Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Have you ever needed to PING a host, run trace a Web route, or see what information you're exposing to Internet without having to reconfigure the security on your perimeter devices? Have you tired of having to call your managed security services provider to let them know it's you creating ...
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 Everyone knows that there's no such thing as 100 percent security, but it's unlikely that most businesses realize how insecure they really are. New research on endpoint security shows just how vulnerable corporate networks are.Eighty-one percent of corporate endpoints probed by IT security and control product vendor Sophos failed basic ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Another new development in the malware arena, this new version of Zlob will actually log onto your router and change the DNS settings to hijack your traffic.Pretty interesting approach and it will work because 99% of people won’t change the default password on their routers. Let’s face it, have you ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Whether you hire outside consultants or do the testing yourself, here are some tips for making sure your time and money are well spent.1. Set goals. Make sure you know before you start your penetration testing what you want the results to encompass. Adding in too many systems can be ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 This may seem painfully obvious to some people, but I looked around and couldn’t find a reference to it, so I apologize ahead of time for anyone who already knew this. When we normally think of how attackers use proxies they are almost always just trying to hide their IP ...
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