Your December 2012 Patch Tuesday preview
This month, Microsoft is planning for 7 bulletins, of which 5 are critical and 2 are important.
View ArticleMicrosoft December 2012 security update fixes holes in Internet Explorer, Word
One patch management expert said the most important update is MS12-077, affecting IE 9 and 10.
View ArticleYour January 2013 Patch Tuesday update
Microsoft releases seven security bulletins to address flaws in Windows, Office, Developer Tools, Server Software and the .NET Framework.
View ArticleNew security features in Firefox 18
A look at what Mozilla did to make Firefox 18 more ironclad than previous versions.
View ArticleSonatype names Ounce Labs co-founder as Chief Security Officer
Software company Sonatype has named Ryan Berg as Chief Security Officer. Berg, co-founder and chief scientist of source code testing vendor Ounce Labs, most recently has been cloud security strategy...
View ArticleRSA Security Analytics: Art Coviello on why Big Data is a big deal
If an event at RSA's Burlington, Mass., headquarters yesterday was any indication, attendees at RSA Conference 2013 can expect to hear a lot about Big Data as a security tool.
View ArticleWhen security tools fail
A bad update from Kaspersky drives home the point that security vendors are far from bullet proof.
View ArticleGoogle Chrome issues warnings while blocking ESPN.com and major websites
On Saturday, February 9, 2013, I was watching Valparaiso play Cleveland State in college basketball while checking on some sports scores. All of a sudden, a red box popped up from my Google Chrome...
View ArticlePatch Tuesday debriefing
Some post-Patch Tuesday analysis from a few vulnerability management experts.
View ArticleRSA 2013: SSL as security mechanism and masking agent
Palo Alto Networks says SSL by itself represented 5 percent of all bandwidth and the sixth-highest volume of malware logs within known applications. That and other findings from its Application Usage...
View ArticlePreview: Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Load for April 2013
Microsoft plans nine security bulletins containing fixes for a variety of Windows, Office and Internet Explorer flaws.
View ArticleMicrosoft's Patch Tuesday Load for April 2013
Microsoft releases nine security updates -- two for critical flaws in Internet Explorer and Remote Desktop Client.
View ArticleAkamai researchers on BroBot DDoS and adversarial resilience
Two of the more interesting talks I attended during SOURCE Boston 2013 were from Akamai.
View ArticleThreatMetrix's cautionary infographic on using Starbucks wi-fi
A pretty good infographic on the dangers of working online from your local coffee shop.
View ArticleWhiteHat Website Security Statistics Report
The report represents more than 650 organizations and tens of thousands of real-world websites continually monitored by WhiteHat Sentinel Services.
View ArticleSouth Korean cyber attack targeted unpatched systems
How do you mark the anniversary of the start of the Korean War? Well, if you're Anonymous and the DarkSeoul Gang, you apparently "celebrate" by re-enacting the hostilities in cyber space.
View ArticleCheck Point launches new high-speed data center security appliance
I feel the need for speed.
View ArticleRIP Barnaby Jack: The infosec community loses a star
The world of infosec was shocked to learn today that Barnaby Jack has passed away. Jack--who worked by day as director of embedded security research at IOActive, was a hacker and security researcher...
View ArticleOpenDNS uses big data to identify attacks before they occur
I'm familiar with OpenDNS, or at least I thought I was until last night. I've used OpenDNS at various times in the past when I just needed a reliable DNS server to connect to. However, OpenDNS hadn't...
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