Archive for the ‘Network World’ Category

Alcatel-Lucent, Arbor Networks partner on DDOS mitigation

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Alcatel-Lucent is now offering a router with technology from Arbor Networks that defends against distributed denial-of-service attacks, the two companies said on Wednesday.

Chinese ‘attack US DoD Smart Cards’ with Sykipot Malware

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A new strain of Sykipot is being used to attack US Department of Defense smart cards

Facebook chat-based phishing attack impersonates Facebook Security

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A new phishing attack that's spreading through Facebook chat modifies hijacked accounts in order to impersonate the social network's security team.

Oracle to issue 78 patches, including 27 for MySQL

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Oracle is set on Tuesday to release 78 security fixes for vulnerabilities in its database, middleware and applications, according to a preview announcement posted to the company's website this week.

Your identity up for grabs

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Security was a big issue in 2011 with more sophisticated and a wider range of threats than ever before wasting even more of everyone's time at a cost of billions of dollars.

Cyber insurance offers IT peace of mind — or maybe not

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If your company were hit with a cyber attack today, would it be able to foot the bill? The entire bill, including costs from regulatory fines, potential lawsuits, damage to your organization's brand, and hardware and software repair, recovery and protection?

Sykipot Trojan hijacks Department of Defense authentication smart cards

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A variant of the Sykipot Trojan Horse hijacks U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) smart cards in order to access restricted resources.

Insecure Android a myth, Motorola exec says

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It's a myth that Android isn't secure and is difficult for IT managers to control, contended a top Motorola Mobile executive in an interview at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Security roundup: The fury of Anonymous, the humiliation of Stratfor

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The hactivist group Anonymous, or at least someone with the handle "FuryOfAnon" who claims to be part of the collective, last week published a list of Internet-facing Israeli SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems and purported log-in details. "Who wanna have some fun with Israeli scada systems?" the message said.

A new audit standard validates IT-specific controls for cloud service providers

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Risk mitigation is one thing when you own all the resources, but when you start moving data and applications into the cloud, it's doubly important to understand what the service provider is doing to protect your assets. Now there is a new audit standard and certification for reporting on controls for data centers and service providers in the cloud.