If you haven’t heard about Conficker worm, tell us where you’ve been hiding: We want to go there too. In all seriousness however, the Conficker worm is a serious issue that has made a name for itself not only in the security world, but is (slowly) being recognized by the general public. While it might...
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There were some interesting blog posts from local NoVA infosec bloggers this week, discussing everything from customer service to what IT Security jobs will look like 20 years from now. But since we can’t highlight them all, we picked the best 3 blog posts of the bunch. As always, be sure to tell us what...
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Well, it’s finally arrived: A way to hack into consumer routers and DSL modems via malware. Called the “psyb0t,” worm, psyb0t it is the first (documented) piece of malware to focus on attacking home networking technologies. According to DroneBL (a real-time monitor of abusable internet addresses), attackers have used psyb0t to carry out DDoS attacks...
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Like the new term; def gonna use. RT @danphilpott “No one can be told what the FISMAtrix is. You have 2 comply with it yourself. Bwahaha…” # RT @danphilpott “For Federal security types this group http://www.gtra.org/ has June symposium w/ Ron Ross & Pat Howard (found @GTRA)” #
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RT @danphilpott “NIST and CMS will be hosting a conference on securing health information under HIPPA, May 18-19: http://is.gd/p6lc” #
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There was a time, not so very long ago, that outsourcing security services to third-party companies was seen as risky business. But in today’s economy, outsourcing security services has become more norm than exception, with companies asking themselves, “why didn’t we do this before?” Compliance—that’s why. In the past, many companies were so concerned about being...
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AUTHORITY WANTED. RT @carnal0wnage: thoughts on moving cybersecurity from DHS to White House http://tinyurl.com/c5jbhm # SANS NEWSBITES: Here ya go. Interesting how stimulus package forces new HIPAA rules & a look at Twitter XSS. http://tinyurl.com/clm9j3 # METASPLOIT SAAS: Wonder how customers will feel about their password hashes being passed up? http://tinyurl.com/dc3klh # MORE SECURITY 4...
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