Archive for March, 2006

Netsky still spam malware king

March 31, 2006
By BritneyIIII

According to a new report from security  firm Sophos, the United States still retains its title as king of the spam scene, but China is now sharing in the shame as the nation that generated the most malicious code in 2006.Sophos’ annual Security Threat Report revealed that U.S.-based computers relayed 22 percent of the...
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Who Sets The Audit Standards? Part 1 of 3

March 29, 2006
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A. Introduction — Audit Standards and “Professionalism” The conversational noise levels have been building slowly to the point where it is now hard to ignore the hubbub on the subject of public policy, standards, regulation, and professionalism. The latest development for me culminated in an audit standards panel session in which I participated at the...
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Speaking of Security Podcast #9

March 26, 2006
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Click here to listen/download (10:23). Breach!! That’s the podcast topic of the week for our “Speaking of Security” bloggers Shannon Kellogg, direct of government and industry affairs, and Burt Kaliski, vice president of research and chief scientist of RSA Laboratories. Shannon talks about proposed breach notification legislation on Capitol Hill and Burt discusses what...
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Don’t Shoot the Messenger

March 23, 2006
By Computer security

I was intrigued to learn last week of a new distribution mechanism for computer viruses: RFID tags. A typical, passive RFID tag is basically just a memory device; there’s nothing to infect. So what does an RFID tag have to do with computer viruses? The answer is simple: The backend software system that...
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Telework becomes a bigger priority for U.S. Federal Government

March 20, 2006
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This week, the General Services Administration (GSA) in Washington, D.C. released the federal government’s first guidelines for establishing “government-wide rules and clarifying federal law on working away from the office.” The new guidance comes as a result of lingering “confusion over rules and terms that kept telework from expanding at federal agencies…” according to...
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Speaking of Security Podcast #8

March 19, 2006
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Click here to listen/download (8:23). Meet our new “Speaking of Security” blogger, Derek Brink, vice president of corporate development, RSA Security Inc., hear from Scott Neuhaus of Metavante Corporation about how – and why – his organization is providing anti-phishing and anti-pharming solutions to its clients. Related Links: Derek Brink’s Blog Entries Metavante Introduces New Online...
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Online Fraud Survey

March 16, 2006
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Last week, RSA Security released the results of its annual Online Fraud survey of consumers in the US. The results paint an interesting persona of the online American consumer: We want better security… 73% of account-holders believe that financial institutions should replace username-and-password log-in with stronger authentication for online banking. And of course the FFIEC...
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Identity Networks

March 15, 2006
By Computer security

The notion of the “network” appears to be a theme that is central to our time. Of the many profound changes re-enforcing the need for identity, the “network” – with its many facets of availability, band-width, scale and complexity – is arguably one of the most significant, and the most underrated in its impact...
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Beat Censorship using these proxies

March 15, 2006
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Implications of Mobile Devices on Security

March 14, 2006
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Since attending the RSA Conference last month, I’ve been thinking about the implications of mobile devices on security… Here are three initial thoughts: (1) We want ‘em, we gotta have ‘em, we can’t live without ‘em! Give me the latest smart phone / PDA (as soon as my “New Every Two” eligibility renews, that is)!...
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Speaking of Security Podcast #7

March 12, 2006
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Click here to listen/download (9:56). RSA Security announces the release of RSA® Federated Identity Manager 3.0; a Smart Redirection phishing attack is taken down by RSA Cyota’s Anti-Fraud Command Center; and Speaking of Security blogger John Madelin explores the "digital identity" as discussed in his most recent blog entries and in a special podcast on...
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Email filter adds encryption

March 12, 2006
By BritneyIIII

The upgraded Proofpoint Secure Messaging software, slated for availability in June, adds Voltage’s identity-based encryption (IBE) technology to the existing content-filtering capabilities, according to company officials. With this addition, Proofpoint’s appliances will automatically encrypt email based on policies set by administrators as the messages leave the corporate network. This ability to encrypt at the gateway...
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