Hackers and cybercrime prevention

Passwords still the weakest link

Businesses are still struggling to convince their staff of the importance of password security, according to a survey of 67,000... Continue Reading

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• Antony Savvas

SMBs' real risk of being online

Stuart King CISSP, is responsible for online security and risk assessment for the Reed Elsevier Group. Continue Reading

Security Bytes: Cisco patch available for ACNS flaws

Workaround outlined for new php exploit. IBM issues patch for DB2 flaw. Payroll service goes offline to investigate security claims , and BoA loses personal data on customers. Continue Reading

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• SearchSecurity.com Staff

Federal agency security still poor, but improving

Report cards give federal security a D-plus average, but the Homeland Security Department is still failing. Continue Reading

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• Keith Regan, Contributing Writer

Compressed files strike another blow to AV

The "alternative" .rar files are picking up where popular .zip files left off as attack vectors. Continue Reading

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• Shawna McAlearney, News Editor

A 'critical' Patch Tuesday

Microsoft issues three security bulletins for January, two of them critical. Attackers have already exploited some of the vulnerabilities. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

Security on a Shoestring: Creating Internet policies on the cheap

No matter how small the organization, it's impractical to stand over employees and make sure they properly use the Internet. So here's how to write a decent acceptable use policy, and make sure everyone abides by it. Continue Reading

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• Mathew Schwartz, Contributor

Transforming the cybersecurity culture

Eleven New Year's resolutions can help employees at all levels empower the security function at their organization. Continue Reading

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• Shawna McAlearney, News Editor

The security lingo of 2004

This was the year of botnets, zombie PC armies and phishying online schemes. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

Training for CISSP Certification: SearchSecurity.com's Security School

Study guides for each of the ten domains of the CBK for those preparing to take the CISSP exam or expanding their knowledge of security concepts and practices. Continue Reading

Authorize.Net says it has 'learned' from attack

The credit card processing service was unprepared for the kind of attack it suffered last week, but it will use the experience to improve security. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

Hackers costing enterprises billions

Symantec's semi-annual Internet Threat Report finds hackers continued adding billions to the cost of doing business on the Internet. Continue Reading

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• Mark Baard

New attacks and vulnerability trends highlighted at Black Hat

Presentations beginning today will analyze vulnerabilities, zero-day code, phishing and secure wireless deployment, among many other topics. Continue Reading

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• Shawna McAlearney, News Writer

Learning about Security Threats: Profiling

A look at what it means to be a hacker. Continue Reading

Debian fixes multiple flaws

Denial-of-service, buffer overflow and format string vulnerabilities in Debian GNU/Linux that an attacker could use to remotely execute malicious code has been fixed. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

Users at risk after web host attack

Users have been warned to brace themselves for attacks on sites which provide patch downloads and web hosting services. Continue Reading

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• Arif Mohamed

Hacking for Dummies: Chapter 10 -- Wireless LANs

Read Chapter 10, Wireless LANs, from the book "Hacking for Dummies" written by Kevin Beaver. Continue Reading

Hacking For Dummies: Chapter 7 -- Passwords

In his latest book, "Hacking For Dummies," Kevin Beaver takes the reader into the mindset of a hacker in order to help admins fend off vulnerabilities and attacks. Continue Reading

IBM and Cisco battle remote attack vulnerabilities

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• Edmund X. DeJesus, Contributing Writer

Security legislation: Where's the breach?

Security legislation isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Find out how California's SB 1386 is letting some breaches fall through the cracks. Continue Reading

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• Michael Fitzgerald, Contributing Writer

Essential contacts

The security arena is like every other aspect of the IT industry, suppliers and special interest groups come and go. However,... Continue Reading

MoD slated for unresolved Chinook testing issues

BCS member Andrew Rivers has raised a series of questions with his local MP about the computer systems on board the Chinook helicopter which crashed over the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, killing 29 security officers and four crew Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins