Latest security news.
I will keep my Mac safe from other users, 10/09/07: When it comes to security, you may be your own worst enemy. What puts you at risk is not so much the firewall, antivirus, or other security software you do (or don’t) use as much as the bad habits you may have picked up. Careless computing puts your data, and even your identity, at risk.
McAfee to buy SafeBoot for $350M, 10/08/07: Security software vendor McAfee will acquire SafeBoot for $350 million in an effort to expand its large-business product line, the company announced Monday.
Podcast: At American Heart Association good network management is good security: The key to better security for the American Heart Association is to keep an efficient network with monitoring throughout. Josh Hinkle, Manager, network management & security, at the American Heart Association explains how knowing what’s going on in your network is important to thwarting attacks and anomalies. (7:51)
Phishers won’t stop as long as users continue to click, 10/09/07: Carnegie Mellon University is researching the best ways to educate e-mail users about the dangers of phishing, such as how to distinguish the URL of a fraudulent Web site from a legitimate one. Not exactly rocket science…or is it?
Juniper links its NAC, IDP platforms, 10/08/07: Juniper Networks is linking its intrusion-detection platforms to its NAC gear, making it possible to restrict devices that manage to gain network access by passing health checks but then pose a threat once they are on.
IE, Outlook, Word get critical bug fixes, 10/09/07: Microsoft has released six security updates for its products, fixing critical flaws in Word, Outlook Express, Internet Explorer and the Kodak image viewer that ships with Windows.
Secure your wireless networks people!: Microsoft Subnet blogger Tyson Kopczynski writes: ” While driving through the SF Bay (680 to 80) area and again through the Sacramento area, I don’t think that there was a single mile without at least one unsecure wireless network. … what really amazed me where the random SSIDs that clearly belonged to companies.”
Microsoft error message warns: “Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters”
Free Cisco security book up for grabs: Monitoring with Cisco Security MARS by Gary Halleen and Greg Kellogg helps you plan a MARS deployment and learn the installation and administration tasks you can expect to face.
How far do you go with DMZ design?: Cisco Subnet blogger Michael Morris asks: Do you open the firewall and let the traffic flow in?
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