secure internet security ddos
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News D is for DDoS Tom Black, chief executive of Detica, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk: "Terrorists are using the internet for secure communications, mission planning, assessing targets online and to radicalise the next generation. [04 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News D is for DDoS But the Google lawyer called on Viacom to allow YouTube to anonymise user data -- in other words, redact rows of data containing usernames or unique computer internet addresses. Security from A to Z [04 Jul 2008]
Intrusion Detection Primer
White Paper Last month the news media was inundated with reports of Internet vandals unleashing DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks on major websites. Internet security and privacy is an issue that is beginning to get the attention of almost all who... [03 Jul 2008]
Security experts criticise Phorm
News D is for DDoS While Phorm could always just switch off its web server in the event of attack, said Clayton, he said the system makes browsing the internet "more complicated and less stable". The spokesperson told siicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk... [18 Apr 2008]
Beware the insider security threat
News D is for DDoS Mike Roberts, IT director at private Harley Street hospital The London Clinic, agreed: "We find the misuse of the internet and using company email addresses the biggest problem. Security experts at the RSA security conference in San... [17 Apr 2008]
PayPal wages war on phishing
News D is for DDoS As one of largest secure online payment providers, Barrett said PayPal needs to step up efforts to stamp out the phishing problem - not just to protect customers but also the internet as a whole. [11 Apr 2008]
Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked'
News D is for DDoS Mark Webb-Johnson, CTO of Network Box, said in the report: "The ATM industry is presented with the same security issues that we all face with our workstations that are connected to internet. [04 Mar 2008]
DNS security still "as vulnerable as ever"
News D is for DDoS The survey - conducted over the past three years - found the DNS system is growing overall, which is an indicator of internet growth in general. Perhaps this is because administrators have become warier of exposing the Microsoft DNS... [21 Nov 2007]
Wi-fi piggybacking is OK, say silicon.com readers
News D is for DDoS This reader added: "Complaining to the police about someone 'stealing' your unsecured internet access is like complaining that your neighbours are 'stealing' from you when the smell of your rose bushes wafts into their windows. [19 Nov 2007]
Q&A: Kimmo Alkio, CEO, F-Secure
News How big a problem are DDoS attacks today? I think there could actually be a big shift from commercial to political DDoS attacks, such as we saw recently with Estonia [and Russia]. Any place where you have political instability you could see an... [01 Jun 2007]
Windows has fewest security holes
News D is for DDoS Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report reveals 39 security holes were discovered in Windows during the second half of 2006, with an average patch development turnaround time of 21 days, up from the 22 Windows holes found in... [23 Mar 2007]
Gates: Security challenges to grow despite Vista
News D is for DDoS As more devices connect to the internet, and as people demand access to data from anywhere, the security job will only get bigger and more complex, said Mundie. But solutions to the challenges are beginning to emerge, both on the side... [07 Feb 2007]
Security 2007: Data theft still the one to watch
News D is for DDoS Hypponen also expects wi-fi to become more of a target for attackers during 2007 as users become increasingly unplugged and wireless internet access becomes ever more commonplace. Although data loss and theft dominated 2006's security... [04 Jan 2007]
Vista security: What's in it for you?
News D is for DDoS Okin said: "From a consumer point of view I think the biggest improvements are going to be around user-access controls and Internet Explorer. Vista should be a much more robust environment for safe use by inexperienced, unsupported... [20 Nov 2006]
Opinion: Beware of company insiders
Comment My favourite was from Mi2G, which swiftly reported: "The global economic damage from all types of digital risk including overt and covert digital attacks, malware incidence, phishing scams, DDoS and spam is estimated to lie between $470bn and... [21 Mar 2005]
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