Recent articles by Ellen Messmer
February 09, 2010
Websense Tuesday announced Triton, a unified security architecture, which merges its data-loss prevention and e-mail security products, keeping much of the security-as-a-service approach it already supports, but with a common management and reporting console.
February 07, 2010
Veracode today released Blackberry-specific spyware, which the code-review specialist intends to show that the BlackBerry is vulnerable to spyware problems.
February 04, 2010
Apple's sandboxing technology restricts iPhone applications using deny/allow rules at the kernel level, but these and other security permissions are too loose, according to one presenter at the Black Hat Conference.
February 04, 2010
In a live demonstration Wednesday at the Black Hat DC conference, a security consultant showed how it's possible to exploit a flaw in the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser to remotely read files on the victim's local drive, prompting a security advisory from Microsoft.
February 03, 2010
Public Wi-Fi networks such as those in coffee shops and airports present a bigger security threat than ever to computer users because attackers can intercede over wireless to "poison" users' browser caches in order to present fake Web pages or even steal data at a later time. That's according to security researcher Mike Kershaw, developer of the Kismet wireless network detector and intrusion-detection system, who spoke at the Black Hat conference.
February 03, 2010
A well-known security researcher yesterday showed how to subvert security in the Oracle 11g database by exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities that would let a savvy user gain full and complete control.
February 02, 2010
ARLINGTON, VA. -- A researcher with expertise in hacking hardware Tuesday detailed at the Black Hat DC conference how it's possible to subvert the security of a processor used to protect computers, smartcards and even Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming system.
January 28, 2010
A new phishing scam is trying to fool people into thinking it comes from Adobe, announcing a new version of PDF Reader/Writer.
January 28, 2010
Massive denial-of-service attacks and infiltration of corporate networks by attackers is a common experience for companies in critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, energy, water, transportation and telecom.
January 28, 2010
Security researchers at the Black Hat Conference in Washington D.C., will demonstrate what they see as Adobe Flash design flaws as well as show how the failure to apply known cryptographic controls to the ViewState in Web app frameworks can lead to problems
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