Information Security, SSAE 16, ISO 27001, CISA, Cert-IN
ThreatAlert is a free program for Windows operating systems that queries several security databases and services on the Internet to reveal information about domain names or IP addresses. One of the lesser known tasks of webmasters is to make sure that their sites are not blocked by antivirus and security solutions.
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An early tweet of financial information resulted in a stock market crash. A lesson on “data classification”?
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The passcode, set by default on credit card machines since 1990, has been exposed for so long there’s no sense in trying to hide it. It’s either 166816 or Z66816, depending on the machine.
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Ryanair has provided no details of how hackers were able to take A 3.3m from one of its bank accounts. The budget airline merely confirmed that the funds were removed from a Ryanair account last week by a fraudulent electronic transfer via a Chinese bank.
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Organizations host file servers to store critical data to and valuable information about its business, customers, and employees. Access to file servers is authorized only for a few trusted users, but but if any of them turns out to be a malicious intruder, how can we detect and track his or her suspicious activities? The answer is file server configuration change auditing.
LepideAuditor for File Server is a solution for auditing all Windows file servers and NetApp filers in your network.
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Sendgrid, the email delivery and management service that counts among its clients companies like Pinterest, Airbnb and Uber, has admitted that they have been breached.
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Part 2 of a nice article on how to assess the security of mobile applications.
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Hackers are slipping malware into resumes submitted through the job posting website CareerBuilder.com to infect businesses, security researchers have found. Attackers are browsing open positions and attaching malicious documents disguised with the name "resume.doc" or "cv.doc" to applications, according to the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based security company Proofpoint.
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Last week, Allentown, Pa. based point-of-sale (POS) maker Harbortouch disclosed that a breach involving "a small number" of its restaurant and bar customers were impacted by malicious software that allowed thieves to siphon customer card data from affected merchants. Initial reports indicate that the compromise appears to have impacted more than 4,200 Harbortouch customers nationwide.
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Graudit is a simple script and signature sets that allows you to find potential security flaws in source code using the GNU utility grep.
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