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Security solutions often have secondary benefits
Like all security managers, I work to implement the right tools to defend against specific threats.  Sometimes, however, a tool implemented for one purpose might be valuable in other ways. About two years ago, we installed a web filtering application that blocks user access to selected web site categories.  The business...
Tags: Threats, Threat Modeling, Spyware, Risk Management, patching, Malware, IT Management, Intrusion Detection, Internet, HIPAA, Hacking, data theft, Cybercrime, Computer Crime, Antivirus
Blog posts 2007-06-03
Anti-virus vendors worry about the pace of malware production
Kaspersky Labs Eugene Kaspersky and F-Secures Mikko Hypponen spoke out about the growing difficulties in keeping up with cyber criminals. In a speech at CeBit in Hanover, Germany, Kaspersky stated flatly that, "If the growth in malware continues at the current pace, makers of anti-virus software may not be...
Tags: Antivirus, Antivirus Research, Computer Crime, Cybercrime, data theft, Hacking, Identity Theft, Internet, It Management, Security, Spyware
Blog posts 2007-03-19
Protect yourself from the byproducts of software piracy
It isn’t news that software piracy is a big problem for software vendors. Illegal use of applications has been going on since the first PC rolled off the line. What might be news, however, is the negative impact piracy might have on the Internet and on your company...
Tags: Antivirus, botnet, Computer Crime, Cybercrime, It Management, Malware, Security, Software, Software Piracy, Spyware, Tom Olzak
Blog posts 2007-02-15

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New IE flaw even affects XP SP2 and FBI/CSI releases 2004 cybercrime report
The annual FBI computer crime report is out and it reportsthat attacks and costs are down as well as that insiders are becoming thebiggest threat. The other important development this week is that some new IEvulnerabilities have been discovered, and these flaws even affect systems thathave applied the new Windows...
Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, John McCormick, Internet Explorer vulnerability, Microsoft Windows, administrator, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, vulnerability, security, Service Pack 2
Technical articles 2004-08-30
Symantec plugs vulnerability caused by its hidden directory
Sony is apparently not the only company with the penchant for hiding files on users' computers—security vendor Symantec recently 'fessed up to similar practices. While its intentions were good, the hidden directory could make the perfect hiding place for a hacker's malicious files. In this edition of the IT Locksmith,...
Tags: Symantec Corp., John McCormick, Rootkits, security, Norton Co., rootkit, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Software, Sony Corp., Directory, Information Technology, Vulnerability, FBI, Problem, Security Company, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Attack, Spyware, Adware & Malware
Technical articles 2006-01-23
Big Brother Cometh: German Police seek to use malware to spy on suspects.
PC World[b]Can Malware Be Used to Fight Crime?German police are contemplating using Trojan horses and other malware to spy on suspected criminals.[/b]Jeremy Kirk, IDG News ServiceThursday, March 15, 2007 11:00 AM GMT-08:00What if the good guys started using the tools of the bad guys to catch the bad guys, but...
Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, deepsand, Magnus Kalkuhl, software, trojan horse, German police, malware
Discussion threads 2007-03-18
Norton, worst Anti Virus protection??
As the title says i have read endless posts on different forums, and repaired many virus infected machines all which were running Norton. Does anyone else agree that Nortons just not up to the task??Also if anti-virus companies are employing people to write viruses, so they can write the...
Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Norton Co., virus, antivirus
Discussion threads 2008-01-16
Major retailer suffers data breach
When it comes to security, 2007 has started off with a bang—a major data breach that could potentially make history, a Trojan horse following an epic storm, and a Swedish bank losing millions. Get the details in this edition of the IT Locksmith, and get some resources to make sure...
Tags: John McCormick, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Financial services, Cyberthreats, bank, trojan horse, antivirus, security, attack, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Open Source Development Labs, Information Technology, Malware, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
Technical articles 2007-01-22
Threat surfaces in Adobe's Acrobat and Reader
Incidents on the Microsoft security front have slowed in the past week or two, but that doesn't mean the rest of the security scene has remained unaffected. John McCormick takes advantage of the lull to bring you up to speed on a potentially widespread Adobe Systems vulnerability, a slew of...
Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, John McCormick, SECURITY, vulnerability, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Threat, Buffer-overrun Threat
Technical articles 2005-08-29
Machine taken over by Malware-Virus Buster!
The purported viral killer, Virus Buster, has placed itself on this machine and have unsuccessfully tried to remove it. An error balloon comes up at startup and occasionally that says that " A critical system error has occured, click here to repair." It then proceeds to send you...
Tags: virus, randerson@..., A/V
Discussion threads 2006-10-14
Almost all online porn made using captive women & children
FBI reports that online crime is at an all time high. So why are we hearing so little about it? Cyber crime has been estimated by the US Treasury to be more valuable than the illegal drugs trade - worth more than $100 billion a year (http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article2844031.ece). What you don't...
Tags: Gender and diversity, Federal government, Cyberthreats, Mafia, women, Cyber-Crime
Discussion threads 2009-01-03
Almost all online porn is produced using captive women
FBI reports that online crime is at an all time high. So why are we hearing so little about it? Cyber crime has been estimated by the US Treasury to be more valuable than the illegal drugs trade - worth more than $100 billion a year (http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article2844031.ece). What you don't...
Tags: Gender and diversity, Cyber-Crime, women
Discussion threads 2009-01-01
Trojan horse rides off with game accounts
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Tags: Games, Viruses and worms, trojan horse, game, online game, pest, Sophos Plc.
Technical articles 2005-01-26
If it's on TV it's probably a false scare - here's why
Well, surprise, KamaSutra was a big bust, so to speak pun intended. I was concerned at firstabout this first big worm of the new year as I saw reports on the number ofinfected computers, but most anti virus vendors were rating this a low-levelthreat and the virus was known and...
Tags: TV
Blog posts 2006-02-05
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