Browse by Tags

Symantec Security Response Weblog: From Myth to Reality: Evaluating the State of IT Risk Management

From Myth to Reality: Evaluating the State of IT Risk Management Today Symantec launched Volume II of the IT Risk Management Report, entitled “ IT Risk Management – From Myth to Reality .” It analyzes the results of interviews with more than 400 IT executives and professionals from around the world during...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-31-2008
Filed under: Security
Symantec Security Response Weblog: It’s Not a Wonderful Second Life

It’s Not a Wonderful Second Life It’s not very far into 2008 and sadly we are already seeing some of our predictions on the security trends of 2008 come true. I blogged earlier that our security analyses expected to see old style cybercrimes turn up in virtual worlds. While it’s not clear if any crime...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-28-2008
Filed under: In the News, Internet Hacks, Spam\Phishing, Security
Is it Domain Tasting or Domain Misusing? - McAfee Avert Labs Blog

Is it Domain Tasting or Domain Misusing? Thursday January 24, 2008 at 11:01 am CST Posted by Francois Paget Trackback When a registrar registers a domain name, there is a five-day Add Grace Period (AGP) where he may cancel his request and receive a full credit for the registration fee from the registry...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-24-2008
Filed under: Internet Hacks, Spam\Phishing, Security
Microsoft's Windows Live Phished - Donna's SecurityFlash

Microsoft's Windows Live Phished I receive today a Windows Live phishing attack thru email. The phished message states: You are receiving this message from inm or Windows Live because you are a valued member. Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, please read our online Privacy Statement...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-24-2008
Filed under: Microsoft Windows, Internet Applications, Spam\Phishing, Security
Drive-by Pharming and attacks against network infrastructure - SANS Internet Storm Center

Drive-by Pharming and attacks against network infrastructure Published: 2008-01-24, Last Updated: 2008-01-24 02:11:21 UTC by Toby Kohlenberg (Version: 1) Symantec posted a blog entry about attackers using vulnerabilities in web browsers (CSRF and XSS from our interpretation of the article) to reconfigure...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-24-2008
Filed under: Internet Hacks, Mobile\Wireless, Security
Security course: System Forensics, Investigation & Response

Beginning with fundamental forensic concepts such as the file system structures of Windows and Linux, the content and difficulty level of this track advances rapidly to include evidence acquisition, hash database comparisons, and full and partial file recovery and analysis. Learning more than just how...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 01-24-2008
Filed under: Security
Industrial Control System Attacks - SANS Internet Storm Center

Industrial Control System Attacks Published: 2008-01-19, Last Updated: 2008-01-19 03:16:11 UTC by Marcus Sachs (Version: 1) At the recent SANS SCADA Summit in New Orleans a CIA spokesman gave the audience these chilling comments: "We have information, from multiple regions outside the United States...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-23-2008
Filed under: Internet Hacks, Security
Mozilla confirms Firefox proof of concept information leak vulnerability | Zero Day | ZDNet.com

Mozilla confirms Firefox proof of concept information leak vulnerability Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:12 am Categories: Patch Watch , Browsers , Vulnerability research , Responsible disclosure , Data theft , Firefox Tags: Mozilla Firefox , Attacker , Vulnerability , Mozilla Corp. , Window Snyder , Web...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-23-2008
Filed under: Browser Wars, Firefox, Security
Symantec Security Response Weblog: Flashing Home Routers

Flashing Home Routers In a recent blog posting ( http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/hacking-the-interwebs ) the GNUCITIZEN security think tank published some new research on the security of home routers – specifically on how to modify router settings from an external location using Adobe Flash. The techniques...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-22-2008
Filed under: Mobile\Wireless, Security
Altiris Business Unit says all is good with Symantec

Posted to an email list today, an Altiris employee talks about their perception of support since Symantec acquired the systems management company. ============= Well I work for the Symantec Altiris Business Unit in the enterprise support group. So here's what I would say about Symantec support: The...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 01-18-2008
Filed under: Security, Software, Systems Management, Industry News

Page 1 of 178 (1771 items) 1 2 3 4 5 Next > ... Last »