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Several vendors are currently working to resolve a hash collision vulnerability, which if exploited can trigger a denial-of-service condition on multiple platforms.
China based telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies said today that it would voluntarily curb its business efforts in Iran, citing an increasingly complex situation in the country.
WatchGuard Technologies unveiled two product announcements today, with one being a head nod to organizations looking to secure mobile devices running Apple iOS.
In a letter to customers on Friday, NASDAQ outlined measures put place to secure its Directors Desk platform, including changes made since an attack that occurred October of 2010.
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) has opened an investigation into the threat posed by Chinese-owned telecommunications companies working in the U.S.
Lax security practices made NSADAQ an easy target, when its Director’s Desk platform was breached last year.
Reports on Thursday emerged that after gaining unauthorized access, hackers have destroyed a pump used by a US water utility in Springfield, Illinois. The report comes from an interview given to them by, Applied Control Solutions’ Joe Weiss, who learned of the incident from a report issued by the state’s government.
NitroSecurity Launches NitroView ACE, a Dedicated Appliance that Brings Real-Time Threat Identification, Dynamic Scoring, Recursive Assessment and Predictive Analysis
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has blasted the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for failing to implement stronger security measures after a succession of dismal reports on the subject.
Red Hat recently teamed up with SAIC to increase the use of open source cloud computing technologies in projects for the Department of Defense.
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FEATURES, INSIGHTS // Security Architecture
Traditional security solutions are falling short of providing needed protection because they’re typically blind to changing conditions and new attacks. Simply put: you can’t protect what you can’t see.
After the breach, RSA has added some 1,000 new SecurID customers to its client base. Looking ahead, RSA is focusing on stronger intelligence controls and automated threat response.
The concept of a data diode isn’t new, but it’s been adopted recently in the critical infrastructure sector, and in so doing limiting the visibility needed to protect against targeted attacks. Data diodes may help protect critical infrastructure from certain attacks, but are they really practical?
As malware gets progressively more complex, it’s important to understand how the major players in the malware industry fit together and how these relationships affect the ways that malware is developed, distributed and ultimately used in attacks.
If you are ready to upgrade your firewalls you will have tons of choices but you’ll also need to conduct considerable research and gain an understanding of what those choices mean in terms of benefits and trade offs for your network.
Domain names are part of the plumbing of the Internet and you don't need to worry too much about how it works, until it doesn't. Here are five facts about domains names that you should know.
Organizations can’t buy an “Anti-APT” solution, but adopting the right security strategy can help defend against APTs that attempt to seize data and wreak havoc.
Lists of most common passwords are very useful for hackers since they can use these to increase their probability of guessing a user’s password in a quicker and more efficient manner.
To effectively defend yourself against an enemy, you have to think like your adversary. Put yourself in their mind, their shoes. What’s the motive? How determined are they? Will they stop at a well-hardened network perimeter or move on to other tactics, including social engineering? Once you suffer a breach, how do you share your analysis?
While it’s safe to say virtually every enterprise is equipped with firewalls, there is certainly an elephant in the room when it comes to enterprise security: Is that inside-out approach sufficient to secure them?
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