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Q&A: Web 2.0 Security

2008-07-22 18:26:23 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
Sam Masiello oversees the MX Logic Threat Operations Center. Masiello has more than 18 years of email systems and IT management experience, including nearly 10 years network and security systems manag
 
Tags: sam masiello oversees, masiello, security systems manag, email systems, management experience, network
 
 
 
 
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The Vulnerability Economy

2008-07-21 16:42:26 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
Jeff Moss, the founder of DEFCON and Black Hat, discusses the unfolding of the vulnerability economy. Nowadays, instead of exposing high profile zero-day vulnerabilities at conferences, many researche
 
Tags: vulnerability economy, profile zero-day vulnerabilities, black hat, jeff moss, researche, nowadays, discusses, founder, defcon
 
 
 
 
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DNS Vulnerability Overview and Suggested Mitigations

2008-07-15 15:30:25 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
On July 9th, 2008 a massive effort was made among software and hardware vendors to release a simultaneous patch to their products. This patch was created to mitigate or minimize the effects of a vulne
 
Tags: simultaneous patch, patch, july 9th, massive effort, hardware vendors, vulne, effects, release, software
 
 
 
 
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Q&A: Insider Threat

2008-07-14 02:30:18 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
Bob Farber is the CEO of Symark. Prior to joining Symark, Mr. Farber was the Manager of Technical Support Operations for Candle Corporation. In this interview he discusses the growing problem of insid
 
Tags: bob farber, technical support operations, farber, symark, candle corporation, manager, insid, discusses, ceo
 
 
 
 
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The Extended HTML Form Attack Revisited

2008-07-09 15:29:05 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
HTML forms are one of the features in HTTP that allows users to send data to HTTP servers. An often overlooked feature is that due to the nature of HTTP, the web browser has no way of identifying betw
 
Tags: html forms, web browser, due, features, data, users, betw, nature, feature
 
 
 
 
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Q&A: Software-as-a-Service and Threat Management

2008-07-07 19:18:36 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
Misha Govshteyn is the CTO and responsible for security strategy, security research and operations at Alert Logic. In this interview he discusses Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), log management, complian
 
Tags: log management, alert logic, misha govshteyn, security research, security strategy, responsible, cto, operations, complian
 
 
 
 
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Reverse Engineering: Anti-Cracking Techniques

2008-07-01 12:03:06 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
This paper is a guide into better understanding most of the approaches a reverse engineer can follow in order to achieve his goal. Additionally, it includes a number of advices on how to better protec
 
Tags: reverse engineer, follow, advices, guide, goal, protec, approaches, paper, includes
 
 
 
 
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Q&A: The Threat of Malware to Mobile Phones

2008-06-30 14:26:42 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
Richard R. Roscitt is the CEO of SMobile Systems. He keynoted at world-class forums and is regularly featured in leading business and industry trade print and electronic media, having appeared often o
 
Tags: industry trade print, world-class forums, smobile systems, electronic media, roscitt, richard, regularly, ceo, business
 
 
 
 
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Q&A: The DNSChanger Trojan

2008-06-24 17:00:36 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
Christoph Alme is the Principal Engineer and Team Lead of anti-malware research at Secure Computing Corporation. He is the inventor of several patent-pending key technologies in the field of proactive
 
Tags: anti-malware research, christoph alme, team lead, key technologies, principal engineer, secure, corporation, proactive, inventor
 
 
 
 
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C2 Systems: No Longer a Proprietary Issue

2008-06-23 19:29:18 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
The past five years have seen remarkable transformation in how military Command and Control (C2) systems are designed and procured. Proprietary and costly custom developed systems are now giving way t
 
Tags: systems, costly custom, military command, remarkable transformation, proprietary, past, control