http://www.itworld.com/hackers 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