threat attack
RSS threat attackRevealed: 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... [05 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]
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... [01 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]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Can tech end bloody wars?
Comment Individuals, groups and nations can attack each other using denial-of-service attacks and/or control-and-command usurping with bot technology. Throughout my life I have seen warfare mutate from the World War II model to... [28 Aug 2009]
Methods, Motivations and Mitigation of Insider Threats
White Paper Despite these inadequacies, the insider threat is no different from any other threat, and attacks by insiders have the same elements of any other criminal attack - motives, means and... [31 Jul 2009]
Oracle plugs 33 holes that affect hundreds of products
News Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply Critical Patch Update fixes as soon as possible. Authentication is needed to exploit the bug, but a... [16 Jul 2009]
Data moving to the cloud? Cybercrime will follow
News Looking ahead five years, "I'm thinking the attack is going to be on cloud computing centres," said Parrella, chief of the computer hacking and intellectual property unit at the US Attorney's Office. The immediate... [13 Jul 2009]
Detect SYN Flooding Attack in Edge Routers
White Paper Traditional detection methods rely on passively detecting an attacking signature and are inaccurate in the early stages of an attack. Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks pose a serious threat to... [01 Jul 2009]
The Advantages of a Multi-core Architecture in Network Security Appliances
White Paper Network communications no longer rely simply on store-and-forward applications like email, but have expanded to include real-time collaboration tools, Web 2.0 applications, Instant Messenger (IM) and peer-to-peer applications, Voice over... [01 Jul 2009]
Rock Phishing: The Threat and Recommended Countermeasures
White Paper This paper discusses the history of the Rock Phish Gang as well as their attack methodology and how it has evolved. It also review the actions that businesses can take to prevent and defeat an attack by... [01 Jul 2009]
Microsoft Security Intelligence Report
White Paper With a focus on "Botnets" the paper describes the various parties involved in creating and distributing malware and potentially unwanted software, explaining key techniques and technologies used to attack and compromise... [01 Jul 2009]
