solution for IT security that combines real-time threat intelligence with global vulnerability scanning across applications, databases and networks, and correlates th...

Fully itegrated e-mail and web cloud security service

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:30 PM PDT

Zscaler announced the worldwide availability of a fully integrated e-mail and web security service. Key features include:Accurate filtering to block spam and phishingDeep protection against virus...

SOURCE Barcelona 2010 speaker line-up

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 10:06 PM PDT

SOURCE Conference brings computer and IT security professionals and practitioners together in a unique environment to discuss the security industry's most important issues, technologies, and business ...

Splunk 4.1.1 brings 90+ fixes

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 09:21 PM PDT

Splunk provides the ability for users to search, monitor and analyze live streaming IT data as well as terabytes of historical data, all from the same interface. The following issues have been re...

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