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The Impact of Messaging and Web Threats

2008-04-23 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
...threats are increasing in number and severity. The risks to organizations large and small are real problems that users and their employers face if they do not establish adequate defenses against this growing variety of threats Read this Osterman Research paper to learn how organizations must implement a layered defensive strategy to protect...
 
Tags: threats, sunbelt software, osterman research paper, defensive strategy, organizations, source, types, protect, users
 
 
 
 
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The Top Ten Cybersecurity Threats for 2008

2008-01-05 17:22:36 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...threats for 2008 On-line masquerading to abuse, attack, blackmail, bully, extort, or molest others Criminal fraud by password and identity theft via phishing, spyware, malware and theft of hardware Criminal use of botnets and botnet-like technologies for economic gain, for example email spam and denial of service attacks Cyberterrorism,...
 
Tags: cybersecurity threats, theft, criminal, criminal manipulation, identity theft, top, attacks, comments, service attacks
 
 
 
 
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Changing Threats, Changing Solutions: A History of Viruses and Antivirus

2008-04-17 16:27:45 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
It is more than 20 years since the first PC virus appeared. Since then, the nature of threats has changed significantly. Todays threats are more complex than ever before. Much of todays malicious co
 
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Insider Threats: the biggest Information Security risk

2008-05-10 15:00:00 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...threats in the form of a paper describing the risks posed to a fictional multinational company, Acme Widgets plc. You can download the paper for free here . If you'd like to leave me feedback or would like more information about insider threats, write to the email address within the digital signature at the end of the document. If you'd like...
 
Tags: insider threats, information, information security, current, paper, fictional multinational company, acme widgets plc, current employees, risks posed
 
 
 
 
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Virus Center: Forecast: How Internet threats will evolve in 2008

2007-12-19 23:35:26 by Editor in Help Net Security - News
 
PandaLabs published a forecast on how Internet threats will evolve in 2008. One of the key factors will be the increase in the amount of malware, known and unknown, in circulation. If there has alrea
 
Tags: internet threats, key factors, evolve, forecast, malware, increase, alrea, amount, unknown
 
 
 
 
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VoIP Threats

2008-02-06 06:34:20 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
The Top 5 VoIP Security Threats of 2008 ." A nice little list of things to worry about
 
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Social networking Web site threats manageable with good enterprise policy

2008-02-14 08:53:10 by Michael Cobb in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Social networking sites may worry employers because of privacy concerns or loss of productivity, but some of the sites -- unbeknownst to their owners or creators -- harbor dangerous malware that can take down a network. Michael Cobb reviews the risks of "social" malware and demonstrates how an organizaton's security policy can be modified to...
 
Tags: harbor dangerous malware, malware, social, michael cobb reviews, web threats, sites, privacy concerns, worry employers, security policy
 
 
 
 
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Guard Against Cyberspace Threats

2008-03-17 09:30:15 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
With the changing nature of threats in cyberspace, the need is growing to absorb attacks and to protect online identities against both high-profile and stealthy infiltration attempts. These new types
 
Tags: protect online identities, stealthy infiltration attempts, cyberspace, threats, types, attacks, high-profile, nature
 
 
 
 
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E-voting vendor blocks security audit with legal threats

2008-03-22 03:00:06 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
New Jersey election officials have scrapped plans to hire a Princeton University computer science professor for a voting machine security review after receiving legal threats from the the vendor, Sequoia Voting Systems. Sequoia says that unauthorized independent review would violate the county's license agreement and jeopardize Sequoia's intellectu
 
Tags: legal threats, machine security review, jersey election officials, sequoia, license agreement, independent review, vendor, plans, hire
 
 
 
 
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10 security threats to watch for

2008-04-09 00:00:00 by Tim Greene in Network World on Security