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Recent PHP Vulnerability Uncovered Could Trigger Malware Outbreak

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A new strain of viruses written in the widespread scripting language PHP could be on the way according to Anti-virus company Central Command. A "proof of concept" virus, dubbed PHP.NewWorld, written in Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) scripting language, was found . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 08, 2001

EMERALD's Component Technology for Real-Time Network Protection

Programmers and software developers interested in security applications for component technology should keep tabs on work underway at Stanford Research Institute (SRI) International, a nonprofit research institute based in Menlo Park, California. Stanford Research Institute (SRI) has been tasked by the . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 07, 2001

HomeChoice DDoS Attack Overview: Response and Mitigation Actions

Broadband ISP and video-on-demand outfit HomeChoice has admitted it suffered a denial of service attack yesterday from hackers which disrupted its service to customers. Details of what happened are still somewhat sketchy but a spokesman for HomeChoice said: . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 06, 2001

Access Control and Network Security Strategies for E-Commerce

In the rush to adopt e-commerce, businesses are looking at network security from a perspective that requires both technology and an intuitive sense of how and where to allow access to information. Network security is no longer a matter of . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 05, 2001

Proven Techniques to Reduce the Impact of DDoS Attacks Effectively

EBay. Amazon. CNN. None of these Internet heavy hitters was adequately prepared to withstand a series of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks that made headlines and disrupted operations early last year. What makes you think you're in any better position? . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 05, 2001

Cyber Attacks Lead to Over $265 Million in Reported Losses

Derrick Lewis writes: "As the computer industry intensifies, so does the amount of cyber attacks. Many Web sites are open to all sorts of "web hacking." According to the Computer Security Institute and the FBI's joint survey, 90% of 643 computer . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 04, 2001

Comprehensive DDoS Resources: Tools, Analyses, and Reports

Here is a large collection of DDoS related tools, papers, essays, analyses, news reports, and interviews. The DoS Project's "trinoo" distributed denial of service attack tool and the "Tribe Flood Network" distributed denial of service attack tool are outlined. . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 03, 2001

FBI Warns Of Hacker Threats Before New Year’s Holiday Weekend

Federal computer security experts are urging system administrators to take added precautions in securing Web servers and network firewalls in advance of the New Year's holiday weekend, citing FBI reports indicating an increase in activity that often precedes widespread cyber attacks. . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 29, 2000

Optimizing OpenSSH: Enhancing Remote Access for UNIX Platforms

One of the coolest things about UNIX has been that there is not one but several different ways to administer systems from remote consoles. Sad to say, most of these methods (Telnet, rsh and X, to name a few) send everything . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 29, 2000

Risk Management in ActiveX and Mobile Code by CERT Experts

Here's a really good article by Steve Bellovin and others from CERT that attempt to provide "risk management" instead of "risk avoidance". "... this paper serves not only to dispel unwarranted myths about the safety of using ActiveX but also to . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 29, 2000

Evaluating Server Security: Assessing Your Risk Level Through CIS Tests

Are your servers as secure as Fort Knox or as open as a revolving door? The newly formed Center for Internet Security hopes to answer that question by creating a suite of tests that would give computer owners a rating--on a . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 28, 2000

Addressing Employee Threats Through Strong Security Policies

I've discussed written security policies in the past--every business needs to have a set in place. If you don't have a written security policy, your employees remain the biggest security risk for your business. If you do have a security policy . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 23, 2000

Essential Security Tools and Techniques for Linux Systems

Back in the old days security was a pretty straight-forward affair. If you wanted to secure something, you just kept buying locks and alarm systems until you felt secure. Back then, it actually took a good deal of planning and physical . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 22, 2000

Social Engineering's Role in Vulnerability Assessments and Security Policy

A question that often arises when planning vulnerability analysis is whether "social engineering" techniques should be used. My consistent answer is no - not unless you are prepared to do an awful lot of work before trying it. Vulnerability analysis is . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 22, 2000

Operating System Patch Insecurities Lead to Trojan Risks

The way operating system vendors issue security patches is insecure, in many cases, and could let crackers exploit this to trick users into loading trojan horses onto their systems. Security firm BindView, whose Razor team of security researchers . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 21, 2000

Emerging Wireless Technologies Present New Privacy Challenges

The wireless Web could become the privacy-less Web. Most experts acknowledge that it will be difficult to make emerging wireless technologies work together, but it could be even harder to protect the privacy of consumers who use them.. . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 13, 2000

DDoS Attack Analysis: Explore Methods And Security Solutions

In a Distributed DoS (DDoS) attack, a hacker installs an agent or daemon on numerous compromised hosts. The hacker sends a command to the master, which also resides on a compromised host. The master communicates with the agents to commence the . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 11, 2000

Security Advisory: Hacking Risks For DSL And Cable Modem Users

As the number of DSL and cable modem users goes up, so does the likelihood of online security breaches. Predictions of how many people will be using DSL or cable modem connections to access the Internet over the next few years . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 08, 2000

Denial-of-Service Threat: Server Flaw in Resource Management

Known as a resource-deprivation attack, Internet data sent in a certain way could cause servers to crash under an artificial avalanche of data. Security consultant BindView Corp. has announced that a widespread flaw in the way that servers handle Internet traffic . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 02, 2000

UK Companies See Frequent Network Issues And Data Loss From Viruses

Almost a third of UK companies experience a complete network crash at least once every 12 weeks, according to a new study. A quarter of companies say they've lost critical data because of virus attacks, and 16 per cent say that, . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 01, 2000

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