http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/243/all xx http://www.itworld.com/security/71150/all-one-approach-web-security Granting web access to employees poses challenges to IT administrators and introduces unique security risks. Even as companies have perfected their security techniques to guard against network intrusion, hackers have devised new ways to deliver payloads of malware - luring network users to pull in the infected packages during everyday web transactions. To combat these problems, many small- to mid-sized businesses are recognizing the advantages of an all-in-one solution as implemented in a secure web gateway. Business intelligence IT management/strategy Security Mac Mac laptops hackers web security Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:07:49 -0400 kcanning 71150 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/67629/security-risks-your-macintosh Let's skip the jokes and snide comments about Mac users and the jokes and snide comments they make about Windows machines and security problems. Yes, Windows machines face the vast majority of security issues. However, Mac users should start feeling kinship, not contempt, for security plagued Windows users. And the first step for Mac users is to admit that their Mac has become a hacker target, and hackable as well. Not fun, but there it is. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/67629/security-risks-your-macintosh#comments Endpoint security Hardware Operating systems Security Small business Windows Opinion hackers Mac security trojan Windows Fri, 08 May 2009 11:25:01 -0400 James Gaskin 67629 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/67081/hackers-wanted-ad-fed-security-misconception I should never be surprised at things related to government security efforts, but I did think the concept of hiring hackers was pretty much dead in government circles. Then comes the recent headline, " U.S. Looks to Hackers to Protect Cyber Networks." Frankly, I think it set the security profession back at least three years. http://www.itworld.com/security/67081/hackers-wanted-ad-fed-security-misconception#comments Security Opinion hackers Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:20:41 -0400 ITworld staff 67081 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/66451/mafiaboy-says-people-are-weakest-security-link It's weirdly painful yet helpful when successful hackers step out from the shadows and tell us how stupid we are and how they so easily shred our security. The latest episode of this long-running show occurred last week when MafiaBoy, or Michael Calce in meatspace, reminded us once again that social engineering remains the hacker's sharpest tool. ComputerWorld called it “MafiaBoy Spills the Beans.” http://www.itworld.com/small-business/66451/mafiaboy-says-people-are-weakest-security-link#comments Endpoint security Personal tech Security Small business Tech & society Opinion hackers mafiaboy meatspace social engineering Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:56:52 -0400 James Gaskin 66451 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/62430/bitdefender-partner-site-hit-hackers Hackers elicited customer details from a Portuguese partner site associated with the security company BitDefender. http://www.itworld.com/security/62430/bitdefender-partner-site-hit-hackers#comments Endpoint security Security News BitDefender hackers Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:54:02 -0500 ITworld staff 62430 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/57986/study-shows-phishers-don-t-really-catch-much Researchers at Microsoft have discovered that most phishing scams bring in little to no money. Their study blames this on the oversaturation factor. http://www.itworld.com/security/57986/study-shows-phishers-don-t-really-catch-much#comments Security News hackers phishers phishing spammers spamming Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:34:43 -0500 gzammit 57986 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/57755/phishing-scams-rise-banks-fail As the economic crisis appears to peak, more banks will fail. This has experts predicting that new phishing scams will arise targeted at the customers of those banks, and the agencies helping those customers may be actually encouraging such attacks. http://www.itworld.com/security/57755/phishing-scams-rise-banks-fail#comments Security News anti spam hackers phishing phishing spam spam Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:29:28 -0500 gzammit 57755 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/57536/former-it-manager-sentenced-one-year-prison-hacking-former-employer A California man has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for hacking into his former employer’s computer system and giving spammers access to the mail server. http://www.itworld.com/security/57536/former-it-manager-sentenced-one-year-prison-hacking-former-employer#comments Security News hackers hacking IT manager physical security spam news Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:22:10 -0500 gzammit 57536 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/56836/cyber-threats-2009 The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) released its “Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2009″, which reported on the top five information security threats for the coming year. http://www.itworld.com/security/56836/cyber-threats-2009#comments Security News hackers hacking security threats Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:59:39 -0400 jdarmanin 56836 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/56812/how-can-scammers-obtain-your-passwords Pass the Password Crackers Please Say that ten times! Ouch – someone pass the chapstick! I thought I’d devote some time to how people break into your systems. I’ll give you some information and methods that you can use to test the security of your own systems and passwords. http://www.itworld.com/security/56812/how-can-scammers-obtain-your-passwords#comments Security Feature email passwords email security hackers security Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:35:16 -0400 jdarmanin 56812 at http://www.itworld.com