Threat Monitor

Buffer overflow tutorial: How to find vulnerabilities, prevent attacks

Buffer overflow exploits and vulnerabilities can lead to serious harm to corporate Web applications, as well as embarrassing and costly data security breaches and system compromises.

 

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How to prevent memory dump attacks

Because databases are often encrypted, some attackers have switched to memory dump attacks. Michael Cobb explains how to protect your unencrypted transactions.

 

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Best practices for (small) botnets

Your enterprise might have a strategy to deal with a large-scale botnet attack, but how would you deal with a micro-botnet that knows how to bypass antivirus and firewalls? Get botnet help with this expert advice.

 

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Cut down on calls to help desk with cybersecurity awareness training

It’s no secret that human error accounts for many security blunders. But what’s the best way to implement cybersecurity awareness training in your enterprise to keep employees from clicking on phishing links or downloading viruses? In this tip, learn how sending out cyber security tips can help.

 

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Threat Monitor: An enterprise strategy for Web application security threats

People Security founder Hugh Thompson reviews the tools and tactics, from routine assessments to Web application firewalls, that are essential to an application security strategy,

 

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Cyberwarfare and the enterprise: Is the threat real?

Recently, there has been a great deal of press about massive botnets and killer denial-of-service attacks. So how concerned should you really be about cyberwarfare? The threat is real, says contributor Sherri Davidoff, but the underlying problems are weaknesses in our own infrastructure. Outages can be prevented with a level head and a solid plan.

 

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Software security threats and employee awareness training

How secure is the software produced today? Is it possible to keep attackers out of your network if they’re determined to get in? What strategies for employee security awareness training are most effective at stopping malware? Greg Hoglund explains how enterprises can face these challenging questions in order to strengthen their security programs and keep sensitive data in the right hands.

 

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How to defend against rogue DHCP server malware

Rogue DHCP server malware is a new twist on an old concept. The good news is that effective threat mitigation strategies exist; the bad news is that many organizations haven’t bothered to deploy them.

 

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When BIOS updates become malware attacks

Most security pros don’t give the system BIOS a second thought, or even a first one, but today’s BIOS types are highly susceptible to malicious hackers. Information security threats expert Sherri Davidoff explains how attackers can plant BIOS malware and how security pros can thwart such attacks.

 

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Cybercrime and threat management

It’s no secret that cybercrime is an ever-growing issue for today’s security professionals, but what roles and responsibilities need to change as a result of the glut in illicit cyber activity?

In this video, Bill Boni, VP of information security and technology at Motorola, discusses the changing landscape of cybercrime, and how to react to it.

 

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