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Experts weigh in on spyware's defining moment

We asked IT professionals to review the spyware definitions proposed by a coalition of tech firms and security organizations. They found plenty of room for improvement. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

VoIP encryption to have 'Pretty Good Privacy

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• Shawna McAlearney, News Editor

HP attempts to reassures anxious customers on impact of job losses

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Riding the wave of change

CIOs can thrive as pace of change quickens, argues Des Lee Continue Reading

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• Des Lee

Business continuity keeps companies running

As we speak, it appears that disruption to IT services by the London bombings was minimised due to effective and realistic business continuity strategies. Sally Flood sees how you construct them. Continue Reading

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• Sally Flood

HP slashes jobs and shuts enterprise divison

HP has announced 14,500 redundancies and will close down its separate enterprise sales division as part of its attempt to streamline operations and cut costs. Continue Reading

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• Antony Savvas

Users look for value boost from Microsoft licence rejig

Software Assurance needs to offer better support, say IT directors Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Sarbox draining corporate security budgets

Corporate investment to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley data security legislation has come at the expense of dealing with other security threats, according to the Information Security Forum (ISF). Continue Reading

Can alcohol mix with your key personnel?

I persuaded our MD to hire a dedicated IT security expert. I am pleased with his work, but on several occasions he has smelled strongly of drink. How do I nip this in the bud? Continue Reading

Tony Asaro: Blogs and more

Read what Tony Asaro is talking about in this month's blog, and listen to him speak in a number of webcasts. Continue Reading

Sarbox challenge drains security budgets

International corporate spending on compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley data security legislation has come at the expense of dealing with other security threats, according to the Information Security Forum. Continue Reading

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• Antony Savvas

Phishing for the missing piece of the CardSystems puzzle

A banking insider examines the ties between customized phishing attacks this spring and the CardSystems breach announced soon after. Don't miss his revelations on how they're linked and what the phishers really needed. Continue Reading

This is not your father's hacker

While Sasser author Sven Jaschan awaits the outcome of his trial this week in Germany, a new cybercrime report explains why the teenager is becoming an anachronism. Continue Reading

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• Anne Saita, TechTarget

PING with Karen Worstell

The Microsoft CISO discusses how she keeps Redmond and its products secure. Continue Reading

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• By Amber Plante

Sasser author issues courtroom confession

Sven Jaschan's mea culpa was expected after he earlier admitted to creating the last major malware outbreak more than a year ago. Continue Reading

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• Anne Saita, TechTarget

Continuing education options for CISSPs: Top 10 ways to earn CPEs

Who says you can't have fun while earning CPE credits? Check out the top 10 ways to meet CISSP® and SSCP continuing professional education requirements. Continue Reading

How to survive a data breach

When Colin Crook offers advice on how companies should deal a security breach, he speaks from experience. He was CTO of Citicorp [now Citigroup, parent company of Citibank] 10 years ago when a hacker penetrated the company's network.

Crook is now senior advisor to the Wharton Fellows at the University of Pennsylvania, a member of the New York Academy of Sciences; fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and co-author of "The Power of Impossible Thinking." He shared his experiences with customers of Framingham, Mass.-based ID management firm Courion Corp. during the company's Converge05 conference last week. Business executives, he argues, must do better at listening to others and understand security is about humans, not machinery.

In the first of a two-part question-and-answer feature, Crook explains how companies can survive the fallout from a data heist.

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• Bill Brenner

Gartner underscores five overblown threats

Two Gartner analysts debunk five overhyped security risks they claim are causing companies to miss out on some key emerging technologies. Continue Reading

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• Amy Storer, News Writer

Spyware removal checklist

A step-by-step guide on how to remove spyware using antispyware tools including Spybot -- Search and Destroy, and HijackThis. Continue Reading

Know your enemy: Why your Web site is at risk

In this Lesson 1 technical paper from Web Security School, guest instructor Michael Cobb outlines the threats to Web sites and who is behind them. Continue Reading

Developer's active content delivery checklist

Rules for developing secure dynamic content for an IIS Web server. Continue Reading

Quiz: Secure Web directories and development, answer No. 4

Quiz: Secure Web directories and development, answer No. 4 Continue Reading

Quiz: Secure Web directories and development, answer No. 5

Quiz: Secure Web directories and development, answer No. 5 Continue Reading

Analysts say 'cloudy' forecast is OK

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• Michael Mimoso, TechTarget

Compliance shouldn't be a primary security driver

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• Shawna McAlearney, News Editor

Quiz: Secure Web directories and development

Evaluate your knowledge of Web threats and how to defeat them. Questions cover security risks of dynamically created content and proper security management. Continue Reading

Top tools for testing your online security, part 2

Michael Cobb explains what tools are helpful in maintaining Web security, including security scanners, benchmarking tools, monitoring services and online resources. Continue Reading

Life at the edge part 4: When things go wrong

A checklist and other hints to protect your Web servers from a worst-case scenario. Continue Reading

Quiz: Identify and analyze Web server attacks, answer No. 3

Quiz: Identify and analyze Web server attacks, answer No. 3 Continue Reading

Zombie machines used in 'brutal' SSH attacks

IT managers use SSH to gain secure access to remote computers. Hackers are using it to crack your network, with help from their zombie friends. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

Patching resource kit

From vulnerability scanning to patching flubs, here's a collection of other helpful resources to ensure your patching efforts are effective. Continue Reading

Pre-CISSP: Options for the security newbie

Shon Harris advises novice security practitioners on the value of entry-level certifications -- and good, old-fashioned experience -- in preparation for the CISSP®. Continue Reading

Should the government define spyware?

Who's best qualified to define what is and isn't spyware -- your congressman or your online user community? Security experts say no entity can do it alone. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

Some vendors get labeled as spyware pushers

To win the battle with spyware, you must be able to spot it. That's not as easy as you think. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

A new era of computer worms: Wireless mobile worms

In this excerpt of Chapter 9 from "The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense," author Peter Szor dissects the Cabir worm. Continue Reading

Learning Guide: Low-cost storage

Resources on low-cost networking, iSCSI, SATA and IP storage Continue Reading

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• Andrew Burton

Tight contract management vital, users told at SSRG debut

The Strategic Supplier Relationships Group, which brings together 10 of the UK's most influential IT user groups, was formally... Continue Reading

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• John Riley

Lead from the top

The starting line for effective data security is at board level, writes John Kavanagh in this review of current thinking and... Continue Reading

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• John Kavanagh

LogicaCMG on Met payroll

The Metropolitan Police Authority has selected LogicaCMG to provide a £31m fully-managed payroll and pension administration... Continue Reading

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• Antony Savvas

The acceptable rules of the mobile game

Mobile networks allow you to connect to your network from almost anywhere by the appropriate methodology. Yet that may also mean... Continue Reading

Who should be on (and off) the hook for ID theft?

An influential cryptographer and a panel of technologists today debate how best to fight false authentication and fraudulent transactions. Continue Reading

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• Anne Saita, TechTarget

Spike ** LogicaCMG to manage Met payroll

The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) has selected LogicaCMG to provide a £31m fully-managed payroll and pension administration... Continue Reading

Met Police gets LogicaCMG on payroll

The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) has selected LogicaCMG to provide a £31m fully-managed payroll and pension administration... Continue Reading

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• Antony Savvas

Are identities safer on laptops than central databases?

Microsoft pledges better ID security. Given the theft of a laptop storing 100,000 Social Security numbers, Redmond's approach could prove controversial. Continue Reading

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• SearchSecurity.com Staff

Quiz: Do you have a firm e-mail security foundation?

This Security School quiz is the first in a series of three on e-mail security essentials. Continue Reading

Atos wins DWP deal extension

The Department for Work and Pensions has renewed a contract with IT services company Atos Origin to deliver medical advice and... Continue Reading

Linux lags Windows in new security report

A controversial research paper takes a critical look at two popular platforms' track record on vulnerabilities and fixes. In turn, its findings are facing sharp scrutiny as well. Continue Reading

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• Anne Saita, TechTarget

Botnets more menacing than ever

Researchers from the Honeynet Project and iDefense say bots are spreading quickly, digging their heels into more than a million machines around the world. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

Managed services: Looking to the long term

IT directors looking for an easy way to manage increasing volumes of data by buying more hardware could be storing up problems... Continue Reading

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• Jessica Twentyman

ID theft and national security

Check out what some ITKnowledge Exchange members had to say about this controversial issue. Continue Reading

HIPAA causes data security problems for small businesses

If your local dentist isn't complying with HIPAA's security rules, he's not alone. Experts say most doctors' offices aren't getting it. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

HIPAA security rules apply to firms with healthcare plans

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• Bill Brenner

Winning the cyber arms race in the classroom

In the struggle for cybersecurity, Lenny Zeltser's most important weapons are the classroom and the pen.

For the past few years he has taught part-time at the SANS Institute, creating a course on how to analyze malicious software,. He's also directed security efforts for several organizations as a consultant and employee. As a writer, he co-authored Inside Network Perimeter Security and contributed a few chapters to the book Malware: Fighting Malicious Code.

In this Q&A, Zeltser outlines his latest course offerings and book projects, and what he sees as today's greatest threats.

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• Bill Brenner

Small businesses targeted with RFID

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• Robert Westervelt, TechTarget

A sound architecture involves both strong technology and a professional approach

Although many large organisations need to respond rapidly to changes in the market as well as to competition and globalisation... Continue Reading

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• Alan Brown

Windows vulnerable to LAND attack

Security researchers say this type of attack leaves enterprise customers of popular Windows products open to a denial of service. There is good news, though. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

Whisky galore with IP

Chivas can toast future success thanks to a cost-effective IP data network 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

Local backup

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• Maryann Tripp

Strategic Storage: DR planning blueprint

Developing a good disaster recovery (DR) plan is similar to good dental hygiene -- and almost as exciting. Similar to going to the dentist twice a year, you should also test your DR plan with the same frequency. Wait too long to clean up your plan and you'll be stuck with the root canal of recovering your data. Continue Reading

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• Garry Kranz

The Controversy of Hacking Books and Classes

Read this excerpt and download Chapter 1, Ethics of Ethical Hacking from Shon Harris' All-in-One Gray Hat Hacking. Continue Reading

CEOs and CIOs split on IT success

Business and IT directors are still at loggerheads on key technology issues, according to a new survey by the Economist... Continue Reading

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• Nick Huber

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

ID theft remains No. 1 worry

For the fifth straight year, the FTC said most complaints came from identity theft victims. And that's a problem for enterprises. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

Cyberstorm chasers: The folks who look out for the latest Internet threats

They keep a 'round-the-clock watch on conditions in cyberspace. CTO Johannes Ullrich discusses the volunteer effort behind the SANS Internet Storm Center. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

Sun develops Centera competitor

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• Jo Maitland, TechTarget

Financing the future

Don't get a headache working out the best ways to pay for hardware and software. Danny Bradbury offers a user-friendly guide to... Continue Reading

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• Danny Bradbury

Security Bytes: George Mason U. hacked; new Trojans on the loose

Hackers steal personal data of more than 30,000 members of George Mason University. Two new Trojans emerge. BMC Software buys a Parisian company. Continue Reading

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• SearchSecurity.com Staff

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

MoD may write off £200m Chinook helicopters

The Ministry of Defence could write off more than £200m spent on eight Chinook Mk3 helicopters. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

IP everything, essentially

What are the fundamental deliverables of IP networks? How can you use IP networks to gain financial benefits in addition to... Continue Reading

The basis of profitability

Not so long ago, you didn't have much choice - your IT and communications requirements were acquired, implemented and maintained... Continue Reading

First integrated children's system goes live

The first web-based system to help councils meet new legal requirements for information sharing among teachers, social workers... Continue Reading

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• Lindsay Clark

Symantec offers bare metal restore software

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• Shane O'Neill

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

The gift of CRM

For Red Letter Days, a provider of gift experiences for corporates and consumers, a CRM system was essential to give it market... Continue Reading

Management matters

Cath Everett finds out how you stay on top of networking. What are the management issues related to your telecoms and networks... Continue Reading

Over-specify when buying low cost replacement for Frame Relay

A project manager reveals how a VPN saved £275,000 a year Continue Reading

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• Peter Skipwith

Latest worm uses IM to lure victims

A version of the worm which spread from infected Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers in June has been... Continue Reading

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

Fewer IT supplier conflicts are going to court

Law firms have reported a sharp fall in the number of IT disputes reaching the courts over the past 12 months as more users turn... Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

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

Enterprise-class RAID functions, part 2: N-way mirroring, splitting and more

With the convergence of RAID and lower-priced storage technologies, advanced RAID functions can be enjoyed by any small-to-medium sized organization with critical data. Continue Reading

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• Randy Arnott

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

Report finds computer system likely culprit in Chinook crash

A former air commodore - one of the highest ranks in the RAF - has questioned the airworthiness of the Chinook Mk2 helicopter... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Chinook 10 years on

This week sees the 10th anniversary of the Chinook ZD576's crash, as former top military officers cast doubt on the finding that... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Ex-RAF chief says no to blame on Chinook

A former RAF air commodore has questioned the integrity of systems and the airworthiness of the type of Chinook helicopter which... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Hacking for Dummies: Chapter 10 -- Wireless LANs

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

IT experts not losing sleep over code theft

Days after Cisco acknowledged someone may have stolen source code from its network, IT experts said they doubt it will amount to anything catastrophic. After all, source code has made it onto the Internet before, and there's no proof it has ever led to an attack. For them, the bigger question is how to prevent such a thing from happening to their organization. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

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

Return to sender?

Several researchers have identified a new e-mail attack that can be used to swamp enterprise e-mail servers, as well as some secondary systems. Continue Reading

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• Hank Hogan, Contributing Writer

Bacs launches online billing service

UK clearing house Bacs has embarked on a joint venture with a US software company to provide an online bill presentation and... Continue Reading

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• Nick Huber

IBM and Cisco battle remote attack vulnerabilities

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• Edmund X. DeJesus, Contributing Writer

Is the national programme for NHS IT set to be 'the biggest gamble in the world'?

The private concerns of clinicians and IT professionals about the national programme are not being addressed, despite the front... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Best practices for enabling and maintaining compliance

As part of our Storage Decisions conference preview series, Shaun Mahoney, senior storage engineer for Citigroup, Randy Wilson, assistant vice president of IT at Essex Investment Management Company and Enterprise Storage Group's Peter Gerr discussed the best practices for enabling compliance. Continue Reading

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• Mark Lewis, Editor