threat attack
RSS threat attackSecond iPhone worm: A botnet risk
News Like the first worm - unearthed last month - to attack iPhones, this latest exploit also affects jailbroken devices with SSH (secure shell) protocol-enabled and unchanged default passwords. Security vendor F-Secure,... [24 Nov 2009]
8 Elements of Complete Vulnerability Management
White Paper Off late threat landscape offers attackers a much larger selection of attack points in the form of open firewall ports for business traffic, web or others servers behind the firewall, along with all... [13 Nov 2009]
Regulatory Compliance: Protecting PCI Systems and Data
White Paper The Payment Card Industry (PCI) computer systems are continually under attack due to the importance of the information they protect. In response to this threat, the PCI has produced an excellent series... [13 Nov 2009]
Addressing the Insider Threat: Improving Database Security to Manage Risk Within the Federal Government
White Paper In the face of the growing threat of attack, agencies must make securing critical data from theft, misuse, and abuse a priority. Cyber attacks are no longer the work of bored teens defacing Web sites. [13 Nov 2009]
Converged Threats on the Security Landscape
White Paper The essence of a converged threat is the combination of viruses, spyware, phishing, spam and other attempts at attack or exploitation of vulnerabilities that can disrupt networks and/or lead to theft or... [13 Nov 2009]
The Advantages of Multi-Core UTM: How to Break Through the Speed Barriers to Real-Time Comprehensive Threat Protection
White Paper Any one of these applications can open your network to potential attack. The newest trend in firewall protection is Unified Threat Management (UTM). Network communications no longer just rely on store... [13 Nov 2009]
The New Threat: Attacks That Target Healthcare (and What You Can Do About It)
White Paper The consequences of an attack can include reductions in quality of care, service disruptions, reduced revenues, higher operating costs, and regulatory fines. Healthcare Organizations (HCOs) are facing a new... [13 Nov 2009]
The Latest in "Hybrids": Deployment Models for Email Security
White Paper As network and application vulnerabilities continue to grow in the presence of an increasingly aggressive and sophisticated mix of attack vectors, organizations continue to struggle with balancing the survival needs of... [12 Nov 2009]
Preparing for Tomorrow's Threat Today: What We Can Learn from the History of Malware and Defenses
White Paper Many attack vectors of the 21st century are financial in nature. There is one given in the IT security realm and that is change. The challenges faced by security professionals a decade ago are much different than the... [03 Nov 2009]
Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News Scareware is fake security software, often heralded by an ersatz dialogue box warning unsuspecting users that their PC is under attack by malware or that it's at risk of a virus infection. What some of the... [19 Oct 2009]
DDoS: A Threat You Can't Afford to Ignore
White Paper Distributed denial of service, otherwise known as DDoS, refers to a form of attack whereby a number of source IPs simultaneously send an abnormally large number of packets to a particular destination, thereby... [06 Oct 2009]
An Approach to Security Policy Configuration Using Semantic Threat Graphs
White Paper This knowledge is modeled in terms of Semantic Threat Graphs, a variation of the traditional Threat/Attack Tree, extended in order to relate semantic information about security... [02 Oct 2009]
Is the Latest Wireless Vulnerability Just the Tip (or TKIP) of the Iceberg?
White Paper This new attack reinforces the fact that companies cannot rely on a single point of failure when it comes to enterprise security. While it is an exaggeration to say TKIP is broken today, this is a new and serious... [01 Oct 2009]
IBM Rational AppScan
White Paper Download a free trial of AppScan and see how it can help prevent against the threat of attack. Failure to properly secure Web applications significantly impacts your ability to protect sensitive client... [19 Sep 2009]
Australian cops investigate 'anonymous' cyber attack threat
News The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has been called in to investigate a planned denial-of-service attack on Australian government web servers. A spokesperson from the Attorney General's Department (AGD) today said it was... [09 Sep 2009]
