Grandma Got Hacked for Christmas
Nothing quite says "Happy Holidays" like discovering that a family member's bank account has been hacked. Everyone believes that some malware found its way to an unprotected system, spotted the on-line banking activity, captured the credentials and dutifully transmitted them or awaited further instructions from whoever had control of this machine. What's interesting about this case is that the bank has asked for the hard drive of the compromised PC. What would you do?
Continue reading...16. November 2009
PCI Security - The Devil is in the Details
Joshua Corman, research director for enterprise security at The 451 Group, renewed debate recently on the role that PCI plays in network security in an article featured in CSO Magazine. The article contains a number of Corman quotes from a recent 451 Group client conference. From the excerpts, it's clear that the Corman is trying to sound the alarm, and it may be falling on deaf ears.
Continue reading...9. November 2009
Cash for (SIEM) Clunkers
While some might consider the title a bit strong - it’s interesting that for the second time this year, we find ourselves offering a Competitive Upgrade Program. First, it was the now defunct High Tower software and then came this week’s possible demise of Cisco MARS.
Continue reading...14. August 2009
Knock, Knock…Who’s there? Ilomo. Ilomo who?
Call it Ilomo, Clampi, Rscan, or Ligats—whatever you call it, it’s getting a fair share of the security spotlight due to recent discussions at Black Hat. So what is Ilomo? Ilomo is essentially an “old” botnet Trojan dating back to 2007, which primarily targets the banking industry...
Continue reading...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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4. January 2010
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