Vulnerability
'Wi-fi hack makes plan to ban file-sharers unfair'
News ISP TalkTalk has criticised proposals by the government to cut illegal file-sharers' internet access, on the grounds of wi-fi vulnerability to hacking. In a blog post last week, Andrew Heaney, TalkTalk's executive... [19 Oct 2009]
Web Application Security: Automated scanning versus manual penetration testing
White Paper There are two methods to detect Web vulnerability: using manual penetration testing and code review or using automated scanning tools and static analysis. Research has shown that a vast number of Web sites are vulnerable... [12 Oct 2009]
The Downward Spiral: Failures in Your Web Applications
White Paper Output is the best indicator of a vulnerability and threat. Anytime when a web application is not performing as expected, or it's the integrity that is compromised, the outbound flow needs to be analyzed to fully... [05 Oct 2009]
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks: Latest Motivations and Methods
White Paper This can be accomplished by exploiting vulnerability in the server or by consuming server resources (e.g.memory, hard disk, etc. A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack aims to intentionally deprive legitimate... [05 Oct 2009]
Your Browser Wears No Clothes: Why Fully Patched Browsers Remain Vulnerable
White Paper However, it is increasingly resulting from exploitation, which does not target a specific vulnerability on an individual platform, but instead is abusing the functionality and structure of the Internet itself. [05 Oct 2009]
The Business Case for Web Application Firewalls
White Paper In addition, they also provide security advantages that complement secure coding initiatives, vulnerability scanning efforts and network IDS/IPS. Web application firewalls offer a variety of business benefits such as... [05 Oct 2009]
Security Configuration Management Vendors Expand to Vulnerability Management
White Paper Vendors in this vulnerability management segment focus primarily on security configuration policy compliance. IT security organizations looking to implement security configuration audit and policy compliance functions... [04 Oct 2009]
Achieving Federal Desktop Core Configuration Compliance (FDCC) with Lumension® Solutions
White Paper This whitepaper examines the FDCC requirements, the compliance challenges including vulnerability management, change control, and system security management and also highlights how Lumension's SCAP Validated FDCC scanner... [02 Oct 2009]
Achieving NERC Cyber Security Standards Compliance with Lumension® Solutions
White Paper Lumension helps REs address NERC CIP compliance challenges and ensures audit-readiness by delivering end-to-end vulnerability management, endpoint protection and data protection solutions that: Automate... [02 Oct 2009]
Lumension Vulnerability Scanner
White Paper Lumension's Vulnerability Scanner assesses and prioritizes your vulnerabilities by criticality and delivers actionable information through an intuitive user interface, where users can easily create a variety of PDF-based... [02 Oct 2009]
Web Hacking Incidents Database (WHID): 2008 Report
White Paper The presenter also talks about the available vulnerability resources. The presenter of this webcast throws light on the challenges of risk analysis for web applications. [02 Oct 2009]
Is the Latest Wireless Vulnerability Just the Tip (or TKIP) of the Iceberg?
White Paper The newly discovered Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) vulnerability on Access Points using WPA encryption protocol opens the door to potentially new WPA/TKIP attacks. While it is an exaggeration to say TKIP is... [01 Oct 2009]
Enterprise Security & Vulnerability Managment: A Progress Report - How Does Your Enterprise Measure Up?
White Paper The presenter of this webcast discusses IDC's 2005 Enterprise Security Survey. The discussion probes how enterprises are planning, improving, and maintaining their protection against security threats - and how that has changed over the... [01 Oct 2009]
Skyjacking a Cisco WLAN Access Point: Attack Analysis and Countermeasures
White Paper This webcast will deconstruct the skyjacking vulnerability - explaining why the vulnerability occurs in Cisco WLANs, which Cisco access points are affected, how skyjacking can be exploited to launch... [01 Oct 2009]
The Perils of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
White Paper Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks are universally seen as the #1 security vulnerability facing web applications. Don't wait another today to learn how protect the organization. The presenter of this webcast gives an... [01 Oct 2009]