July 22, 2008 12:26 AM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Email security,
Opinion,
Security,
Security maximSpam email is not only a nuisance, it's a security risk. Most of the viruses, worms, and trojans floating around these days are transmitted in one form or another via spam. The threat can be attached directly to the email or it can rely on some subterfuge to get a clueless victim to click on a link...
July 19, 2008 12:58 AM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Firewalls,
Malware,
Microsoft Windows,
NAT,
Networking,
Routers,
Security,
VulnerabilitiesI just love stories like this one. On the one hand, Internet Storm Center researchers say an unpatched PC connected to the Internet will be compromised in less...
July 5, 2008 2:43 PM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Embedded systems,
Encryption,
Firmware security,
Networking,
Opinion,
Security,
Security management,
Storage,
VulnerabilitiesSANS recently reported that a Ponemon Institute survey, commissioned by Dell,...
June 30, 2008 3:55 PM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Cryptography,
DataManagement,
Encryption,
Opinion,
Portable computing,
SecurityA bank safe deposit box, securely stored in a vault behind several feet of concrete on five sides with a virtually impenetrable combination-and-time-lock-protected door on the sixth side, is about as safe a storage place as you can get for your cash, gold, jewels, important documents, and other...
June 27, 2008 1:54 AM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Buffer Overflow,
Remote management,
VulnerabilitiesIn a recent Q & A episode of the Security Now! podcast with Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte, a reader was concerned...
June 20, 2008 1:31 AM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Development,
Embedded systems,
Firmware security,
Opinion,
Remote management,
Security,
Security management,
VulnerabilitiesMy May 29th post, "Phlashing Attack Can Damage Systems Beyond Repair," generated some...
June 20, 2008 1:02 AM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Cryptography,
Encryption,
Password,
Security,
Security management,
Security maxim,
WirelessPlease note: since this article was posted, WPA-TKIP has been found to be vulnerable. See my post of 2008.11.13 entitled "WPA-TKIP Vulnerable to Attack" for more...
June 14, 2008 1:57 PM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Anti-malware,
Malware,
Opinion,
Rootkit,
Security,
Security maximYou've seen them: PCs with serious malware infections that seem to defy any and all attempts to clean them up. You persevere and eventually get rid of the files that regenerate upon deletion, clean up the autorun registry entries that keep the malware going, and kill all the malicious processes...
