May 2013
Social Engineering: Tips to Protecting Yourself
In the world of information security, ‘social engineering’ is a term that describes a non-technical way of hacking that relies on the hacker to collect information to bypass normal security controls. It is the art of manipulating users into performing actions or divulging confidential information.
GovSec - The SecurityOrb Show: Interview with Curtis KS Levinson about GovSec
GovSec - The SecurityOrb Show: Interview with Curtis KS Levinson about GovSec
APT Attacks Trace To India, Researcher Says
A posting from information week on APT Attacks : A multi-year advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign that targeted the government of Pakistan, as well as global businesses operating in mining, automotive, engineering, military and finance sectors, among others, appears to have been run from India. Organizations targeted for industrial espionage were located in numerous countries, including the United […]
3 Lessons From Layered Defense's Missed Attacks
a posting from Dark Reading in there Vulnerability Management section: Layering security measures typically protects systems better: Research) by three University of Michigan graduate students in 2008, for example, found that using multiple antivirus engines result in much better protection than using a single program. Yet, recent analysis by NSS Labs highlights that layering security devices rarely catches all […]
Gathering More Security Data From Your Endpoints
A posting from Dark Reading in there Endpoint Security section: Even though many of the most troublesome and advanced threats hitting enterprise networks originate from the endpoint, most organizations today aren't investing in the same kind of visibility and control over these devices as they spend on network-based controls. This disparity is leaving organizations with […]
Anatomy of a change - Google announces it will double its SSL key sizes
A posting from Naked Security on Google announces it will double its SSL key sizes: Google just announced that its HTTPS web pages will be ditching 1024-bit RSA keys in favour of 2048 bits. "Pah," I hear you say. "I have one or two questions about that - three questions, in fact." How is this newsworthy when many […]
Phishers try flattery with Facebook Page owners
An interesting article in Naked Security on Phishers try flattery with Facebook Page owners: Beware, fanboys and fangirls: phishers are targeting Facebook Page owners with a bogus message supposedly sent from Facebook Security. According to Hoax-Slayer, the scam claims that Facebook is rolling out a new security feature to protect Page owners. This supposed new security feature is dubbed the "Fan […]
Focused Black Hat 2013 Trainings Examine Incident Response, Malware
A posting from Dark Reading In there Security management section: Verizon's 2013 DBIR indicates that 40% of breaches involved malware, and rapid analysis often falls to incident responders. Malware Analysis: Black Hat Edition provides a rapid intro to the tools and methodologies of Windows malware analysis. Attendees will learn how to observe malware's actions through disassembly and debugging, extract host […]
BIOS Bummer: New Malware Can Bypass BIOS Security
A posting from Dark Reading in there Vulnerability and Threat section: As more hardware vendors seek to implement the new NIST 800-155 specification that was designed to make the start-up BIOS firmware on our PCs and laptops more secure, they may need to rethink the security assumptions upon which the standard depends. A trio of researchers from […]
Twitter launched "Login Verification" feature after the Non-Stop Hijacking of accounts by Pro-Assad Hackers
Twitter launched "Login Verification" feature after the Non-Stop Hijacking of accounts by Pro-Assad Hackers