Security

Last Updated on 14 Dec. 2015, Total: 99 Blog Posts

  1. 10 BYOD Policy Guidelines

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 27 May 2014
    • Section: Security

    The following article by Kenneth Hess lists 10 BYOD policy guidelines that organizations can use as a starting point when managing security of users’ mobile devices connected to their networks... Read More

  2. 5 Crucial Parts of Cloud Computing Security People Often Forget About

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 1 April 2015
    • Section: Security

    Guest blog post by Sameer Bhatia founder and CEO of ProProfs, a leading provider of online learning tools for building, testing, and applying knowledge... Read More

  3. 7 years of Russian cyberespionage

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 17 Sept. 2015
    • Section: Security

    The Dukes are a well-resourced, highly dedicated and organized cyberespionage group... Read More

  4. Analysing TorrentLocker

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 16 Sept. 2014
    • Section: Security

    Security researchers from the Finnish consulting company Nixu, found a way how to get your files decrypted without paying the ransom resulting from a TorrentLocker infection... Read More

  5. Apps on Google Play harbouring Adware

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 6 Feb. 2015
    • Section: Security

    Apps on Google Play pose as games and infect millions of users with Adware... Read More

  6. Are your wireless printers accessible from the Internet?

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 15 Sept. 2014
    • Section: Security

    An information security company estimates there are at least 2000 vulnerable models connected directly to the internet... Read More

  7. Bash vulnerability - the original fix for this issue was incorrect

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 26 Sept. 2014
    • Section: Security

    The original fix for this issue was incorrect; CVE-2014-7169 has been assigned to cover the vulnerability that is still present after the incorrect fix... Read More

  8. Bing-IP2hosts – Enumerate hostnames for an IP using bing.com

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 2 Jan. 2014
    • Section: Security

    Bing-ip2hosts uses MS Bing’s IP feature to enumerate all hostnames which Bing has indexed for a specific IP address... Read More

  9. Buffer overflow vulnerability in Wireshark

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 11 March 2014
    • Section: Security

    Wesley Neelen from Hoffmann Investigations discovered an MPEG file parser buffer overflow in Wireshark... Read More

  10. Card Skimming Prevention

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 19 Sept. 2014
    • Section: Security

    Skimming is the unauthorized capture and transfer of payment data to another source... Read More