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Segmenting for security: Five steps to protect your network

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Relying on a DMZ to protect your network and data is like putting money in a bank that depends on one guard and a single gate to secure its deposits. Imagine how tempting all those piles of money would be to those who had access

Alex
Dec 18, 2014

Exploiting MS14-068 - just another pentest

This is a short post on how to exploit MS14-068 on Linux. This came up on my recent internal infrastructure engagement. The primary DC was a vulnerable Windows 2008 R2 SP1 server.

Dave Wreski
Dec 15, 2014

Google Releases Nogotofail Tool to Test Network Security

The last year has produced a rogues

Dave Wreski
Nov 06, 2014

How the cloud is changing the security game

Cloud computing offers many advantages, but with those benefits come a new range of security concerns.

Dave Wreski
Oct 03, 2014

DDoS attackers turn fire on ISPs and gaming servers

DDoS attackers seem to have switched their attention from banks to gaming hosts, ISPs and even enterprises, half-year figures from Chinese mitigation vendor NSFOCUS have confirmed.

Alex
Sep 22, 2014

Middle-School Dropout Codes Clever Chat Program That Foils NSA Spying

The National Security Agency has some of the brightest minds working on its sophisticated surveillance programs, including its metadata collection efforts. But a new chat program designed by a middle-school dropout in his spare time may turn out to be one of the best solutions to thwart those efforts.

Alex
Sep 17, 2014

Cloud security: We're asking the wrong questions

In the wake of the celebrity photo breach, the media is humming with stories disparaging the safety of the cloud. Many longtime cloud critics are crowing, "I told you so!" and waiting for the world to go back to on-premises solutions only.

Alex
Sep 12, 2014

Moving toward smart and secure continuous software delivery

Dave Wreski
Aug 21, 2014

Boffins build FREE SUPERCOMPUTER from free cloud server trials

Researchers Rob Ragan and Oscar Salazar have built a free LiteCoin-mining botnet that generates $US1750 a week using free cloud signup promotions.

Dave Wreski
Jul 29, 2014

Attackers raid SWISS BANKS with DNS and malware bombs

Attackers suspected of residing in Russia are raiding Swiss bank accounts with a multi-faceted attack that intercepts SMS tokens and changes domain name system settings, researchers have warned.

Dave Wreski
Jul 23, 2014

Evernote, Deezer and Feedly fess up to DDoS attacks

EVERNOTE, DEEZER AND FEEDLY have revealed that they have been struck by hackers, with the firms admitting on Tuesday to having suffered distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

Alex
Jun 12, 2014

Want 'perfect' security? Then threat data must be shared

Here's a surprise for you: We actually have a fairly good understanding of who is attacking us on the Internet and why. Various entities know not only which groups are doing the attacking, but also the names of the people in those groups. They know where they live, who their family members are, where they went to school, and when they go on vacation.

Anthony Pell
May 13, 2014

'Snowden effect' has changed cloud data security assumption, survey claims

Edward Snowden

Dave Wreski
Apr 16, 2014

DNS-Based Amplification Attacks Key on Home Routers

DNS providers Nominum have published new data on DNS-based DDoS amplification attacks that are using home and small office routers as a jumping off point.

Dave Wreski
Apr 03, 2014

Hypervisors: The cloud's potential security Achilles heel

A cloud is only as secure as the hypervisors that support its virtual machines and how secure are those? That's a darn good question and one we tend to avoid looking at.

Dave Wreski
Apr 01, 2014

Hackers hijack 300,000-plus wireless routers, make malicious changes

Researchers said they have uncovered yet another mass compromise of home and small-office wireless routers, this one being used to make malicious configuration changes to more than 300,000 devices made by D-Link, Micronet, Tenda, TP-Link, and others.

Dave Wreski
Mar 03, 2014

DDoSing a Cell Phone Network

The HLR/AuC is considered to be one of the most important network elements of a 3G network. It can serve up to five million subscribers and at least one transaction with HLR/AuC is required for every single phone call or data session.

Dave Wreski
Feb 26, 2014

Don't be a DDoS dummy: Patch your NTP servers, plead infosec bods

Security researchers have responded to recent denial of service attacks against gaming websites and service providers that rely on insecure Network Time Protocol servers by drawing up a list of vulnerable systems.

Dave Wreski
Jan 21, 2014

Cloud-based security services poised for rapid growth

The rush of businesses to move their operations to the cloud is creating a slipstream that's pulling security services into the nimbus.

Dave Wreski
Dec 24, 2013

The downfall of hacker collective Antisec

Hacker chronicler Quinn Norton spent months in 2011 and 2012 talking to members of the hacktivist collective Antisec, the division of Anonymous responsible for the leaked corporate emails that earned Jeremy Hammond a 10-year prison sentence.

Alex
Nov 25, 2013

Linux Network Security - Page 5

Harnessing Proxies for Enhanced Threat Intelligence: A Guide with Open Source Tools

Understanding HTTP Proxy Servers: A Vital Linux Network Security Tool

Exploring Vulnerability Scanners: Tools & Strategies for a Secure Network