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It is very important for the network security to improve so that they can address the rapidly changing environment they are in. Unfortunately, many companies suffered damaging and also embarrassing attacks on their network. It has also dealt a devastating blow to the security industry because it has exposed their technologies, systems, services and procedures, which most people rely on. Nowadays, the traditional in IT security is not enough in protecting the IT network.
The trad ...more
Many of us know that it is easy for criminals to hotwire cars – particularly the older models. Criminals would just open the car’s steering column, connect battery wires and then attach starter wires until the car comes to life. Newer models of automobiles may be harder to steal, but high-tech thieves have some ways to accomplish their dark deeds. As a matter of fact, automobiles today can be unlocked and also started by using cellular phones or using the Web – all that i ...more
Public Source Information – Untapped Power or a Dangerous Game
For a while now, law enforcements have asked for help from the public on recognizing and tracking suspects who are charged with crimes. They used the method of putting up WANTED signs and as more criminals appeared, a television shows was made like “Cops”. In today’s time, law enforcements make use of the public’s aid nowadays. They receive useful information and whereabo ...more
The World of Counter Terrorism and the World of Fraud Prevention Collide
Information Security, also known as Fraud Prevention, is a world that is a never-ending fight between good and evil. Fraudsters make thousands of techniques and tools to evade different policies, solutions and procedures made by professionals who have a master in information security who works in Financial Institutions and Security Companies to prevent fraud and scam attempts. Compani ...more
The term cyber crime is all the same as any other kind of crime – there is a culprit and also a victim. For the cyber crime to become successful, it needs the same component of other crime; the motive, the opportunity and the means. When one can view the brief history of cyber crime we could see that the elements for the motive, opportunity and means are few, thus computer crime is less prevalent. Indeed, profit is one of the reasons, but there are some reasons like revenge for cyber ...more
Malware threats today are far more serious than they were before. Why you may ask? It is because malware threats today has the ability to infect millions of nodes and coordinate all of them to perform a single purpose – create havoc on the internet superhighway. Aside from that fact, modern malware can be undetected when they pass through tough security boundaries, they are adaptable and it has more application compared to other worms and viruses. Because of the threat of modern malw ...more
EC-Council’s CISO Executive Summit 2011 Features a Unique Format that Encourages Knowledge Sharing Among the Diverse Range of Participants December 14, 2011 Albuquerque, NM- EC-Council hosted the 1st in its Global CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) Executive Summit Series in Las Vegas, NV December 5-6th at the M Resort.
The CISO Executive Summit 2011 was the first of its kind to be fully comprised of panel-bas ...more
Wireless Routers for Homes; Are they Even Safe to Use?
Many are wondering if wireless routers they use in their homes are safe to use and if there are any risk if other people uses their internet connection. Indeed, wireless routers may offer free internet to some, but because of this fact, some people with dark intentions in mind can exploit this opportunity.
Hijacking Connection
There is no doubt about it, cybercrime is as real as regular crimes and it is huge. In fact, according a cybercrime report from Norton entitled The Human Impact shows that 65 percent of Web users were once victim of cybercrime. If you take into account that percentage, clearly that is a huge part in the population of internet users globally. Additionally, the software vendor of Norton, the Symantec has revealed the astonishing effect of cybercrime into the emotions on cybercrime victims. ...more
Without a doubt, masters degree information security experts need the right tools in battling cybercrime. There are a lot of tools that they could use, from the old ones to the recent tools and all of them are effective in preventing cybercrime if used properly. Some of these tools are the following.
A Sandbox
Okay, let us say you have a Stuxnet copy and you want to check it, or you want to test ...more
Many of us are unaware that the antivirus industry has their own share of complicated problems as well. These problems cannot be fixed by certain tweaks on the software’s algorithm or even productivity bonuses to their employees. There is plenty of free anti-virus software in the Internet today, and surprisingly the anti-virus industry is not unhappy about it. It is because they also provide free scanners for non-corporate individuals. Because of this, many users would choose for free softw ...more
2010 was never different from any of the previous years because the activities and evolution of malware has remained constant. In fact, the trends of malware attacks on how they infect computer systems and on how they can damage the system’s structure have less or no change at all. Even with this case, there are some malicious activities in the Internet that have progressed and changed dramatically.
However, the rate of malware detection has remained stable ever since the ...more
Security Assets: Is it safe with your processes in key management?
Have you ever met a person who writes down his or her password and posts it everywhere? People like your friend usually find it very hard to memorize different passwords considering passwords nowadays need to be strong and must include special characters. So instead of memorizing it, jotting down the password on paper and puts it in different places where everyone can see it. Most people even post it on their c ...more
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