SEARCH RESULTS
 
Showing 1-10 of 945 records
 
Expand article

Internet Censorship

2008-04-07 05:00:32 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
A review of Access Denied , edited by Ronald Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski and Jonathan Zittrain, MIT Press: 2008 In 1993, Internet pioneer John Gilmore said "the net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it", and we believed him. In 1996, cyberlibertarian John Perry Barlow issued his 'Declaration of the Independence of...
 
Tags: internet censorship, censorship, internet censorship measures, enable internet censorship, internet, prevent anonymous internet, internet access, global internet, net interprets censorship
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Fear of Internet Predators Largely Unfounded

2008-02-26 06:30:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Does this really come as a surprise? "There's been some overreaction to the new technology, especially when it comes to the danger that strangers represent," said Janis Wolak, a sociologist at the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire in Durham Actually, Internet-related sex crimes are a pretty small...
 
Tags: internet, internet predators, internet predators represent, predators, sex crimes, sex, child, child predators, internet predators trick
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Terror on the Internet - Conflict of Interest

The Article has images
2008-03-18 19:58:23 by HASH0x8471fd8 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
Insightful article by Greg Goth, discussing various aspects of the pros and cons of monitoring cyber jihadist sites next to shutting them down, as well as mentioning my analysis of the Mujahideen Secrets encryption tool v1.0 and v2.0. Terror on the Internet: A Complex Issue, and Getting Harder Indeed, politicians around the world call at regular...
 
Tags: cyber jihadist, cyber jihadist communities, novice cyber jihadists, jihadists, cyber jihadist forums, cyber jihadist sites, attract cyber jihadists, internet, cyber jihadists
 
 
 
 
Expand article

A Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol

2008-08-20 07:48:56 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Interesting : Preface The TCP/IP protocols were conceived during a time that was quite different from the hostile environment they operate in now. Yet a direct result of their effectiveness and widespread early adoption is that much of today's global economy remains dependent upon them While many textbooks and articles have created the myth that...
 
Tags: internet, assessment, security assessment, security, security flaws, flaws, internet technology, internet operations community, protocols
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Learn from the latest Internet Security Threat Report update

2008-04-17 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Source: Symantec) LIVE WEBCAST Join Symantec for a free webcast to learn the findings of Symantecs Internet Security Threat Report Volume XIII. This newly released issue covers the six-month period from July 1 to December 31, 2007 This webcast summary of the Internet Security Threat Report will Provide a six month update of worldwide Internet...
 
Tags: webcast, webcast summary, malicious code reports, malicious code, free webcast, trends, current trends, data, internet threat data
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Transport-Fi: Wired Reviews Air-Fi; Buses Break out the Internet

The Article has images
2008-06-12 10:22:29 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
Wired writes that airplane-Fi is bursting out all over: I'll quibble with the writer's assertion that inflight Internet has been promised "for at least four years now." It wasn't promised. It was delivered with Boeing's Connexion, which turned out to be too expensive, too heavy, too slow (relatively), and timed wrong for the industry. The latest...
 
Tags: connexion service, service, sidewalk-pickup boltbus service, access, cost roughly, internet access, roughly, cost, bus
 
 
 
 
Expand article

University of Iowa inadvertently posts personal data to the Internet

The Article has images
2008-01-15 11:25:40 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 1/11/08 Organization University of Iowa Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims May 2006 College of Engineering graduates Number Affected 216 Types of Data Names, Social Security numbers and grade point averages (GPAs Breach Description A list containing sensitive personal information...
 
Tags: university, information security risk, information, iowa, sensitive personal information, social security, internet, breach description, financial information
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Internet Down?

2008-01-22 14:15:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Fun, thought-inspiring reading What If the Internet Went Down...and Didn't Come Back Up The Internet Is Down -- Now What? " Papers like that help put system and network security in the right context: if your business will run just fine even after losing your IT, your connectivity and all your data (e.g. you are a lemonade stand! :-)) than it is...
 
Tags: internet, business, security manager, typical business, security, network security, non-web-centric business, businesses, online businesses
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Proxy Caches are a Challenging Threat to Internet Security

2008-10-05 10:41:52 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
Proxy caches, combined with poorly written session management code, can easily leads to serious security flaws similar to what we highlighted in A New Security Breach in Google Docs Revealed Web developers have no control over proxy caches in the Internet. However, developers do have control of the code they write and their admin teams have...
 
Tags: proxy caches, security, web developers, developers, internet, application developers, security flaws similar, session management code, code
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Download: Internet Explorer and Firefox Vulnerability Analysis