Google servers as a DDoS tool |
- Google servers as a DDoS tool
- Hurricane Irene scams hit Facebook
- Morto worm spreads via RDP, brute-forces Administrator accounts
- Prototype for first virtualized ATM
- SecurityByte: India's largest security conference
- Fake Facebook friend request, now with hidden iFrame
- Google search results much cleaner than in 2010
- Slow HTTP DoS vulnerability test tool
- VMware acquires PacketMotion
- Disaster preparedness tips for computers
- PBConnex: Full-disk encryption with pre-boot networking
- CSA releases Cloud Controls Matrix 1.2
- Week in review: Digital forensics, new Facebook Privacy Settings and RSA phishing email found
| Posted: 29 Aug 2011 08:26 AM PDT Google's servers can be used by cyber attackers to launch DDoS attacks, claims Simone "R00T_ATI" Quatrini, a penetration tester for Italian security consulting firm AIR Sicurezza. Quatrini discov... |
| Hurricane Irene scams hit Facebook Posted: 29 Aug 2011 07:05 AM PDT As predicted, Hurricane Irene-themed scams have begun spreading on Facebook. The one spotted by Trend Micro fraud analyst Karla Agregado lures users in by offering a chilling video to watch: "VIDEO... |
| Morto worm spreads via RDP, brute-forces Administrator accounts Posted: 29 Aug 2011 06:28 AM PDT There's a new worm in town and it's the first one that spreads by taking advantage of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). "Once a machine gets infected, the Morto worm starts scanning the local ne... |
| Prototype for first virtualized ATM Posted: 29 Aug 2011 06:12 AM PDT For nearly 20 years, onboard computing technology has been at the core of the ATM. But, Diebold is leveraging virtualization technology to introduce a prototype for the world's first virtualized ATM. ... |
| SecurityByte: India's largest security conference Posted: 29 Aug 2011 06:00 AM PDT Nishchal Bhalla is the founder of SecurityByte Conference as well as security companies SD Elements and Security Compass. In this interview, he introduces India's largest information security event an... |
| Fake Facebook friend request, now with hidden iFrame Posted: 29 Aug 2011 04:52 AM PDT A slight variation of last week's Facebook friend request spam email campaign has been spotted targeting the social network's users, and this one employs a two-pronged method of attack. The email m... |
| Google search results much cleaner than in 2010 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 03:34 AM PDT It used to be that among the first ten pages of search results for popular terms, up to 90 percent of the offered links would take the users to a malicious page serving malware. Now, the same sampl... |
| Slow HTTP DoS vulnerability test tool Posted: 29 Aug 2011 03:12 AM PDT Slow HTTP DoS attacks rely on the fact that the HTTP protocol, by design, requires requests to be completely received by the server before they are processed. If an HTTP request is not complete, ... |
| Posted: 29 Aug 2011 01:10 AM PDT PacketMotion has been acquired by VMware. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. PacketMotion's PacketSentry UAM solution has been extensively deployed in support of virtualized environments ... |
| Disaster preparedness tips for computers Posted: 28 Aug 2011 10:03 PM PDT ISACA offers tips to the public and businesses to protect their computers, information and systems during a natural disaster. "Ensuring personal and employee safety is always the top priority, but ... |
| PBConnex: Full-disk encryption with pre-boot networking Posted: 28 Aug 2011 09:36 PM PDT WinMagic launched SecureDoc with PBConnex, a full-disk encryption solution with pre-boot networking. PBConnex, an extension to SecureDoc, fully integrates network support within the pre-boot en... |
| CSA releases Cloud Controls Matrix 1.2 Posted: 28 Aug 2011 09:09 PM PDT The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) launched revision 1.2 of the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM), available for free here. The CCM is designed to provide fundamental security principles to guide cloud ve... |
| Week in review: Digital forensics, new Facebook Privacy Settings and RSA phishing email found Posted: 28 Aug 2011 09:01 PM PDT Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, articles and videos: Chinese mobile phone monitoring service found What do you think cyber crooks do with the information collect... |
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