A Worm is a Worm by any Name
While Conficker uses a variety of methods to reach new heights of evil, the methods themselves are not new. As with most viruses and worms, the process for escalating privileges, exploiting hosts, and gaining unauthorized access remains much the same: exploit a weakness, stop the services that may prevent the nefarious deed, and then spread the love via email, network shares, peer to peer communications, or removable devices.
Continue reading...3. February 2009
I LOVE THE MID MARKET!!
I yelled that to a crowd of over 300 at last year’s Gartner MidSize Enterprise Summit while I was accepting an award on behalf of TriGeo for “Best of Show” – where, by the way, we beat out HP. At conferences like the Gartner MidSize Enterprise Summit and CIO Decisions, I get the pleasure of spending a lot of time with midmarket executives who always voice their frustrations with vendors who simply, “don’t get them.”
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3. February 2009
Slow And Silent Targeted Attacks On the Rise
This headline from a recent Dark Reading article is important. The reality is that stealing identity and credit card data is big business. Thieves aren't interested in attracting attention. Their goal is simple – steal as much money as they can without being detected. Unfortunately, the article suggests that the solution for dealing with this threat is keeping log data for longer periods of time to provide a broader set of historical data for analysis.
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29. January 2009
INDUSTRY SHAKEUP
High Tower Software was the first to fall, closing their doors in November. The company chose to not provide any notice to customers -- before or after it ceased operations. How long will the VC’s continue to fund companies with products that customers don’t want?
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27. June 2008
PCI in a Box, PCI Simplified, PCI Made Easy
These are the kinds of headlines, taglines, and marketing pitches from Log Management and SIEM vendors that fill my inbox daily, and I'm sure yours as well.
Continue reading...1. June 2008
Spring Tradeshow Roundup - RSA, InfoSec UK, Interop Las Vegas
The RSA highlight was winning our second SC Magazine Reader Trust Award for Best Event Management Technology, beating several well-known enterprise products.
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1. April 2009
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