Internet SecuritT Group http://www.securitt.com Internet Security Consultant Services of West Virginia Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:46:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= U.S. developing plan to regulate critical infrastructure company cyber defense http://www.securitt.com/u-s-developing-plan-to-regulate-critical-infrastructure-company-cyber-defense http://www.securitt.com/u-s-developing-plan-to-regulate-critical-infrastructure-company-cyber-defense#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:46:25 +0000 http://www.securitt.com/u-s-developing-plan-to-regulate-critical-infrastructure-company-cyber-defense A Senate plan to boost the US government’s ability to regulate the security of companies responsible for critical industries is causing debate as to exactly how far its reach should be.

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]]> http://www.securitt.com/u-s-developing-plan-to-regulate-critical-infrastructure-company-cyber-defense/feed 0 Utilities Facing Brute-Force Attack Threat http://www.securitt.com/utilities-facing-brute-force-attack-threat http://www.securitt.com/utilities-facing-brute-force-attack-threat#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:21:25 +0000 http://www.securitt.com/utilities-facing-brute-force-attack-threat SSH attack warning from ICS-CERT just the latest in a series of high-profile vulnerabilities in ’1990s-era security’ SCADA, critical infrastructure world

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]]> http://www.securitt.com/utilities-facing-brute-force-attack-threat/feed 0 ISC StormCast for Tuesday, February 7th 2012 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=2308, (Tue, Feb 7th) http://www.securitt.com/isc-stormcast-for-tuesday-february-7th-2012-httpisc-sans-edupodcastdetail-htmlid2308-tue-feb-7th http://www.securitt.com/isc-stormcast-for-tuesday-february-7th-2012-httpisc-sans-edupodcastdetail-htmlid2308-tue-feb-7th#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:07:05 +0000 http://www.securitt.com/isc-stormcast-for-tuesday-february-7th-2012-httpisc-sans-edupodcastdetail-htmlid2308-tue-feb-7th (c) SANS Internet Storm Center. http://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

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]]> http://www.securitt.com/isc-stormcast-for-tuesday-february-7th-2012-httpisc-sans-edupodcastdetail-htmlid2308-tue-feb-7th/feed 0 Avast false alarm hits Steam’s weekend gamers http://www.securitt.com/avast-false-alarm-hits-steams-weekend-gamers http://www.securitt.com/avast-false-alarm-hits-steams-weekend-gamers#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:07:42 +0000 http://www.securitt.com/avast-false-alarm-hits-steams-weekend-gamers ‘I am sworn to carry your burdens’

Freebie anti-virus scanner Avast falsely identified an executable associated with the popular Steam gaming platform as a Trojan on Sunday.…

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]]> http://www.securitt.com/avast-false-alarm-hits-steams-weekend-gamers/feed 0 Adobe adds Flash sandboxing to Firefox http://www.securitt.com/adobe-adds-flash-sandboxing-to-firefox http://www.securitt.com/adobe-adds-flash-sandboxing-to-firefox#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:07:42 +0000 http://www.securitt.com/adobe-adds-flash-sandboxing-to-firefox Hackers bypass it in 3, 2…

Adobe has released beta code for sandboxing its heavily hacked Flash code within Firefox, in a similar fashion to the Chrome security protections added to its Reader software and Google’s Chrome browser.…

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]]> http://www.securitt.com/adobe-adds-flash-sandboxing-to-firefox/feed 0 Mobile device management: Understanding Apple’s extra requirement http://www.securitt.com/mobile-device-management-understanding-apples-extra-requirement http://www.securitt.com/mobile-device-management-understanding-apples-extra-requirement#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:38:18 +0000 http://www.securitt.com/mobile-device-management-understanding-apples-extra-requirement

Anyone wanting to buy mobile device management (MDM) software to manage Apple iOS devices need a special digital certificate from Apple to activate it, a requirement that doesn’t apply to the same MDM software when used to manage Google Android devices, for instance.

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]]> http://www.securitt.com/mobile-device-management-understanding-apples-extra-requirement/feed 0 Adobe launches sandboxed Flash Player for Firefox, hopes for fewer exploits http://www.securitt.com/adobe-launches-sandboxed-flash-player-for-firefox-hopes-for-fewer-exploits http://www.securitt.com/adobe-launches-sandboxed-flash-player-for-firefox-hopes-for-fewer-exploits#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:39:04 +0000 http://www.securitt.com/adobe-launches-sandboxed-flash-player-for-firefox-hopes-for-fewer-exploits

Adobe has released a beta version of Flash Player for Firefox, which has better protection against vulnerability exploits because of a new sandboxed architecture.

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]]> http://www.securitt.com/adobe-launches-sandboxed-flash-player-for-firefox-hopes-for-fewer-exploits/feed 0 Hungarian sentenced for hacking, blackmailing Marriot http://www.securitt.com/hungarian-sentenced-for-hacking-blackmailing-marriot http://www.securitt.com/hungarian-sentenced-for-hacking-blackmailing-marriot#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:44:59 +0000 http://www.securitt.com/hungarian-sentenced-for-hacking-blackmailing-marriot Attila Nemeth, a 26-year-old Hungarian national who tried to blackmail Marriot International into giving him a job by stealing the company's internal documents and threatening to publish them has been…

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]]> http://www.securitt.com/hungarian-sentenced-for-hacking-blackmailing-marriot/feed 0 VeriSign Breach May Actually Reaffirm Commitment To CA Model http://www.securitt.com/verisign-breach-may-actually-reaffirm-commitment-to-ca-model http://www.securitt.com/verisign-breach-may-actually-reaffirm-commitment-to-ca-model#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:22:52 +0000 http://www.securitt.com/verisign-breach-may-actually-reaffirm-commitment-to-ca-model Proposals like DANE to roll up certificate issuance into DNS show that trusting domain registrars just as risky as trusting CAs

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]]> http://www.securitt.com/verisign-breach-may-actually-reaffirm-commitment-to-ca-model/feed 0 The in-depth guide to data destruction http://www.securitt.com/the-in-depth-guide-to-data-destruction http://www.securitt.com/the-in-depth-guide-to-data-destruction#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:37:56 +0000 http://www.securitt.com/the-in-depth-guide-to-data-destruction

A key part of any information security strategy is disposing of data once it’s no longer needed. Failure to do so can lead to serious breaches of data-protection and privacy policies, compliance problems, and added costs.

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