Posted in Network World on January 18th, 2012 by NetworkWorld
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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.
Posted in Network World on January 14th, 2012 by NetworkWorld
A new strain of Sykipot is being used to attack US Department of Defense smart cards
Posted in Network World on January 13th, 2012 by NetworkWorld
A new phishing attack that's spreading through Facebook chat modifies hijacked accounts in order to impersonate the social network's security team.
Posted in Network World on January 13th, 2012 by NetworkWorld
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.
Posted in Network World on January 13th, 2012 by NetworkWorld
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.
Posted in Network World on January 13th, 2012 by NetworkWorld
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?
Posted in Network World on January 13th, 2012 by NetworkWorld
A variant of the Sykipot Trojan Horse hijacks U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) smart cards in order to access restricted resources.
Posted in Network World on January 13th, 2012 by NetworkWorld
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.
Posted in Network World on January 13th, 2012 by NetworkWorld
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.
Posted in Network World on January 13th, 2012 by NetworkWorld
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.