Java 8 release schedule delayed for renewed focus on security, (Fri, Apr 19th)
ISC Handler Rob V pointed out a blog post from Oracle's Mark Reinhold stating that Oracle has "mounted an intense effort to address those issues in a series of critical-patch update releases" and that...
View ArticleA Chargen-based DDoS? Chargen is still a thing?, (Sun, Apr 21st)
In the recent few days there was another denial of service attack launched at financial organizations. (Yeah, I know, DDoS on a bank, that's *totally* never happens). What is newsworthy isn't that it...
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Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report (SIRv14) released, (Tue, Apr 23rd)
Full disclosure: I work at Microsoft. This past Thursday (17 APR) Microsoft released volume 14 of its Security Intelligence Report (SIRv14) which includes new threat intelligence from over a billion...
View ArticleMS13-036 has been re-released, (Tue, Apr 23rd)
The troublesome KB2823324 from last month has been re-released through KB2840149. The theory is that this one will not cause the same isue. Let us know if it does. More details here...
View ArticleVerizon Data Breach report has been released, (Tue, Apr 23rd)
This report is pretty much an annual staple. The 2013 report has been released and can be obtained here....
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View ArticleInteresting Credit Card transactions, are you seeing similar?, (Wed, Apr 24th)
In my day job we get involved in payment systems, credit card transactions etc. We are also asked to investigate and explain incidents as well as "unusual" activity. When looking at credit card...
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View ArticleAnti-Phishing Workgroup Publishes 2012 Global Phishing Report. Download...
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View ArticleICANN Blog: How to Report a DDoS Attack? A worthwhile read:...
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Guest Diary: Dylan Johnson - A week in the life of some Perimeter Firewalls,...
[Guest Diary: Dylan Johnson BSc.CISSP] [A week in the life of some Perimeter Firewalls] I hope the title of this blog doesn’t appear a dry and dull topic because a week in the life of an Internet...
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What is "up to date anti-virus software"?, (Fri, Apr 26th)
On the heels of my post on Microsoft's SIRv4 earlier this week, reader Ray posed a great question that elicited some nuanced responses from fellow handlers Mark H and Swa F. All parties have agreed to...
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SANS's Alan Paller discusses the threat of cyberterrorism on CNN, (Sun, Apr...
On the heels of the fake Tweet this past week regarding injury to President Obama, and the subsequent stock market decline estimated to have wiped out $130 billion in stock value, SANS's Alan Paller...
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