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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 288 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: security pros kill activex comments Discuss  
A wave of bugs in the plug-in technology used by Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser has some security experts, including those at US-CERT, recommending that users disable all ActiveX controls. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 269 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn lack jobs driving pros malware comments Discuss  
http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2210383/lack-jobs-driving-professionalsBy Tom YoungComputing25 Feb 2008The growing number of cyber criminals in areas of Asia and Eastern-Europe is the result of a lack of IT jobs for qualified professionals, according to a report from vendor Mcafee.And the growing trade in malware means that authors can sell their code to other criminals without actually releasing their viruses.Writing malware is a hard option to ignore, according to Joe Telafici, vice president o read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 251 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: straight talk security pros comments Discuss  
Communicating the importance of security risk and the need for related investment to those less familiar is no easy task, but industry experts agree there are a few techniques that you can follow as a CSO, CISO, or project manager to help get your point across and curry favor with other business leaders. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 237 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: apple updates firmware mac pros comments Discuss  
Apple has released Mac Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.3 . The software is available for download through the Software Update system preference and directly from Apple's Web site. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 232 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: security pros launch open source cert comments Discuss  
Backed by Google, a group of respected computer security pros launched oCERT, an effort to be the go-to place for security incident response for open-source projects....SOLVE MORE ISSUES on the first call. Try WebEx FREE ZAP REMOTE SUPPORT ISSUES! Crush Support Log Jams! BLAST THROUGH FIREWALLS! Try WebEx REMOTE SUPPORT read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 211 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn infosec security pros ignoring message comments Discuss  
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2214974/security-ignoring-messageBy Ian Williams at Infosec Europe 2008vnunet.com23 April 2008Security professionals at Infosec Europe 2008 are ignoring their own message and leaving laptops lying around without locking them down securely.Microsoft's latest security report highlighted that lost equipment now accounts for over half of all security problems.But physical security firm Kensington took a stroll around the show and found that only 61 of 315 laptops on exhibitors read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 210 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: re infosec security pros ignoring message comments Discuss  
Forwarded from: Travis Good <tgood (at) mindsecurity.net>I'm troubled at the use of the term "security pros" in this article as their "security pros" are security companies' sales and maketing folks, who generally care little about security itself, but enjoy the paychecks that selling it provides. If Kensington wasn't using this as marketing for their laptop cables, they could point out that the sales folks are also using the conference wireless and plaintext protocols to log into read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 183 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: after debian releases ssl patch world hurt security pros comments Discuss  
Admins: Heal thy certificatesIt's been more than a week since Debian patched a massive security hole in the library the operating system uses to create cryptographic keys for securing email, websites and administrative servers. Now the hard work begins, as legions of admins are saddled with the odious task of regenerating keys too numerous for anyone to estimate.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 183 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn debians epic ssl blunder world hurt security pros comments Discuss  
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/21/massive_debian_openssl_hangover/By Dan Goodin in San FranciscoThe Register21st May 2008It's been more than a week since Debian patched a massive security hole in the library the operating system uses to create cryptographic keys for securing email, websites and administrative servers. Now the hard work begins, as legions of admins are saddled with the odious task of regenerating keys too numerous for anyone to estimate.The flaw in Debian's random number generator mea read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 135 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: security pros microsofts july patch ratings misleading comments Discuss  
Security professionals urge people not to underestimate the importance of July's Patch Tuesday fixes based on Microsoft's ratings.... read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 44 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: malware email rose dramatically september security pros report comments Discuss  
The amount of malware-infected e-mails rose dramatically last month, according to reports from MX Logic and Symantec. Advice to e-mail users - be careful what you click. - The amount of e-mail-born malware attacks jumped dramatically during the month of September, according to security researchers at MX Logic and Symantec. In its “October Threat Forecast amp; Report”, security vendor MX Logic reported that 5.14 percent of all e-mails in September contained malware,... read more »
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