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Universal Man-in-the-Middle Phishing Kit why is this even news?

2007-01-24 00:00:00 by Uriel Maimon in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...universal man-in-the-middle (MITM) phishing kit that recently gathered quite a bit of attention in various publications. In the phishing world there are various roles: there are the "nice" people who operate the phishing kits; there are the shady characters who translate these hard earned credentials into money; and there are the people who...
 
Tags: fraud industry successful, universal, past month, successful industry, shady characters, people, kits, kit, bit
 
 
 
 
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Universal Threat Management - Because Conventional UTM is Not Enough!

2008-04-01 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Source: Juniper Networks) This white paper, written by Mark Bouchard of Missing Link Security Services, examines the challenges confronting today's enterprises with respect to managing threats on a network. It also discusses the need for "Universal Threat Management", which is a security solution approach for all physical locations within an...
 
Tags: universal threat management, security solution approach, link security services, require threat protection, juniper networks, white paper, mark bouchard, physical locations, source
 
 
 
 
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The top six corporate email risks

2007-10-27 19:27:40 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...universal and easy to deploy. However, companies that make use of email are confronted with a number of risks. So what are the email risks that companies face? Red Earth Software has identified the following top 6 email risks 1 Legal liability ; In most cases the employer is held responsible for all the information transmitted on or from...
 
Tags: risks, email risks, email, email disclaimer, email communications, companys email system, company network, company, explicit email
 
 
 
 
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IATAC and SDL

2007-09-14 03:09:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...universal applicability of SDL its a constantly evolving, security-focused software development process first, last and always. While the SDL is well suited to our work environment, we might have made different process tradeoffs in other environments. The important thing to focus on is process evolution learning from customer pain, decisions...
 
Tags: sdl, software security assurance, software development process, microsoft business recently, report, microsoft, note significant mentions, hamilton recently, closer inspection
 
 
 
 
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Using Remote Assistance behind a router

2008-01-14 08:24:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...Universal Plug and Play, you won't have any trouble. If anybody knows how to figure out if a router supports this, leave a comment on this blog entry. I suspect that if you are looking for help using Remote Assistance, your router, like mine, probably doesn't support UPnP This morning I spent a few minutes searching and reading FAQs and...
 
Tags: remote assistance, remote assistance session, assistance, assume remote assistance, remote assistance faq, router, remote desktop port, remote desktop, computer
 
 
 
 
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Opting out

2008-01-28 19:11:57 by Ross Anderson in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...universal. GPs can help patients do the same here
 
Tags: central databases, patients, patients opt, nhs central databases, central database project, practice, oakland practice, patient confidentiality, british journal
 
 
 
 
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Benevolent Worms

2008-02-19 06:57:11 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...universal, allowing for uninstallation -- all of these make worms harder to propagate. Designing a better software distribution mechanism, makes it a worse worm, and vice versa. On the other hand, making the worm quieter and less obvious to the user, making it smaller and easier to propagate, and making it impossible to contain, all make for...
 
Tags: software worms spread, worms, software, bad software distribution, worm, successful worm, beneficial worms, software distribution mechanism, worm quieter
 
 
 
 
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Catch not-so-smart hackers to send message to smart hackers

2007-05-10 07:00:33 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...Universal Firewall Bypass Protocol). What if a hacker tunnels encrypted data thro' a SOAP container which uses HTTP? It would be extremely hard to catch those extreme cases with technical controls Jeremiah's thoughtful blog post about "How to check if your WebMail account has been hacked". A smart hacker who has hacked say your gmail account...
 
Tags: not-so-smart hackers, hackers, not-so-smart, smart, smart hackers, employee, smart-deviant employee, hackers interact, smart hacker
 
 
 
 
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Surveillance Best Practices

2008-03-13 09:09:10 by Jen Albornoz Mulligan in Security & Risk Management
 
...universal recommendations and guidance for doing so in a privacy-respecting manner Determine whether a less privacy-invasive alternative to video surveillance would meet your needs Establish the business reason for conducting video surveillance and use video surveillance only for that reason Develop a policy on the use of video surveillance...
 
Tags: video surveillance, privacy, privacy impact assessment, reason, business reason, business, images, individuals access, privacy commissioner
 
 
 
 
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$50 > life. WHYYYYYYY?

2008-04-03 12:49:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...universal practice. I don't know the exact statistics but a study done in South Africa found that more people used safety belts after it was made illegal to not use them than when it was left up to the driver The conclusion really is that people are more likely to obey a rule because it is law than because it may just save their life and...
 
Tags: safety belts, safety belts compulsory, people complain, people, safety belt laws, laws, security industry, security, cso summit