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Examining the Potential Security Threats in Cloud Computing Environments

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Cloud computing offers many advantages, but with those benefits come a new range of security concerns.

Dave Wreski
Oct 03, 2014

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DDoS Attacks Target ISPs And Gaming Firms: A Growing Threat

DDoS attackers seem to have switched their attention from banks to gaming hosts, ISPs and even enterprises, half-year figures from Chinese mitigation vendor NSFOCUS have confirmed.

Alex
Sep 22, 2014

Innovative Chat App by Youth Takes On NSA Surveillance Techniques

The National Security Agency has some of the brightest minds working on its sophisticated surveillance programs, including its metadata collection efforts. But a new chat program designed by a middle-school dropout in his spare time may turn out to be one of the best solutions to thwart those efforts.

Alex
Sep 17, 2014

Assessing Cloud Security Following the Celebrity Photo Incident

In the wake of the celebrity photo breach, the media is humming with stories disparaging the safety of the cloud. Many longtime cloud critics are crowing, "I told you so!" and waiting for the world to go back to on-premises solutions only.

Alex
Sep 12, 2014

Strategies For Secure Continuous Software Delivery And Testing

Dave Wreski
Aug 21, 2014

LiteCoin Botnet: Profiting From Free Cloud Server Exploits

Researchers Rob Ragan and Oscar Salazar have built a free LiteCoin-mining botnet that generates $US1750 a week using free cloud signup promotions.

Dave Wreski
Jul 29, 2014

Malware Phishing Attack: DNS Manipulation Against Swiss Banking

Attackers suspected of residing in Russia are raiding Swiss bank accounts with a multi-faceted attack that intercepts SMS tokens and changes domain name system settings, researchers have warned.

Dave Wreski
Jul 23, 2014

Evernote, Deezer, And Feedly Suffer DDoS Attacks Affecting Services

EVERNOTE, DEEZER AND FEEDLY have revealed that they have been struck by hackers, with the firms admitting on Tuesday to having suffered distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

Alex
Jun 12, 2014

Leveraging Threat Data for Improved Cybersecurity Intelligence

Here's a surprise for you: We actually have a fairly good understanding of who is attacking us on the Internet and why. Various entities know not only which groups are doing the attacking, but also the names of the people in those groups. They know where they live, who their family members are, where they went to school, and when they go on vacation.

Anthony Pell
May 13, 2014

Examining Edward Snowden's Impact on Cloud Data Security

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Dave Wreski
Apr 16, 2014

DNS Amplification Attacks Targeting Millions Of Home Routers

DNS providers Nominum have published new data on DNS-based DDoS amplification attacks that are using home and small office routers as a jumping off point.

Dave Wreski
Apr 03, 2014

Exploring Hypervisor Security Risks In Cloud Infrastructure

A cloud is only as secure as the hypervisors that support its virtual machines and how secure are those? That's a darn good question and one we tend to avoid looking at.

Dave Wreski
Apr 01, 2014

DNS Hijacking Attack on 300,000 Routers: Risks and Remediation

Researchers said they have uncovered yet another mass compromise of home and small-office wireless routers, this one being used to make malicious configuration changes to more than 300,000 devices made by D-Link, Micronet, Tenda, TP-Link, and others.

Dave Wreski
Mar 03, 2014

DDoS Attacks on 3G Network: Zero-Day HLR/AuC Threats and Exploits

The HLR/AuC is considered to be one of the most important network elements of a 3G network. It can serve up to five million subscribers and at least one transaction with HLR/AuC is required for every single phone call or data session.

Dave Wreski
Feb 26, 2014

NTP Critical Update: Addressing DDoS Threats for Gaming Services

Security researchers have responded to recent denial of service attacks against gaming websites and service providers that rely on insecure Network Time Protocol servers by drawing up a list of vulnerable systems.

Dave Wreski
Jan 21, 2014

Impact of Cloud Adoption on Security Services and Innovations

The rush of businesses to move their operations to the cloud is creating a slipstream that's pulling security services into the nimbus.

Dave Wreski
Dec 24, 2013

Antisec Hackers: Rise and Downfall Explained by Quinn Norton

Hacker chronicler Quinn Norton spent months in 2011 and 2012 talking to members of the hacktivist collective Antisec, the division of Anonymous responsible for the leaked corporate emails that earned Jeremy Hammond a 10-year prison sentence.

Alex
Nov 25, 2013

OpenStack Vendors Remain Vigilant Against NSA Snooping Risks

The Edward Snowden revelations about NSA snooping in the cloud are not having an impact on OpenStack cloud vendors, including Rackspace and Dreamhost.

Anthony Pell
Nov 12, 2013

Three Types of DNS Attacks and Their Effective Mitigation Strategies

The Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-Assad hacking group, altered the DNS records used by the New York Times, Twitter, and the Huffington Post. The changes forced one site offline and caused problems for the others. Here are three ways such attacks happen, and how they can be mitigated

Alex
Aug 29, 2013

Recognizing Network Security Gaps In Business Operations

Areas of blind spots within the typical enterprise are many, including applications, network traffic, network devices and user activity.

Anthony Pell
Aug 07, 2013

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