ITworld Security

Name.com forces customers to reset passwords following security breach

IDGNS staff — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:55:09 +0000

Domain registrar Name.com forced its customers to reset their account passwords on Wednesday following a security breach on the company's servers that might have resulted in customer information being compromised.

Microsoft releases fix-it for Internet Explorer 8 vulnerability

IDGNS staff — Thu, 09 May 2013 02:03:12 +0000

Microsoft has released a temporary fix for a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8, which was used by hackers in a prominent attack against the U.S. Department of Labor's website.

Researchers find hundreds of insecure building control systems

IDGNS staff — Thu, 09 May 2013 01:37:28 +0000

Intruders used to creep in through ventilation ducts. Now they break in using the software that controls the ventilation.

Interop network squares off against controlled 70G bit/sec DDoS attack

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:33:17 +0000

Testing company Ixia launches high-volume DDoS tests against F5 firewalls.

Study: US military too reliant on foreign-made equipment

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:05:32 +0000

The U.S. military's reliance on foreign-made products, including telecommunications equipment and semiconductors, is putting the nation's security at risk by exposing agencies to faulty parts and to the possibility that producing nations will stop selling vital items, according to a new report from the Alliance for American Manufacturing.

How do you prevent default script attacks?

dthomas — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:44:10 +0000

What steps should be taken to make websites secure against default script attacks?

Senators want sanctions against countries supporting cyberattacks

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:49:55 +0000

Two U.S. senators will push Congress or President Barack Obama's administration to pursue trade and immigration sanctions against China and other countries that allegedly support cyberattacks on U.S. government agencies and businesses, the lawmakers said Wednesday.

Spamhaus DDoS suspect extradited to the Netherlands

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:56:35 +0000

A 35-year-old Dutchman suspected of participating in a large DDoS attack on antispam organization Spamhaus was extradited from Spain to the Netherlands on Monday evening, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service said Wednesday.

Use of 'honeywords' can expose password crackers

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:14:28 +0000

Researchers propose foiling password thieves by salting password databases with red herrings called 'honeywords.'

London Gatwick Airport takes out 200 servers, moves to cloud, BYOD

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:59:19 +0000

Airport's IT transformation to cloud, BYOD support is saving money, boosting security.

You're doing passwords wrong. Here's how to make them uncrackable.

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:06:27 +0000

McAfee shares some tips on creating hack-proof passwords.

Highly critical vulnerability fixed in Nginx Web server software

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:19:35 +0000

The development team behind the popular Nginx open-source Web server software released security updates on Tuesday to address a highly critical vulnerability that could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on susceptible servers.

Stealthy Web server malware spreads further

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 06:27:22 +0000

A stealthy malicious software program is taking hold in some of the most popular Web servers, and researchers still don't know why.

Proposed U.S. law aims to counter cybertheft with import bans

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:19:06 +0000

A bill proposed in the U.S. Senate aims to block imports of products containing U.S. technology stolen online, a move that appears primarily directed at China.

Syria 'disappears' from the Internet, security firm says

IDGNS staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 21:49:03 +0000

Internet traffic to and from Syria, which is in the midst of a civil war, appears to have dried up.