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The Weekly Round-Up: 20.06.08
Round-Up These findings point to a significant vulnerability in British corporate security. The Round-Up tries not to make a habit of getting caught with its pants down but this week's laughs are brought to you from the surprisingly comfy confines of trap... [20 Jun 2008]
Web 2.0 threat looms
Comment Earlier this year, Fortify Software undertook some research into the security implications of web 2.0 and unearthed the JavaScript hijacking vulnerability. The web is already the main target for security attacks. [26 Nov 2007]
IT and compliance: A risk management 'odd couple'
Comment After this you can get to the vulnerability management plan. PayPal, which is heavily regulated by the banking industry, starts with this vulnerability analysis across the whole firm before drilling down to do the same with the IT department, says... [02 Jul 2007]
Network horror stories expose need for understanding
Comment Another sacked employee, this time within the healthcare sector, used a similar vulnerability after his termination to launch a Trojan and wipe files and back-ups from company hard drives. As a number of horror stories reveal, corporate networks... [12 Apr 2007]
Learn to love your network again
Comment He said: "One of the most fundamental gaps is simply the asset inventory and then understanding not just how many of what you've got and what's on it but what business purpose those machines serve and that drives the prioritisation of your... [26 Mar 2007]
VoIP threats to watch out for
Comment For instance, security company Core Security Technologies discovered a vulnerability in the popular VoIP application Asterisk PBX which allowed hackers to create buffer overflows for a denial of service attack. [09 Mar 2007]
Minority Report: Mac OS X virus scares
Comment Secunia claims the vulnerability can also be exploited automatically via the Mac's default Safari browser when visiting a malicious website. According to security firm Secunia, the vulnerability is due to an error in the processing of file... [03 Mar 2006]
Q&A: Cisco CSO John Stewart
Comment A lot of people tend to talk about security as the latest security patch or the latest vulnerability that's out there. Cisco Systems drew the ire of the hacking community last summer when it decided to sue a security researcher. [17 Feb 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.09.05
Round-Up Lest we forget this is the same company, apparently struggling with the finer points of ecommerce, which also exposed customer data with a serious security vulnerability on its website back in 2003, as revealed by silicon.com. [02 Sep 2005]
VoIP: Don't forget about security
Comment This turns security experts such as Mike Murray, director of vulnerability and exposure at vulnerability management company nCircle, a strange shade of pale. VoIP has many upsides but moving your telephony system to a packet-based network could... [09 Aug 2005]
The Minority Report: The state of Mac OS X security
Comment The unwelcome news about the widget vulnerability served to raise the profile of OS X's security. So does Mac OS X really trump Windows on security issues? Seb Janacek investigates. The April launch of Mac OS X 10.4, aka Tiger, lost a little of its... [03 Jun 2005]
Are vulnerable times responsible times?
Comment But the very same vulnerability details were shared with Immunity's clients as far back as June, 2004. Having access to vulnerability information if you're a researcher seems to be a lesser sin in the eyes of many. [02 Mar 2005]
Devil's Advocate: Digital doomsday just round the corner?
Comment But the combination of far greater exposure and a culture of rapid development has caused an increase in vulnerability. It was quite a minor hack but losing my website recently certainly got me thinking. [08 Feb 2005]
Leader: The buck stops with the media
Leader But if a known vendor is willing to put its reputation on the line and claim a vulnerability will cost businesses some exorbitant sum then there is arguably a story there. This point was argued well by Jay Heiser, research director at Gartner. [22 Sep 2004]
Leader: The CD debate
Leader Waiting months for patches - a wait which equates to a vulnerability from the moment the next bit of appropriate malware comes along - isn't a good idea. In many ways CDs and CD-ROMs seem so old media - ironic, given how it was only just over a... [08 Mar 2004]
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