Security

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

  1. Free Cloud-based Vulnerability Scanner

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

    Tripwire SecureScan provides free vulnerability scanning for up to 100 IPs and includes comprehensive detection rules for Heartbleed to uncover the vulnerability wherever it may lie on your network... Read More

  2. Freeware automation tool leveraged by targeted attacks

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 26 Aug. 2015
    • Section: Security

    Phishing attacks are a serious threat that users and organizations face every day... Read More

  3. Get notified if your email account has been caught up in data breaches

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 3 Jan. 2014
    • Section: Security

    Haveibeenpwned.com provides users with a free notification service that informs them whether any email account they own has been caught up in recent data breaches... Read More

  4. GetGo Download Manager buffer overflow vulnerability

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 24 March 2014
    • Section: Security

    Julien Ahrens (aka MrTuxracer) publishes root-cause analysis of GetGo Download Manager http response header buffer overflow remote code execution... Read More

  5. HP ArcSight Logger contains multiple vulnerabilities

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 20 Oct. 2015
    • Section: Security

    HP ArcSight Logger contains multiple vulnerabilities, allowing authentication bypass and privilege escalation in certain scenarios... Read More

  6. Heartbleed Extensions for Firefox & Chrome browsers

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 21 April 2014
    • Section: Security

    The Heartbleed SSL vulnerability presents significant concerns for users and major challenges for site operators... Read More

  7. How Secure is TextSecure?

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 4 Nov. 2014
    • Section: Security

    Security researchers from the German Gortz Institute for IT Security (Ruhr University Bochum) present the first complete description of TEXTSECURE’s complex cryptographic protocol and a thorough security analysis of TEXTSECURE... Read More

  8. How do you address targeted attacks?

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 25 July 2014
    • Section: Security

    TrendLabs Security Intelligence Blog published a short but very informative post on how IT administrators should strategize against targeted attacks... Read More

  9. How to Educate Employees on Cyber Security

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 28 March 2014
    • Section: Security

    A robust Information Security policy and regular, mandatory training for all staff on information security is imperative... Read More

  10. Iot - more devices to secure against hackers

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 22 Jan. 2015
    • Section: Security

    IoT is likely to disrupt business models and ecosystems across a range of industries... Read More