Latest security news.
Tool tests for phishing-attack gullibility, 07/30/07: Do your company’s employees seem like easy dupes for e-mail phishing attacks and other scams? A vulnerability-assessment tool from Core Security Technologies lets you set up automated tests to find out.
Botnets identified and blocked with new hosted service, 07/30/07: A security tool that identifies botnets and blocks attacks from these zombie networks is being made available by Trend Micro online in the software-as-a-service model.
Nevis NAC gear introduces cloaking, 07/30/07: Nevis Networks has new software that makes it easier for its NAC hardware to block any user on a network from seeing another device, making it possible to prevent rogue equipment or malicious users from accessing resources they shouldn’t or from probing the network for vulnerabilities.
Single group behind ransomware Trojans, 07/30/07: The two most prominent ransomware Trojans of recent times could be the work of the same people, or a related group of criminals, an analysis has suggested.
E-mail scams target deep-pocketed victims, 07/27/07: A wave of sophisticated, ongoing attacks disguised as bills from supposed business partners, complaints from the Better Business Bureau, and investigations by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service is snaring high-value business victims with malware-carrying e-mail messages that don’t bear the usual telltale signs of phishing.
California report slams e-voting system security, 07/27/07: Researchers commissioned by the State of California have found security issues in every electronic voting system they tested, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen said Friday.
Microsoft Subnet blogger, Tyson Kopczynski, delves into the mysteries of Microsoft’s Certificate Lifecycle Manager. “Overall, I like CLM,” he reports, though he also has misgivings.
