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Comment In 2003, I wrote: "The past 12 months have witnessed a worrying escalation in the number of vulnerabilities that can lead to internet-based attacks on organisations and compromise their information infrastructure.
[29 Apr 2008]
Comment Tools exist to shore up those vulnerabilities, says Anthony Plewes. Data leaks are a growing problem. Yet most firms don't know how sensitive data is getting out, let alone how to stop it. Ever-increasing email attachment file sizes and multi...
[19 Mar 2008]
Comment Finding theoretical "vulnerabilities" does not mean anybody would be able to exploit them in the real world. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding...
[03 Jan 2008]
Comment 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. Existing vulnerabilities in browsers and Java can allow hackers to...
[26 Nov 2007]
Comment Businesses have started to realise understanding risk isn't just about working out what security vulnerabilities or weaknesses need to be shored up but about finding a point of balance where performance is not compromised by too little or too...
[06 Jul 2007]
Comment Others have already reported vulnerabilities with the beta, including a zero-day exploit. And this, says Seb Janacek, could be bad in the long run. By Steve Jobs' high standards it was an underwhelming keynote address on Monday at Apple's annual...
[15 Jun 2007]
Comment They need to have a rigorous patching regime as new vulnerabilities are found in VoIP systems every few days. Make no mistake, says Anthony Plewes, VoIP is an attractive target for hackers and malware writers.
[04 Apr 2007]
Comment While Skype is addressing the vulnerabilities in its software, several potential threats remain and, according to industry experts, they pose too much of a risk for businesses to condone its use. Also, Skype has had several vulnerabilities...
[02 Apr 2007]
Comment While the above network vulnerabilities present a very real and present danger to businesses deploying VoIP, media attention has lingered on the potential danger of spam over internet telephony, or spit.
[22 Mar 2007]
Comment SIP vulnerabilities If your business uses or is considering rolling out VoIP, you should be aware of the many ways your systems could be compromised. Anthony Plewes offers an overview of the new and old threats which could harm your IP telephony...
[09 Mar 2007]
Leader But this is made all the more difficult when new vulnerabilities are popping up all the time - sometimes undetected for months or weeks. Given that Windows, Mac OS X and Unix all have vulnerabilities, it's a situation of choosing the lesser of...
[15 Nov 2006]
Comment Antivirus software and firewalls for these devices are in their infancy - luckily, few vulnerabilities have been exploited so far. With more and more people using handhelds and mobile phones to store critical corporate data, the need to secure...
[15 Jul 2005]
Comment After years of derision, Microsoft has actually started to make efforts to patch up the most blatant vulnerabilities in Windows. And with spyware growing by leaps and bounds, there is a whole new sector to attract new security software with new...
[05 Jul 2005]
Leader The VoIP evolution has its share of challenges to overcome - including the dreaded security concerns, which Cisco, Juniper and IBM are facing with claims some of their VoIP equipment have denial-of-service vulnerabilities.
[15 Apr 2005]
Comment Any company that joins must sign a non-disclosure agreement, so information about vulnerabilities in popular software doesn't fall into the wrong hands. Zero-day", or unpublished security vulnerabilities are becoming the "tactical nukes" of...
[02 Mar 2005]
Leader It has to be demonstrable, by no future repetition, that companies have learned from their vulnerabilities. Has your bank been a victim of a website hack or similar act of cybercrime? Yes? No? How would you know?
[26 Jan 2005]
Leader The media is guilty to some degree for putting out conflicting messages or overtly bleak predictions about the threat of the latest vulnerabilities. The media has this week been blamed for creating a "hype cycle" of "social propaganda" which is...
[22 Sep 2004]
Leader In Thompson's opinion the ubiquity of Microsoft's operating system simply offers a more attractive canvas for the virus writers - hence the higher number of attacks aimed at Windows vulnerabilities. Research out today found that 78 per cent of...
[03 Aug 2004]
Leader The practice is nothing new but Google's advanced search and website caching features make it particularly good at the task - not all search engines reveal so many vulnerabilities. A security researcher has outed Google as a handy tool for hackers.
[30 Jul 2004]
Leader Hence the majority of malware is written to attack the Windows operating systems and specific Microsoft vulnerabilities. Symantec's CEO offered an interesting defence of Microsoft this week.and even managed to sound like he was putting the boot in...
[02 Jun 2004]
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