General Security
Mozilla pushes out new Firefox and Thunderbird: 8 security advisories, 3 critical fixes
A posting from Naked Security about Mozilla pushes out new Firefox and Thunderbird: Not to be outdone by Microsoft's and Adobe's Patch Tuesday releases, Mozilla pushed out its latest browser and email client updates today. The Firefox browser goes to 21.0, on Android as well as on desktops. (You don't install browsers on your servers, do you?) The Thunderbird email client is only available in an Extended Support Release […]
U.S. Cyber Command Head General Alexander To Keynote Black Hat USA 2013
A posting from Dark Reading in there New section: Major information security event Black Hat has announced that General Keith Alexander -- Commander, U.S. Cyber Command/Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) -- will present the Day One keynote address at Black Hat USA 2013 in Las Vegas this July. In 2010, the U.S. Senate confirmed GEN […]
Sony hacking suspect smashes computers to get out of prosecution
A posting from Naked Security: A 23-year-old man suspected of helping to hack into Sony's PlayStation Network got out of being penalized for the crime by smashing his computers and making his hard drives disappear. Todd M. Miller, of Columbus, in the US state of Ohio, was sentenced on Thursday to a year on house arrest for obstructing […]
WordPress and Internet Security with Kellep Charles
Scott talks to Security Consultant Kellep Charles about WordPress and public website security. What can you do to protect yourself? Where does internet security break down?
Microsoft rushes out CVE-2013-1347 "Fix it" for the latest Internet Explorer zero-day
A posting from Naked Security: Remember the US Department of Labor hackwe wrote about at the beginning of the month? A microsite off the main web page was compromised and used to serve up a drive-by download cocktail that aimed to infect your computer surreptitiously. The vulnerability that was exploited in the drive-by turned out to […]
Unpatched Remote Access Tools: Your Gift To Attackers
A posting from Information Week in there Security section: Help desk teams love remote-control software. When employees call with computer problems, the IT department can remotely take control of the user's machine, copy over files and set all application and operating system wrongs to right. Unfortunately, they're not the only group interested in putting TeamViewer, […]
IBM takes a big new step in cryptography: practical homomorphic encryption
A posting from Naked Security about IBM takes a big new step in cryptography: practical homomorphic encryption: IBM just released an open source software package called HELib. The HE stands for homomorphic encryption. Although it doesn't sound terribly sexy or impressive, HELib is actually an interesting and important milestone in cryptography. HE is also a surprisingly relevant topic right now, with […]
See how beautiful a DDoS attack can look
A posting From Cnet News in there security and privacy section: Using the Web app Logstalgia, a developer has managed to capture on video a visual impression of what happens during a DDoS attack. We've all heard of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack and know what it is: when a person or people attempt to take […]
Nessus® 5.2 Vulnerability Scanner is Now Available
Tenable is pleased to announce the availability of the Nessus® 5.2 vulnerability scanner. This release provides expanded platform support and integration, enhanced analysis and reporting capabilities, and improved usability. Nessus 5.2 is available now to Nessus ProfessionalFeed®, Nessus Perimeter Service™, and Nessus HomeFeed® users at no additional cost.
Google joins FIDO's crusade to replace passwords
An posting From Cnet in there Security and privacy sections about Google joins FIDO's crusade to replace passwords: In the face of rampant weak password selection, group aims to replace passwords for identity authentication when logging into Web sites and online accounts. A group of tech companies looking to replace passwords for online identity authentication gained a powerful ally Tuesday in […]