Latest security news.
DNS vulnerability puts e-mail, directory services at risk, 04/13/07
A DNS server compromised by a hacker could be used to funnel Web surfers to all sorts of phishing attacks and malicious Web sites and even cause havoc with directory services and e-mail in some cases, according to the father of the technology, Paul Mockapetris.
Microsoft warns of dangerous flaw in DNS server, 04/13/07
Attackers are trying to take advantage of a newly-disclosed vulnerability in several of Microsoft’s server products that could alow them to run unauthorized code on affected computers, the company has warned.
China improving on piracy, says top Microsoft lawyer, 04/13/07
Microsoft is seeing some improvements to the considerable problem of software piracy in China, it’s top lawyer said on Thursday.
CA security software for businesses gets upgrades, 04/12/07
CA announced upgrades to two software security suites, one for large companies and one for small and midsize businesses.
Spam shot of ‘Storm Trojan’ reaches record proportions, 04/12/07
A massive spam outbreak that tries to trick recipients into opening a file attachment that can hijack their computers has already broken records, security companies said Thursday.
Consumer alert: Massive virus outbreak, 04/12/07
A huge virus surge of a new Storm Worm variant is flooding e-mail inboxes and evading many antivirus programs. In my tests of 31 programs, only four reported a virus.
Experian notes jump in U.K. identity-theft reports, 04/12/07
Identity thieves are showing more determination in picking out victims, while the number of reported U.K. victims of identity theft continues to rise, according to new data released by credit-checking agency Experian on Thursday.
From Ciso Subnet: Certifiable!
So you want a career in the glamorous world of information security! You’re thinking that all I have to do is get my CISSP and I’m as good as in! Throw in a CISM and a GIAC and you’ll have to beat the recruiters off with a money stick! Hopefully, all of us that know the truth …
