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Users continue to ignore security policies, while security organizations are overlooking non-technical controls

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2007-12-13 12:37:00 by Ryan Shopp in practical risk management
IT Compliance Institute had an article posted this morning that reinforces the point; "it's not the software/hardware/infrastructure/etc but the people and processes that expose the biggest risks to a company The article doesn't reveal who/where the survey was taken but it does highlight some key security items that people usually cut corners...
 
 
 
 
 
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Whats driving the MSSP craze - critical, but non-core functions are fair game for outsourcing

2008-06-13 03:29:37 by HASH0x8bb419c in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
I don't know what it is, but lately everyone I am speaking to is talking SaaS, outsourcing and MSSPs. Just today I was reading Neil Roiter's column on the latest acquisition by Perimeter eSecurity. The MSSP acquisition kings have now bought Edgeos, a vulnerability scanning service. I don't really know alot about them, but it seems their...
 
 
 
 
 
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Al Qaeda Recruiting Non-Muslims

2008-01-24 08:55:00 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
This is an about non-Muslims being recruited in the UK: As many as 1,500 white Britons are believed to have converted to Islam for the purpose of funding, planning and carrying out surprise terror attacks inside the UK, according to one MI5 source This quote is particularly telling: One British security source last night told Scotland on Sunday:...
 
 
 
 
 
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Non-cooperation in the fight against phishing

2008-10-16 13:32:24 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
Tyler Moore and I are presenting another one of our academic phishing papers today at the Anti-Phishing Working Groups Third eCrime Researchers Summit here in Atlanta, Georgia. The paper The consequence of non-cooperation in the fight against phishing ( pre-proceedings version here ) goes some way to explaining anomalies we found in our previous...
 
 
 
 
 
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News Report on Non Vulnerability in Windows Vista

2008-11-20 18:41:16 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
 
Are editors so excited to use the headline Vulnerability in Windows Vista in their SEO URLs that they will have their reporters write a story on a non-issue IDG News has published a news report titled, Researchers find vulnerability in Windows Vista . The report says An Austrian security vendor has found a vulnerability in Windows Vista that it...
 
 
 
 
 
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Cyber Jihadist Hacking Teams

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2007-12-17 20:03:29 by HASH0x847073c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
These groups and fractions of religiously brainwashed IT enthusiasts utilizing outdated ping and HTTP GET flooding attack tools, represent today's greatly overhyped threat possed by the cyber jihadists whose cheap PSYOPS dominate, given the lack of strategical thinking, and the lack of sustainable communication channels between them, ruined all...
 
 
 
 
 
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New Audio comment line number - +1-415-830-5439 (and ditching K7.net)

2007-12-19 11:03:29 by HASH0x89eb6f0 in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
 
Here is our new comment line number: +1-415-830-5439 Here's the story To my immense annoyance, it seems that we have once again lost our K7.net call-in number for comments: +1-206-350-7280. That isn't the bad part, really... what annoys me most is that the number still appears to work! You can call it up and leave a message, but if it goes...
 
 
 
 
 
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New Audio comment line number - +1-415-830-5439 (and ditching K7.net)

2007-12-19 12:01:39 by Dan York in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
 
Here is our new comment line number: +1-415-830-5439 Here's the story To my immense annoyance, it seems that we have once again lost our K7.net call-in number for comments: +1-206-350-7280. That isn't the bad part, really... what annoys me most is that the number still appears to work! You can call it up and leave a message, but if it goes...
 
 
 
 
 
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EarthLink Will Shutter Philadelphia Network, Company Says

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2008-05-13 09:48:07 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
It's the end of the cycle, folks: The first shall be last and the last shall, apparently, be first to sue. The Philadelphia Wi-Fi network will be shuttered under plans by EarthLink that they announced via press release today The company plans to pull all its gear from the poles starting 12-June-2008. The company's press release said it offered...