August 28, 2008
Security Index
The Trouble With Virtual Disaster Recovery
By Richard Adhikari | Security Article Published August 27, 2008
Embracing virtualization helps cut costs, but will it lead to trouble when there's a massive systems failure?
By Richard Adhikari | Security Article Published August 27, 2008
Embracing virtualization helps cut costs, but will it lead to trouble when there's a massive systems failure?
Hackers: Uncle Sam Wants You
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published August 9, 2008
UPDATED: At Black Hat, agencies including the FBI, US-CERT, and the military make the pitch for assisting in the U.S.'s fight against cybercrime and cyberwar.
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published August 9, 2008
UPDATED: At Black Hat, agencies including the FBI, US-CERT, and the military make the pitch for assisting in the U.S.'s fight against cybercrime and cyberwar.
How To Get Your Email Past Clients' Spam Filter
By Ray Everett-Church | Security Article Published August 19, 2008
Achieving “deliverability,” otherwise known as getting email delivered to a user’s inbox in a timely and fully-functional fashion, is both an art and a science.
By Ray Everett-Church | Security Article Published August 19, 2008
Google Sees Massive Spam Spike
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published August 13, 2008
New message-delivery techniques allow the junk to leak through.
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published August 13, 2008
New message-delivery techniques allow the junk to leak through.
Malware How-to's Part of Computer Science Class
By Andy Patrizio | Security Article Published August 10, 2008
To make a point about the lack of education in computer security, a university professor offers courses in writing malware. Antivirus vendors don't buy the logic.
By Andy Patrizio | Security Article Published August 10, 2008
To make a point about the lack of education in computer security, a university professor offers courses in writing malware. Antivirus vendors don't buy the logic.
What If China's Orwellian Olympics Succeeds?
By Mike Elgan | Security Article Published August 7, 2008
China is employing an unprecedented level of state-of-the-art digital technology to suppress media freedom. For the sake of humanity, let’s hope Beijing's Orwellian IT experiment fails.
By Mike Elgan | Security Article Published August 7, 2008
Google Gadgets Under Attack at Black Hat
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published August 6, 2008
Researcher details Gadgets-based attacks that could leave users at the mercy of hackers.
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published August 6, 2008
Researcher details Gadgets-based attacks that could leave users at the mercy of hackers.
A Better View of Microsoft Security?
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published August 5, 2008
Microsoft to expand its Trustworthy Computing in a bid to help users and vendors understand security risks.
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published August 5, 2008
Microsoft to expand its Trustworthy Computing in a bid to help users and vendors understand security risks.
How to Prevent a Coffee Shop Wi-Fi Attack
By Kenneth van Wyk | Security Article Published August 4, 2008
Logging on using your mobile device allows hackers to steal your password unless you take basic precautions.
By Kenneth van Wyk | Security Article Published August 4, 2008
Insider Data Thieves Are the Worst
By Richard Adhikari | Security Article Published August 3, 2008
When good employees go bad and steal other employees' data, they usually try to buy cell phones.
By Richard Adhikari | Security Article Published August 3, 2008
When good employees go bad and steal other employees' data, they usually try to buy cell phones.
San Francisco Hack: Where Was the Oversight?
By Andy Patrizio | Security Article Published July 26, 2008
UPDATED: Private companies are supposed to follow best practices for internal security. Experts are amazed that San Francisco wasn't doing the same.
By Andy Patrizio | Security Article Published July 26, 2008
UPDATED: Private companies are supposed to follow best practices for internal security. Experts are amazed that San Francisco wasn't doing the same.
Mobile Phone Users Smart on Security
By Judy Mottl | Security Article Published July 23, 2008
As dependency on mobile devices increases, users know the importance of protecting stored data and network access.
By Judy Mottl | Security Article Published July 23, 2008
As dependency on mobile devices increases, users know the importance of protecting stored data and network access.
Oracle Unveils Access Management Suite
By Richard Adhikari | Security Article Published July 24, 2008
Rolls up products from various acquisitions to further its vision for application-centric identity, touts product as helping ensure compliance with Red Flag Rules.
By Richard Adhikari | Security Article Published July 24, 2008
Rolls up products from various acquisitions to further its vision for application-centric identity, touts product as helping ensure compliance with Red Flag Rules.
Web Ad Firm Learns People Don't Like Spying
By Ray Everett-Church | Security Article Published July 22, 2008
Ad firm NebuAd rushed into business with a massive blind spot. The irony is that Congress caved into terrorism fear-mongering and voted to allow the government to do precisely what it frets about NebuAd doing.
By Ray Everett-Church | Security Article Published July 22, 2008
Is Open Source Development Insecure?
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published July 21, 2008
A leading application security firm issues research report alleging that open source software developers are missing the security boat.
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published July 21, 2008
A leading application security firm issues research report alleging that open source software developers are missing the security boat.
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