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McAfee journal offers 'Sage' security advice
News Microsoft's Vista has improved security for Windows users, but "some of its choices still leave users vulnerable", writes David Marcus in McAfee's new biannual journal on security matters. The constant struggle between security personnel and...
[April 12, 2007, 9:23]
US Homeland Security gives cyber-protection advice
News Sans is posting its own tips and advice on how IT professionals can best secure networks and handle security incidents on its blog. The US Department of Homeland Security is spearheading a month-long push to make public- and private-sector...
[October 1, 2008, 16:39]
Defeating the Hacker review
Reviews Despite the title, much of the book is more or less generic security advice. For example, he talks about the security value of using Digital Rights Management and encryption software, but not about the risk that corrupted software or a lost...
[March 30, 2006, 10:00]
Government launches cybersecurity service
News A virus alert and IT security advice website for home PC users and small businesses has been launched by the government. The site is funded by the Home Office and will use data from the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC...
[February 24, 2005, 14:00]
Government split over mobile threat
News The government organisation that provides security advice to organisations that operate critical national infrastructure has said it is "very concerned" about possible attacks launched using mobile devices.
[April 25, 2008, 13:02]
Combat common hacking techniques with expert advice from Joel Scambray
White Papers In this audio interview, Joel Scambray, co-author of Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, shared expert advice on combating common hacking techniques and tools. In this audio interview, Joel Scambray, co-author of Hacking Exposed...
[May 13, 2006, 1:00]
Experts: Microsoft's advice won't stop Downadup
News The US Computer Emergency Response Team has criticised security advice given by Microsoft, saying the guidelines will not stop a worm that has infected millions of computers. F-Secure has been tracking the progress of the worm, and last week the...
[January 23, 2009, 12:11]
Leaked Homeland Security doc warns of data threats
News When asked whether more comprehensive security advice, such as using virtual private networks to encrypt communications through a thin client, would be circulated to government employees, the US-DHS spokesperson said that the document "showed the...
[September 15, 2008, 17:47]
Microsoft's patches: Can you trust them?
News To survive the next Slammer-like virus attack, updating applications and operating systems with every patch that Microsoft releases is the worst thing any business can do, according to advice from security experts and industry analysts.
[July 16, 2003, 13:26]
Fighting the zombie hordes
Leader The standard advice given by the FBI and the anti-malware companies is to use memory-resident security software. There are multiple millions more worldwide, threatening e-commerce, privacy, business efficiency, even state security.
[June 15, 2007, 16:51]
The government can't handle the truth
Leader As an industry we have learned to acquiesce and accept a certain latitude when it comes to security advice. The results of ZDNet UK's last IT Priorities survey showed security at the top of IT professionals' to-do list.
[March 29, 2006, 15:30]
Small firms and consumers 'complacent about security'
News Get Safe Online warned this week that while most SMEs and consumers are aware of Internet security issues, they do not see safety as important enough to warrant specific action. Staib said that IT security professionals are frequently exposed to...
[June 21, 2006, 12:25]
Security guru backs writing down passwords
News Speaking on the opening day of the AusCERT conference on Australia's Gold Coast, Jesper Johansson, senior programme manager for security policy at Microsoft, said the security industry had been giving out the wrong advice to users by telling them...
[May 23, 2005, 15:20]
Laptop stolen from Citizens Advice
News He said the data was protected by three levels of security, including a high level of encryption. We believe the information, even if it were accessed, would not on its own allow access to a bank account because banks require other security...
[December 10, 2007, 14:24]
Phishing scam 'most devious ever'
News Baumhof reasons that the FTC's advice gave the victims a false sense of security. The email, distributed en-masse to Westpac customers, represents the latest example of "phishing scams," designed to catch the unwary and fool them into divulging...
[March 3, 2004, 8:00]
IE flaw gets second third-party patch
News The release came shortly after eEye Digital Security issued its own temporary patch. This is the second time this year that somebody has beaten Microsoft to the punch with a security fix. Last time, security experts supported a patch issued by a...
[March 29, 2006, 9:20]
Security contractors urged to take out personal indemnity insurance
News The increasing number of virus and worm attacks means that significant numbers of security contractors could face legal action after their client's systems have been attacked, say industry experts Richard Starnes, vice president of the UK chapter...
[June 2, 2004, 15:30]
BBC responds to botnet illegality claims
Blog BBC Click acquired the means to build a botnet, used it to spam Gmail and Hotmail accounts it had set up, and launch a distrbuted denial of service attack against security company Prev-X. The BBC said it had built and used a botnet in a news...
[March 16, 2009, 13:27]
Microsoft to distribute XP SP2 on one million CDs
News It has been designed to vastly improve the overall security of XP and make it easier for users to control their security settings. Richard Starnes, president of security industry group ISSA UK, welcomed the security update, but is concerned that...
[July 9, 2004, 17:15]
Bluetooth needs long PINS for security
News The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has told users to set eight-digit PINs when pairing two devices, and take other precautions, after a report described a way for hackers to crack the security codes on Bluetooth devices and seize control of them.
[June 27, 2005, 17:55]
