Defense in Depth

Window Snyder to leave Mozilla

Robert Vamosi — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:08:00 PST

Popular chief security architect behind Firefox, Thunderbird, and other open-source projects is leaving to work on an undisclosed new project.

How to handle ID fraud's youngest victims

Robert Vamosi — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:55:00 PST

For one thing, you shouldn't enroll your child for credit monitoring, ID fraud experts say.

Is white listing going mainstream?

Robert Vamosi — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:42:00 PST

One company, Bit9, is predicting that every desktop will soon only allow known good files to load, instead of using resources to block unknown files.

How Live OneCare changed the antivirus landscape

Robert Vamosi — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:14:00 PST

Although it's not dominant, Microsoft has forced traditional antivirus vendors to make changes. With a free offering due next year, it may do so again.

Express Scripts clients threatened with extortion

Robert Vamosi — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:53:37 PST

Unable to collect money from data breach victim, criminals threaten clients whose members may have been affected.

Originally posted at News - Security

Study: DDoS attacks threaten ISP infrastructure

Robert Vamosi — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:20:00 PST

Arbor Networks finds that DDoS attack sizes doubled last year and were more diverse in nature, taxing the IT security resources at most Internet carriers.

Originally posted at News - Security

Security expert talks Russian gangs, botnets

Robert Vamosi — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:14:00 PST

Security researcher Joe Stewart talks about one botnet, Coreflood, that has been quietly sending bank account log-in information back to Russia since 2001.

Extortion used in Express Scripts database breach

Robert Vamosi — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:32:00 PST

After receiving an extortion letter, a health care services company goes public, saying its customer database has been breached.

WPA wireless encryption cracked

Robert Vamosi — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:37:00 PST

At upcoming conference, researchers will detail how key encryption feature used in securing wireless systems can be cracked.

Campaign PCs of Obama, McCain cyberattacked

Robert Vamosi — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:46:47 PST

Newsweek reports that the FBI and Secret Service told the presidential candidates that their files were accessed by criminal hackers over the summer.