intrusion detection
Do you need a honeypot?
It might seem like a strange question, but I wonder how many readers are running a honeypot network in their infrastructure? If you’re not then let me be the first to …
Best Buy warning users of account compromise?
Best Buy has apparently been deactivating some of its users’ accounts and notifying the owners about it via email. “We are currently investigating increased …
Open source IDS Suricata 1.3 released
Suricata is a network intrusion detection and prevention engine developed by the Open Information Security Foundation and its supporting vendors. Several characteristics of …
Real-time alert system shows active cyber attacks in 3D
A solution to the problem of how to spot cyber attacks on a network as soon as they have begun might just be coming from Japan, reports DigInfo TV. Researchers from the …
A basic shift in network defense
“In our industry, most of the companies we were working with have spent the the better part of the past ten years securing the perimeter of the network with intrusion …
How to spot automated Web application attacks
Imperva released its April Hacker Intelligence Report Automation of Attacks, which analyzes how and why attacks on Web applications are automated. As much as 98 percent of …
Sophos finds unauthorized RATs on server, takes partner portal offline
Renowned security firm Sophos has taken down one of its partner portals (located at ) following the discovery of a compromise of the server on which it’s hosted. …
Network intrusion detection for Amazon Web Services
Alert Logic announced the availability of Alert Logic Threat Manager and ActiveWatch for Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS customers using Amazon EC2 interested in an added layer …
Researchers work on self-healing cloud infrastructure
Cloud computing has become completely ubiquitous, spawning hundreds of new web based services, platforms for building applications, and new types of businesses and companies. …
Software sensor for wireless intrusion detection
Fluke Networks today announced a new version of its WLAN security and performance monitoring solution, AirMagnet Enterprise, Version 10, which offers the industry’s …
Thwarting attacks with genetically-inspired computer configuration systems
In the seemingly unending search for computer security solutions that are both reactive and proactive, researchers have occasionally turned to other sciences for ideas. In …
Chinese hackers infiltrated US Chamber of Commerce
The computer systems of the US Chamber of Commerce, a lobbying group that represents the interest of US businesses and trade organizations, have been infiltrated by hackers. …
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