Trend Micro today announced Deep Discovery, a threat detection tool designed to monitor network traffic in order to detect signs of stealthy attacks aimed at stealing corporate data. Deep Discovery is intended to focus on the question, “Is there human attacker activity in the network?” says Kevin Faulkner, senior enterprise…
Chamber brings in heavy hitter to speak on cyber security
Some cyber-security professionals have pegged 2011 as "the year of hack," said Bradford Willke, a cyber-security adviser with the U.S Department of Homeland Security, who spoke to Monroeville business owners last week about the danger of hackers. read more » View full post on homeland cyber – Yahoo! News Search Results View full…
Hacker brings down Israeli bourse, El Al websites
JERUSALEM, Israel – A hacker brought down the websites of Israel’s national carrier El Al and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) on Monday, raising fears of a wave of politically motivated cyber attacks. Both sites were affected early in the day, posting messages saying they had been taken down…
Hacker brings down Israeli stock exchange, El Al websites
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: A hacker brought down the websites of Israel’s national carrier El Al and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Monday, raising fears of a wave of politically motivated cyber attacks. Both sites were affected early in the day, posting messages saying they had been taken down for “maintenance.” By…
Russian election ‘cyber attack’ brings down websites
Could elections in Russia have resulted in internet attacks on websites claiming that the vote was being fixed? This weekend’s vote, which saw a slump in support for the United Russia party of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev, has taken place against a backdrop of arrests, claims…
Holiday season brings an increase in phishing scams
As the holiday shopping season revs up, an increasing number of cybercriminals are trying to lure online shoppers into divulging sensitive information on bogus forms or into clicking on viral Web links or videos that will infect your PC with a nasty data-stealing program. View full post on phishing –…
Secunia brings own spin to vulnerability rewards programs
Another day, another vulnerability reporting reward program. Kinda. Secunia, a vulnerability management vendor from Denmark, is the latest to join the bounty brigade, but it is bringing its spin to the market. Secunia’s new Secunia Vulnerability Coordination Reward Program is another platform for researchers to report software security flaws, but Secunia…