Most businesses vulnerable to cache poisoning attacks

Most businesses vulnerable to cache poisoning attacks


Most businesses vulnerable to cache poisoning attacks

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 10:59 AM PST

While DNSSEC adoption percentages appear to have increased dramatically by 340 percent this year, the actual number of zones that have been signed is very small: .02 percent, according to a study by I...

Tracking a pirated software license

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 10:33 AM PST

When Avast Software spotted a license for its avast! Pro Antivirus software being distributed online, they decided to do a simple experiment - they didn't take any action that would curb its spread, a...

Doorways on non-default ports make compromised websites harder to spot

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:47 AM PST

Are negligent site and server administrators at least as much to blame for compromised sites that redirect users to doorway pages to pirated software as the cyber criminals that took advantage of thei...

Growth in social networking, mobile and infrastructure attacks

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:07 AM PST

IID released its list of the top enterprise security trends for 2011. Some specific areas that will have significant spikes in attacks are social networking, mobile, and enterprise infrastructure. ...

Juniper Networks acquires Altor Networks

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 07:59 AM PST

Juniper Networks has acquired Altor Networks, a provider of virtualization security technology that enables organizations to secure the virtualized world. Under the terms of the agreement, Juniper ...

McAfee's Secure Short URL Service not so secure

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 07:24 AM PST

When the people at McAfee decided to launch its own URL-shortening service (mcaf.ee), they touted it as "secure" - meaning, that it would guarantee that the shortened link isn't malicious by scanning ...

How new Facebook user profiles impact privacy

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 06:58 AM PST

Facebook today announced its New Profile, designed to help users share their experiences, discover common interests and highlight meaningful relationships. The service will be rolled out across Facebo...

Review: Securing the Smart Grid: Next Generation Power Grid Security

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 06:00 AM PST

Authors: Tony Flick and Justin Morehouse Pages: 320 Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1597495700 Introduction Smart grids are a reality and the future, and they promise greater reliability, affor...

Dropbox 1.0.0 RC: Selective sync, bug fixes and improvements

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 05:46 AM PST

The popular online backup, file sync and sharing service Dropbox released version 1.0.0 RC of their desktop client. Here's what has been fixed since 0.8.114:Stop the Dropbox location changer widg...

What happened to WikiLeaks over the weekend?

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:08 AM PST

It has been a busy weekend for WikiLeaks. Their latest release made public a list of assets of strategic importance to the US, which are located across the globe. And while the US, British and othe...

Amazon launches new DNS service in the cloud

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 02:21 AM PST

Amazon Web Services announced Route 53, a DNS web service giving a way to route Internet traffic to web applications by translating human readable names into numeric IP addresses. Amazon Route 53...

Federated voice biometric database to secure and authenticate e-money

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 02:16 AM PST

Voice Commerce launched KYC Secure, a federated database developed to secure and authenticate a consumer's identity over their mobile phone. The first regulated mobile identity database of its kind, K...

Week in review: WikiLeaks developments, rich scammers and ATM infections

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:40 AM PST

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, articles and interviews: Release of diplomatic cables reveals Aurora attacks instigator Among the various interesting things that...

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