November 30, 2009 - The Koobface gang has been keeping themselves busy of late. Like Santa's little elves, they’re beavering away, creating and checking their fake Facebook and YouTube video sites and packin' it (the worm, that is) twice. The latest campaign involves posting (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - Firefox: The worst thing about losing your laptop isn't the cost of replacing your gear; it's the loss of personal info and saved passwords. Firefox extension FireFound tracks your lost laptop's (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - Security vendor Prevx is offering a patch for a debilitating bug introduced on their users' systems by the latest updates to Windows XP and Vista. The latest updates cause the system not (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - The fifth video in the series explaining common internet security threats and how to avoid them, looks at misleading applications or rogue AV. Read more
November 30, 2009 - Unless you've been in a cave or working or something like that, you know that famed golfer Tiger Woods was in a car accident recently. News outlets, respectable and otherwise, have (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - Welcome to the Tenable Network Security Podcast - Episode 14 Announcements Correction: Nessus 4.2 supports Suse 10 Enterprise. Nessus 4.2 is released! - Brand new web interface, performance and reporting improvements, and wider platform support. Listen in for the exclusive details! A (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - Another Milestone, Nessus 4.2 Long-time users of Nessus have probably noticed that significant improvements have been made over the past several years. For example, Nessus version 3 introduced many performance enhancements due to an overhaul of the NASL interpreter. Nessus (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - It’s one of the oldest pieces of security guidance: the biggest threats are always from a company’s employees, not intruders. The reason the popular perception has never supported that truth is that outside intrusions are comparatively highly publicized and internal (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - Security breaches, laptop theft, and identity theft happen all the time, and these crimes increase every year. The need for people to become more aware of their digital presence and the threats surrounding it is vital. The pace at which these (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - Washington Post columnist Brian Krebs did a great piece “Eight tips for safe online shopping.” His list:1. Shop with a credit card, not a debit card2. Keep track of your receipts.3. Shop from a (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - The fourth in the series explaining common internet security threats and how to avoid them, looks at Drive-by downloads. Read more
November 30, 2009 - To date, a major gap exists in vulnerability standardization: there is no standard framework for the creation of vulnerability report documentation. While the computer security collective has done a bang-up job in several other areas, including categorizing and ranking the (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - I recommend you take a look at Linda McGlasson's post 'Tis the Season for Thieving. There is some good advice for all, both for your campus security (check out the warnings on fake bank transfers) and (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - Our Health Check 2.0 Beta was released about eight weeks ago.Try Health Check. This is an (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - McAfee Labs is reporting a new and versatile variant of the Koobface worm. Like some other recent malware, this attack uses Google Reader to host the malware. The user sees a (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - Cyber Monday is basically the online retailers’ version of Black Friday and is considered the busiest day of the year for online shoppers and sellers alike. The National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates 96.6 million Americans to shop this Cyber (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - Netcraft reports that 24 of the top 100 HTTPS sites have disabled renegotiation, blocking a recently-revealed flaw in the SSL3/TLS protocols. There is some controversy over how much of a real-world (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - Today is Cyber Monday, a marketing creation of the National Retail Federation as the Monday after Black Friday. The Internet is full of deals! deals! deals! Sadly, it's full of scams (continue reading...) Read more
November 29, 2009 - The third in the Symantec Guide to Scary Internet Stuff looks at the Underground Cybercrime Economy and how to protect yourself. Read more
November 29, 2009 - We discussed in a recent blog how Google Reader has become an unwitting spam target. We now see the same behavior in a recent variant of Koobface. This variant uses the Google Reader page to host the malware. Once the (continue reading...) Read more