Effectiveness of SecureID reduced?

It seems that RSA got attacked and might have lost some information. They actually took a really courageous step and went public and the Executive Chairman wrote an open letter. To quote:

While at this time we are confident that the information extracted does not enable a successful direct attack on any of our RSA . . . → Read More: Effectiveness of SecureID reduced?

Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Malware Response

A new version of this guide went live – I think something, you should look at. There is a metrology and a process in detail:

So, if you want to learn more: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc162838.aspx

Roger

Six “New” Attack Vectors

Reading this article Six New Hacks That Will Make Your CSO Cringe made me think as it has a few fairly interesting approaches:

Fake Phone Networks: I am wondering how much work it takes to do it. If the effort is not too high, I am not (yet) too worried about it. But still, for . . . → Read More: Six “New” Attack Vectors

Stuxnet talks – do we listen?

Stuxnet is a severe threat – that’s something we know for sure. But if we look at it – what do we really know? What can we learn?

Let’s start from the beginning. As soon as Stuxnet hit the news, it was interesting to see, what was happening. There was a ton of speculation out . . . → Read More: Stuxnet talks – do we listen?

How to Detect a Hacker Attack

I read an article called that way but then had to realize that it did not really address, what I expected. Why? Well, because it does not cover the key challenge in my opinion but… . . . → Read More: How to Detect a Hacker Attack

Advisory for the ASP.NET Vulnerability

We are basically asking the industry to follow a Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure and are therefore not in favor of public vulnerability disclosure as it puts the industry unnecessarily at risk.

Recently there was a vulnerability in ASP.NET publically disclosed. We released an advisory and you should look into implementing the suggested workaround: Vulnerability in ASP.NET . . . → Read More: Advisory for the ASP.NET Vulnerability

Emerging Malware Threat on Exchange

If you have not seen it, you should probably have a brief look at it. We are seeing a new worm spreading on Exchange. This worm is not exploiting a vulnerability but uses social engineering to spread. Please read our MMPC blog at Emerging Malware Issue: Visal.B or look it up in our malware encyclopedia . . . → Read More: Emerging Malware Threat on Exchange

Attacks on the Windows Help and Support Center Vulnerability (CVE-2010-1885)

I blogged about the vulnerability which was publically disclosed by a researcher working for Google earlier this month. In the meantime the attacks started to increase. I think that it would be important for you to look at what is going on. There is a good blog post by our malware protection center: Attacks on . . . → Read More: Attacks on the Windows Help and Support Center Vulnerability (CVE-2010-1885)

10 of the Top Data Breaches of the Decade

You might have read that I ranted a little bit about the iPad data breach: Who needs a (vulnerable) iPad if you can get an nPad? and some people pushed back – which I can understand. So, to put it into perspective, I read this article this morning on the worst data breaches of the . . . → Read More: 10 of the Top Data Breaches of the Decade

Vulnerability Disclosure to Compete?

As you know (I stress that fairly often ), I am Swiss. The reason why I am stressing this today is that I want to give you an example on security from the Swiss market: The banks here on place compete with each other – obviously. However, I have never seen the banks competing on . . . → Read More: Vulnerability Disclosure to Compete?

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