Nominum DNS Protects 120 Million From New Risk
by Grant DraperNominum have announced that their latest Nominum DNS software, which was used in part of a mass upgrade for carrier and Internet Service Provider customers, protected over 120 million customers worldwide from a new DNS vulnerability. The recent announcement stamps Nominum as a big player in the internet security related software market, and as a result of their recent success, its no wonder the company holds contracts in place with around ...
August 5, 2008
Secure Computing Introduces Secure Web Reporter
by Grant DraperSecure Computing Corporation, who generally specialize in the enterprise gateway security sector, have recently announced the launch, and now the current availability of the Secure Web Reporter. The Secure Web Reporter will provide its users with an instant outline of Web activity, although the product will focus on security as well as compliance monitoring and performance assessment. The product will efficiently examine all traffic and usage data quickly, allowing organizations to ...
June 30, 2008
PixAlert launches Free ImageGuard(tm) MailAssessor
by Grant DraperPixalert has detected a rise in risk levels when scanning enterprise email systems for inappropriate images, and has therefore announced the launch of its free downloadable add on ImageGuard(tm) MailAssessor. Obviously, as an employer, it’s important to know what is and isn’t on your server. Above all, a server that has inappropriate content means employees will reduce in productivity, which equals a great loss for the employer. ImageGuard(tm) MailAssessor is designed to ...
New Online Community for Security Industry
by Grant DraperIt seems the team responsible for the Infosecurity Europe show, that’s held in London, won’t rest until everyone is fully clued up on the topic, with their latest project being the InfoSecurity online community. The website includes advice, forums, blogs, career path, ask the experts, Q&A and other resources, and much much more, answering all your security related questions, and the unique difference to traditional news and information sites is that ...
June 26, 2008
Data loss and latop theft increase
by Grant DraperAbsolute Software, a laptop tracking and recovery firm, has offered its advice on security as the number of cases relating to data loss, and laptop theft, increase. The fact that laptops continue to fall in price for a basic model is irrelevant, as the data stored on them becomes ever more valuable, with the average laptop containing data worth £550,000, and up to £5,000,000 in some cases, depending on its sensitivity. ...
June 24, 2008
8e6 Technologies R3000 Internet filter
by Grant Draper8e6 Technologies has released details on its R3000 Internet filter applications, which will be improvised to block streaming media applications, mainly sports related. The 8e6 application will allow related IT companies to possess the ability to put streaming media applications into categories, and by monitoring the application, the company can then identify whether blocking is the appropriate action. With the likes of EURO 2008, Wimbledon, not to mention the 2008 Olympic Games, ...
June 12, 2008
Small businesses and electronic crime
by Grant DraperA You Gov survey has revealed that the cause of stress and anxiety in the work place comes from technology not working, difficult suppliers and clients, heavy workloads, tight deadlines and long hours. Businesses were also questioned about their views on work based crime, fear of theft, or loss of confidential data for instance. Amazingly, the reality of break-ins and thefts posed a small threat to a great deal of businesses questioned, ...
Worry Free Business
by Grant DraperTrend Micro Incorporated have developed the next stage in security with their latest feature for QuickBooks protection, the new Worry-Free Business Security 5.0, a data and identity theft protection feature, which protects users QuickBooks from changes from other programs, unless authorized. The new Worry Free Business Security has already been commended, with an Intuit Developer Network's technical review, which the feature passed with flying colours due to its simplicity in ...
May 29, 2008
Vista’s UAC spots rootkits
by Grant DraperVista’s Account Control feature sets itself to one side, compared to any predecessors, by locating rootkits before they actually install. You can’t get much worse than a rootkit - they install themselves on a system and from then onwards effectively have control, allowing them to do what ever they want, whether that’s deleting information or retrieving personal data. The highest scoring is the Avira AntiVir Premium Security Suite, although no suite that ...
Social Networking sites vs EU Regulation
by Grant DraperENISA, the Information Security Agency, is calling for social networking sites to increase awareness of the risks such sites pose to its users. The main targets include Myspace and Facebook, the big players in the industry, with literally millions of unaware users. Unwanted audiences are able to see comments and pictures, and such activities can lead to many problems including attacks, reputation damage, ID theft, stalking, and cyber bullying. ENISA is acting as ...
Yahoo Lottery Scammers
by Grant DraperYahoo has filed a formal complaint and lawsuit against a group of individuals, the "Yahoo Lottery Spammers", after several attempts to steal the public’s personal information by misleading them into a false sense of security, offering them a prize from Yahoo. In a variety of emails, contestants were 'awarded' prizes, as long as they filled out personal information, or even sent additional funds to cover administration costs. Yahoo is not the only ...
Adobe Flash Player Bug
by Grant DraperHackers have come across an unpatched bug in the Adobe Flash Player software which is, apparently, very similar to a bug that was patched just last month. The flaw allowed hackers to install unauthorised software on a victim's machine and was being used to install botnet programs and password-logging software. Obviously, from a security point of view, with the likes of Paypal accounts, Ebay (which includes card details) and online banking, ...
May 28, 2008
Directors’ guide to information risk
by Grant DraperA three way partnership in the form of IAAC, BT and the Information Security Awareness Forum (ISAF), will distribute directors' guides on information security risk prevention. The guides include a wealth of knowledge, almost a summary of the information held between its members. The Directors' Guides are the result of the distillation of this knowledge, which is unsurpassed in the Information security industry. The guides will highlight issues and potential solutions.
ISP concern over data storage
by Grant DraperUK based Internet Service Providers have expressed concern on the current government plans regarding data storage, especially in the recent 'Communications Data Bill' amendments which include: • modify the procedures for acquiring communications data and allow this data to be retained, • transpose EU Directive 2006/24/EC on the retention of communications data into UK law. The amendments could see providers being forced to change the way they log data as well as logging basic ...
May 22, 2008
Cosmec Consulting and GRC statistics
by Grant DraperCosmec Consulting, who provide security information, have revealed the hurdles businesses face when it comes to IT security and to cooperate with the current GRC, or governance, risk and compliance. Comsec has spoken with over 50 IT professionals, to establish that moulding both GRC and IT security is a challenge in itself. The statistics are scary, too, with credit card fraud up 25% on 2006 figures, and not showing any signs ...
May 8, 2008
Face Book open to hackers!
by Grant DraperFace book has an ever growing popular audience in the 21st century fad, that is, online social networking. By setting up a fake profile, the BBC managed to steal the basic details of the fake account, which could easily progress into stealing someone’s identity Face book has become what it is today because of the variety of applications users can add to their profile, whether it is a quiz or game. Well, astonishingly, ...