Latest security news.
Clear Choice Test: Network-intrusion detection systems, 01/31/05
The Stealthwatch M250 Version 4.2 we tested – which veers from popular signature-based IDS products with a behavior-based approach to spotting intruders called anomaly detection – can indeed spot attacks, but its overall package could use a bit more polish.
https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2005/013105rev.html?nl
Opinion: Different vendors, better security, 01/31/05
Microsoft is getting into the security game. Some folks say, “It’s about time.” Others say, “Haven’t they had security for years?” I look it at it quite differently.
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2005/013105schwartau.html
Management Strategies: CSIRT groups take on new roles, 01/31/05
Creating and sustaining a computer security incident response team calls for ample preparation.
https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2005/013105man.html?nl
Opinion: The Big One: Millions and billions, 01/31/05
All we need is, for example, a worm implementing a pre-SP1 Windows XP zero-day exploit carried by e-mail that goes undetected for 90 days before it wipes all disks it can see. Voilà! A full-fledged disaster.
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2005/013105backspin.html?nl
Spam busters go on the offensive, 01/31/05
The war on spam is far from over, but there was a growing sense among the anti-spam crusaders gathered last week at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that advances on the legal and technology fronts have turned the tide against the Viagra peddlers and Nigerian princesses.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/013105spam.html?nl
Cisco IOS flaws found, 01/31/05
Cisco last week warned of several vulnerabilities in its IOS software that attackers could use to bring down routers in enterprise and service provider networks.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/013105-cisco-bug.html?nl
Vernier sets sights beyond WLANs, 01/31/05
Vernier Networks this week is set to make available a line of appliances designed to let customers lock down vulnerable network segments, devices and end users.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/013105vernier.html?nl
Juniper bugged, 01/31/05
Juniper last week warned M- and T-Series router customers that run releases of Junos software developed before Jan. 7 to upgrade the software or suffer a “serious security vulnerability.”
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/013105-juniper-bug.html?nl
Taming the ever-evolving phish risk, 01/31/05
At an industry conference last year, the head of security for a state port authority told of how a phisher – possibly a current or former employee, or someone in cahoots with one – bluffed his way onto the corporate network by first spoofing an internal e-mail address. The ploy, apparently designed to elicit application passwords, got responses from about 50 workers before one called the IT department to raise a red flag, according to a conference attendee.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/013105phishing.html?nl
Newsletter: F5 aims Firepass at SMBs, 01/27/05
F5 is introducing an SSL VPN appliance called the Firepass 600, designed for small and midsize businesses.
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/vpn/2005/0124vpn2.html?nl
