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Web 2.0 threat looms
Comment The web is already the main target for security attacks. XSS is one of the top 10 web application vulnerabilities identified by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), along with injection attacks and malicious file execution. [26 Nov 2007]
The dos and don'ts of VoIP security
Comment Though there is precious little evidence of VoIP security attacks, organisations cannot afford to be complacent. There are signs hackers are now turning their attention to voice over IP and most security commentators believe the first major attacks... [04 Apr 2007]
The biggest VoIP security threats - and how to stop them
Comment For more about DoS attacks, watch silicon.com's VoIP security webcast. Defending networks against DoS attacks is extremely difficult but enterprises can at least stop their machines from becoming part of the problem. [22 Mar 2007]
Leader: Insurers must account for disaster recovery
Leader A company which shows little regard for its data and fails to back it up with one eye on a worst-case scenario may well be treated in the same way by their insurer as a neighbour who backs up all its data offsite in a secure datacentre far enough... [29 Nov 2005]
VoIP: Don't forget about security
Comment VoIP users who don't properly protect their networks can look forward to attacks such as on-hook listening, where hackers surreptitiously turn on an IP phone's speaker capability to eavesdrop on your office. [09 Aug 2005]
Opinion: Beware of company insiders
Comment These days most businesses know they need to protect their networks from outside attacks. My favourite was from Mi2G, which swiftly reported: "The global economic damage from all types of digital risk including overt and covert digital attacks... [21 Mar 2005]
Leader: Cyber-terror... who do you believe?
Leader After all, the easiest way to protect a nation from terror attacks is to exist at a time when they won't be forthcoming. It's a tactic used and abused by many governments where real-world terror attacks are concerned - it should be no surprise the... [09 Feb 2005]
Leader: We have passwords, so why don't banks?
Leader While banks have previously reimbursed customers stung by phishing attacks there are murmurings afoot about their intention not to reimburse customers who haven't taken appropriate measures to protect themselves. [11 Jan 2005]
Q&A: Microsoft's CIO on Linux, security and offshoring
Comment It seems as if companies are shifting their attention from broad threats (mass-mailing viruses, distributed denial-of-service attacks) to specific threats - that is, those targeted at a particular company. [15 Dec 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.11.04
Round-Up And while doubtful that such attacks will emerge as a real threat, Perry added: "If you have in place security to protect you from hackers, virus writers, script kiddies and the very real threats which exist you will, by default, be protected from... [12 Nov 2004]
Leader: Is 'cyber-terror' a less credible Y2K?
Leader Yet, today we received a press release which told us: "We have entered an era of sustained digital attacks from radicals, criminals and zealots. Although the details were a little sketchy, the release identified "cyber terrorism groups" whose... [10 Nov 2004]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Get smart about wireless security
Comment Again, this is not surprising, as protecting the corporate network from attacks over the traditional wired internet is still an ongoing challenge. But what about direct attacks on the device itself? In theory, any programmable device regardless of... [07 May 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Net Antibodies
Comment Ultimately I had to switch off my monitoring flags and to only show violations, but at the end of each day I had logged thousands of individual attacks. Over the past month I’ve watched the escalation of network attacks on my home computers that... [30 Oct 2003]
We hope you like jamming too - banning mobiles in public places
Comment If enforcing bans on mobile phones in cinemas and theatres causes an outbreak of fatal heart attacks and mini crime waves we will then have to look at the situation again. It's simply taking one side of the argument to a logical extreme to protect... [15 Aug 2002]
What price private data?
Comment She today warned that law enforcement agencies have been handed too much power to intrude on personal data in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 11 September. The Data Protection Commission (DPC), which is supposed to protect the public from the... [11 Jul 2002]
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