October 2011 | SecurityOrb.com

USAJobs.gov 3.0 Not Off to a Good Start - Availabilty Issues

October 28, 2011

On October 11, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) unveiled its much-anticipated and newly designed USAJobs.gov 3.0 federal job search website which had been in development for over a year. The new launching of the website has been introduced with many negative complaints from frustrated users.

Conference

Keynote Announced: Cybersecurity Initiatives and Policies

October 27, 2011

Register today for this FREE solutions seminar to discuss cybersecurity policy developments, the latest technology initiatives and best practices for managing access to electronic information.

General Security

SANS AppSec Summit 2012 Call For Papers

October 27, 2011

We're happy to announce that the sixth annual SANS AppSec Summit will be
held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 30 - May 1, 2012.

The theme for this conference is "Application Security at Scale".

Conference

Cyber Security Summit

October 27, 2011

Cyber security features prominently in the mainstream media with news stories regularly getting in front of end users and boardrooms alike. The information security and risk market has responded with a range of solutions to tackle these issues and to bring comfort to business leaders.

Engage live with IT security experts at this online event to learn about the latest threats to your business, how to effectively manage breaches and how to safeguard your organization from cybercriminals all over the world.

Security Magazine

October Issue of BSD Magazine is Out!

October 25, 2011

I encourage you to have a look at the October issue: Inevitability of IPv6. You will definitely find there some interesting content. Start to read immediately because the November issue is coming soon!

Training

What’s New in Nexpose 5.0: The Next Generation in Vulnerability Management

October 24, 2011

Organizations across all industries and government agencies (at both the federal and state level) are struggling to mitigate constant cyber threats and comply with legislative or regulatory mandates. That’s nothing new in today’s information security landscape. What is new is that the new release of Rapid7 Nexpose provides a security risk intelligence solution that represents a paradigm shift in vulnerability management solutions.

Training

Vulnerability Management eSymposium

October 21, 2011

Cybercriminals frequently take advantage of vulnerabilities in web and other applications to gain entrance to wider corporate infrastructures. With breaches now happening on a regular basis using these methods, critical information of all kinds is being exposed. We learn from experts want companies can do to mitigate against these threats.

Conference

Hacker Halted Miami - Last Chance to Register

October 20, 2011

Not many platforms allow for a participant to learn from so many of the best the industry has to offer. This year, we are very proud to have some of the very best presenting at our event. The very impressive panel of speakers include Bruce Schneier (Internationally acclaimed security guru), Jeremiah Grossman (CTO - WhiteHat Security), George Kurtz (Global CTO - McAfee), Dr. Charlie Miller (Accuvant), Barnaby Jack (McAfee), Moxie Marlinspike (WhisperCore), and many others. We have lined up more than 70 speakers for this year's event, and designed a very comprehensive agenda covering major hot topics surrounding information security across 4 dedicated tracks. To find out more about this event, please visit: www.hackerhalted.com/2011

General Security

Trojan-Downloader:OSX/Flashback.C

October 20, 2011

Trojan-Downloader:OSX/Flashback.C poses as a Flash Player installer and connects to a remote host to obtain further installation files and configurations.

General Security

iPhone hack lets you eavesdrop on PC typing

October 20, 2011

A research team has developed a hack where iPhones can be used to detect what is being typed on nearby keyboards

Researchers at the George Institute of Technology have turned an iPhone into a spy tool with a hack that allows the phone to determine what is being typed on keyboards nearby.

The typing detection works by “using a smartphone accelerometer – the internal device that detects when and how the phone is tilted – to sense keyboard vibrations as you type to decipher complete sentences with up to 80% accuracy,” according to the Institute.