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Feb Edition of Hackin9 – Network Security

2011-02-02/0 Comments/in General Security, Security Magazine/by SecurityOrb_Staff

Another exciting edition of Hackin9 is out and you can download it here. Information about this edition is located below:
· Wuala – Secure Online Storage

There are a lot of online storage/backup solutions available nowadays and it is hard to find differences between them, but I think Wuala from LACIE may have something unique in the way their solution works.

Parents’ Internet Monitoring Study by NetSmartz.org

2011-02-02/0 Comments/in Child Safety/by SecurityOrb_Staff

NetSmartz is a very informative site geared towards aiding with the awareness efforts on how to better protect our kids while online. They have an excellent collection of data pertaining to how bad the situation is on the gap between parents understanding what their teens are doing online below:

Feb Edition of Hackin9 – Network Security

2011-02-02/0 Comments/in General Security, Security Magazine/by SecurityOrb_Staff

Another exciting edition of Hackin9 is out and you can download it here. Information about this edition is located below:
· Wuala – Secure Online Storage

Parents’ Internet Monitoring Study by NetSmartz.org

2011-02-02/0 Comments/in Child Safety/by SecurityOrb_Staff

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Feb Edition of Hackin9 – Network Security

2011-02-02/0 Comments/in General Security, Security Magazine/by SecurityOrb_Staff

Another exciting edition of Hackin9 is out and you can download it here. Information about this edition is located below:

· Wuala – Secure Online Storage

– MICHAEL MUNT

· A Beginners Guide to Ethical Hacking

– SHYAAM SUNDHAR

· A Security System That Changed The World

Enterprise data is a valuable corporate asset, and therefore ensuring it’s over integrity is an issue of superior business cycle model to any commercial or government organization.

– YURY CHEMERKIN

· Get in through the backdoor: Post exploitation with Armitage

IT professionals have a dated image of hacking. Many picture the process as running nmap, finding an exploit, and running it to compromise a server.

– RAPHAEL MUDGE

· Breaking The Code: Brute Forcing The Encryption Key

There’s no way around it, cryptography is an aspect of our digital lives that’s becoming more and more prevalent.

– RICH HOGGAN

· Is Data Secure on the Password Protected Blackberry Device?

People who have ever heard of password utility think the usage of it can protect their private data. There are, however, several ways to steal a lot of information in spite of the fact that device locked by password. These ideas are not complicated to first-time malware developer.

– YURY CHEMERKIN

· Examine your Network With Nmap What is network Scanning?

Network scanning is an important part of network security that any system administrator must be comfortable with. Network scanning usally consists of a port scanner and vulnerability scanner.

– MOHSEN MOSTAFA JOKAR

· Network Security – Data Breaches

There doesn’t appear to be a day that passes where we don’t hear about a corporate or government network data breach (http://datalossdb.org/) in the media. Whatever individuals or businesses do, we all fail miserably when it comes to protecting our most valued assets – personal and financial information.

– JULIAN EVANS

· What is Good Enough Coverage?

Everything we buy, build, or test in the security space calls itself full coverage, complete coverage, or all you’ll ever need. But we all know no product could possibly say they can be full coverage, as in they’ll cover every threat you could be faced with.

– MATTHEW JONKMAN

· Exploring GCIH certification for fun and employability

Do you remember the time when you used to read everything you got on Internet from underground e-zines to README files? How many years of professional experience do you have? This really counts. Enhance your skill set by challenging this certification exam! There’s no more room to discuss whether it’s good or bad being certified. The market needs it.

– ALEXANDRE TEIXEIRA

· Certification Smart?

A job in computers is a position of experience; if you don’t have experience the next best thing is a computer certification.

Parents’ Internet Monitoring Study by NetSmartz.org

2011-02-02/0 Comments/in Child Safety/by SecurityOrb_Staff

Parents’ Internet Monitoring Study

Click here to view the entire report

A survey commissioned by Cox Communications and NCMEC³ found that

Over half (51%) of parents either do not have or do not know if they have software on their computer(s) that monitors where their teenager(s) go online and with whom they interact.
42% of parents do not review the content of what their teenager(s) read and/or type in chat rooms or via Instant Messaging.
Teenagers who Instant Message use chat lingo to communicate and parents don’t know the meanings of some of the most commonly used phrases. 57% don’t know LOL (Laughing Out Loud), 68% don’t know BRB (Be Right Back), and 92% don’t know A/S/L (Age/Sex/Location).
95% of parents couldn’t identify common chat room lingo that teenagers use to warn people they’re chatting with that their parents are watching. Those phrases are POS (Parent Over Shoulder) and P911 (Parent Alert).
Nearly three out of 10 (28%) of parents don’t know or are not sure if their teens talk to strangers online.
30% of parents allow their teenagers to use the computer in private areas of the house such as a bedroom or a home office. Parents say they are more vigilant about where their teen(s) go online if the computer is in a public area of the household.
58% of parents surveyed say they review the content of what their teenager(s) read and/or type in chat rooms or via Instant Messaging; 42% do not.

Source: NetSmartz.org