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Exploring Open Source Trust Issues With Theo de Raadt in OpenBSD

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Theo de Raadt is one of the key hackers outside the mainstream GNU/Linux world. Here's his self-penned bio: I am the founder of OpenBSD -- a freely redistributable 4.4BSD-based operating system with an emphasis on security. Donations allow me to put my efforts into OpenBSD and related projects. In 1999, I created OpenSSH with other members of OpenBSD.

Alex
Dec 18, 2010

Comodo's Ten Tips For Safe Online Shopping This Holiday Season

Comodo offers tips to experience e-commerce a safe and secure one this season. Never, under any circumstances, use a public network for financial transactions. Public networks include Internet cafes, coffee houses, public libraries and airports. Only send your personal and financial details over a network you've set up yourself, or one you know to be secure. Who knows what horrors are lurking on the hard disk of that internet.

Anthony Pell
Dec 03, 2010

Insights From Gartner on Security Policies and Business Risks

Understanding the business risk posed due to security threats is crucial for IT managers and security officers, two analysts have claimed. Addressing a media roundtable in Sydney at the Gartner Symposium, Andrew Walls and Rob McMillan said CIOs and CSOs must be abreast of their organisations

Anthony Pell
Nov 19, 2010

Laszlo Lovasz's Kyoto Prize Honors Contributions to IT and Math

Algorithm pioneer Laszlo Lovasz, whose mathematical methods have enabled myriad breakthroughs in information technology

Anthony Pell
Nov 12, 2010

Protecting Web Users: Anti-Botnet Techniques By HackMiami Researchers

What if you could outfit visitors to your website with a coat of anti-botnet armor? A pair of researchers has come up with coding techniques they say ultimately renders infected user machines useless to botnet operators harvesting data.

Brittany Day
Nov 12, 2010

Top Security Trends and Hacking Strategies You Should Know for 2011

Software security house Imperva will release details of its 10 key security trends for 2011 next week. Here is a preview. Man in the browser (MITB) attacks are a new threat which consumers will face and the hacking industry is widely adopting, especially as many security products are not mature enough yet to deal with this problem.

Alex
Nov 09, 2010

Illinois Academy: 12th Place National Cyber Challenge Achievement

With the CIA, NSA and Homeland Security looking over their shoulders, computer hacking teens from an Aurora high school placed 12th among 120 teams in a national competition.

Alex
Nov 08, 2010

Threat Insights: Anticipating A Comeback From ZeuS Programmer

The programmer who wrote ZeuS

Anthony Pell
Nov 01, 2010

Summer Cybersecurity Vendor Consolidation Trends And Impacts

Intel

Alex
Oct 18, 2010

Survey Reveals Cyberattack Preparedness Levels in Infrastructure Firms

Nearly half of those who work in critical infrastructure systems worldwide expect their company to be targeted by a computer attack over the next year, a new survey has found.

Alex
Oct 07, 2010

Examining Zero Trust: Can We Trust Internal Networks Anymore?

The so-called Zero Trust model for security proposed by Forrester Research earlier this month has revived debate about the way organizations secure their networks.

Anthony Pell
Oct 01, 2010

Hacktivity 2010: Internet Piracy Solutions and Safety Measures

Caterpillars, roaches and worms crawl on a computer, which represents an infected computer, next to a clean one, in a display that illustrates computer safety at Hacktivity, in Budapest. The major hackers' conference wrapped up in Hungary Sunday after higlighting protection against increasingly sophisticated computer piracy as the Internet becomes ever more present in daily life.

Alex
Sep 20, 2010

Top IT Security Certifications: Red Hat Leads U.S. Demand

Interest in IT security certifications is booming, as more U.S. companies tighten up the protection surrounding their critical network infrastructure and as a growing number of employees view security expertise as recession proof.

Alex
Sep 16, 2010

Insights on Server Security: Compliance Driven by Regulations

Many people wear seatbelts because they could get fined if they don't, rather than because wearing them might save their life, security consultant Dr. Anton Chuvakin observed during his keynote speech at the Hack In The Box security convention in Amsterdam in early July. It's an interesting observation, and one that has interesting implications for server security.

Alex
Aug 26, 2010

Private Browsing Not A Shield: Risks Exposed By Recent Research

Browsing in "private mode" isn't as private as users think, a researcher said today. "There are some traces left behind [by all browsers] that could reveal some of the sites that you've been to," said Collin Jackson, an assistant research professor at the Silicon Valley campus of Carnegie Mellon University. Jackson, along with three colleagues from Stanford University, will present their findings later today at the Usenix Security Symposium in Washington, D.C.

Alex
Aug 12, 2010

Lolpolicy Implementation for SELinux Policy Management at LinuxCon

Ever wonder how lolspeak, the language of lolcats could be used to secure Linux? At LinuxCon, Joshua Brindle from Linux security vendor Tresys detailed something he called lolpolicy for making SELinux security policies easier to manage.

Alex
Aug 12, 2010

Managing Cybersecurity Risks In The Face Of Media Exaggeration

For a few weeks in 1982, I was convinced that space aliens were outside my house. I had irrefutable evidence: strange lights, odd noises, and the like. Of course, the lights were the neighbor's pool, and the noises were the wind. I was just a child, caught up in the hysteria of having just watched the movie Alien on cable a few nights before. I eventually grew up and accepted the reality that aliens were not going to eat me.

Alex
Aug 09, 2010

DefCon 18: An Illustrated Exploration of Hacking Culture Unveiled

Roughly 10,000 computer hacking enthusiasts, poseurs, geeks, nerds and government agents gathered for DefCon last weekend. In its 18th year, the world

Anthony Pell
Aug 04, 2010

Insights on ATM Hacks from Barnaby Jack at Black Hat Conference

A security researcher named Barnaby Jack amazed attendees at the Black Hat security conference by hacking ATM machines in a session titled "Jackpotting Automated Teller Machines Redux". There are some important lessons to be learned from the hacks Jack demonstrated, and they apply to more than just ATM machines.

Alex
Jul 30, 2010

ATM Security Attacks Presentation at Black Hat and Defcon 2023

Last year, a security researcher was forced to cancel his talk scheduled for two hacker conferences about weaknesses in ATM software after the ATM vendor complained.

Alex
Jul 28, 2010

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