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12 Signs that Your Company is Already in the Cloud

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2008-04-25 19:14:19 by Craig Balding in Cloud Security
What are the telltale signs that your company is already Computing in the Cloud Is it when the CIO makes a big announcement at the monthly IT meeting Is it when the IT newsletter drops a reference to pilot testing of some web based software Or, is it when the secretary whips out the bosss Corporate Credit Card and signs up to a Cloud Service...
 
Tags: company, company car park, signs, cloud, company internet connection, telltale signs, credit card, credit card charges, security
 
 
 
 
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Merged Banks' Names Already Cyber-squatted

2008-09-19 10:08:38 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
Domain name speculators are already buying up names of recently merged banks , according to the BBC. In fact, names are being bought even in the speculation of sales. Earlier this week, as Lehman Brothers was failing and rumors circulated as to who might buy them, the names barclayslehman.com, hsbclehman.com, hsbclehmanbrothers.com and...
 
Tags: names, reserve domain names, domain, uniform domain, reserve, names barclayslehman, dispute resolution policy, auction, ebay auction
 
 
 
 
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New Spytech Agency Already Facing Conflict of Interest Allegation

2008-10-16 10:08:00 by Sharon Weinberger in Wired Security
 
The newly-formed geek squad for the country's spy community is barely off the ground and it's already facing an investigation into one of its first projects. "The current evaluation process has been compromised," an internal memo says
 
Tags: current evaluation process, spy community, internal memo, geek squad, country, projects, barely, ground, investigation
 
 
 
 
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Gartner Data Center Conference 2008

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2008-12-02 18:55:49 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
The Gartner Data Center Conference kicked off this morning in Las Vegas. Despite the completely packed plane coming out here, Vegas seems quieter and not so crowded. The bartender at Wolfgang Pucks Bistro told me they were looking forward to the 1800 people coming to this show to fill the hotel up. As weve noted, the economic crisis is impacting...
 
Tags: data center, enterprises, predominantly larger enterprises, server, server consolidation projects, data center managers, consolidation projects, data center facilities, larger enterprises
 
 
 
 
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Updated Microsoft Security Assessment Tool

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2008-12-02 04:13:03 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
Greetings. In case you havent already read about it, we recently updated the Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT). Version 4.0 hit the web on 31 October. Its been four years since the initial release, and two years since the prior version. Between then and now your security world has evolved a lot, and the tool now reflects that Read more:...
 
Tags: security, security world, additional security resources, tool, security posture, identifiable information whatsoever, assessment, information, tool offers
 
 
 
 
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Diminutive XSS Worm Contest Drama and Status Update

2008-01-06 17:34:38 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
Well, so far this week has probably been one of the most interesting Ive had in running this site in a long time, not only from a technical perspective, but the ethical debate on whether I am sheer evil or contributing to the greater good rose its ugly head once again. This was in regards to the diminutive XSS worm contest . One of my favorites...
 
Tags: browser companies, browser, browser security arena, code, people visit, people, worm code, diminutive xss worm, xss worm
 
 
 
 
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VMWare is Better Than Microsoft

2008-09-15 23:00:12 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
After barely surviving the VMworld registration process, my first session was From Hypervisors to VMware Infrastructure What Matters? or as I would have called it why VMware is so much better than Microsoftand if you dont believe that we can help you make even more money on top of your already successful Microsoft business. (I know, that title...
 
Tags: vmware, microsoft, survey, vmware survey, vmware enhances, vmware infrastructure, test, vmware test, overtime cost 2hrs
 
 
 
 
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250k of Harvested Hotmail Emails Go For?

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2008-09-25 12:13:08 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
50 in this particular case, however, keeping in mind that the email harvester is anything but ethical, this very same database will be sold and re-sold more times than the original buyer would like to know about. Moreover, what someone is offering for sale, may in fact be already available as a value-added addition to a managed spamming service...
 
Tags: emails, email, email harvester, spam campaigns, spam, lone spammers, spammers, 250k emails, automatic email
 
 
 
 
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Information security in bad economy

2008-10-26 19:37:40 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
Economy looks grim. The headlines are very discouraging. Capitalism does not guarantee wealth and success all the time. The talking heads on TV blame the greed in the stock market. I wish stock market is made of just computers that are not greedy human beings. These are bound to happen when there are human beings that participate! Money flows...
 
Tags: information security, information security risks, risks, security, information security professionals, security manager, information security topic, security architecture, time