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Tue, 7 Sep 2010 09:15:30 -0400

Behind the scenes and inside workings of a CERT

Brian Honan is the founder and head of Ireland's first Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) team as well as owner of BH Consulting. In this interview he discusses the inside workings of Ireland's C...

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:30:27 -0400

Malware detection with Neptune

In this video recorded at Black Hat USA 2010, Rami Kawach, a software architect at Qualys, talks about Neptune - a project to build an automatic malware analysis engine and deliver it as a free tool. ...

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 04:36:30 -0400

Corporate espionage for dummies: HP scanners

Web servers have become commonplace on just about every hardware device from printers to switches. Such an addition makes sense as all devices require a management interface and making that interface ...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:00:27 -0400

A closer look at GFI Backup 2010 Business Edition

Through GFI Backup’s central web-based administration console, administrators can configure and implement company-wide backup policies in a single task. Additionally, through the product’s agent compo...

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:19:52 -0400

Network security challenges faced by universities

Striking a balance between an open yet secure network remains a challenge for university IT departments. While universities are often on the cutting edge of innovation, they face complications when it...

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:00:27 -0400

Building secure software using fuzzing and static code analysis

The increased complexity of new technologies and faster software release cycles are making traditional reactive security solutions ineffective. Instead, more adaptable, preemptive product security tes...

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:54:21 -0400

Seven questions you should ask about deduplication

Deduplication has been one of the hottest technologies in the storage industry for almost three years. IT managers in most midrange data centers typically have limited staff and few backup specialists...

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:00:36 -0400

Top scams and protection tips

Criminals are always preparing for the next major event from which to hitch a ride and launch an attack in an effort to dupe us into believing their lies. What is it about these attacks that manage to...

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:21:18 -0400

New data breach legislation

In the past two months, there have been two bills introduced in Washington, D.C. that are attempting to set nationwide standards for the security and privacy of consumers’ personal information. There ...

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:00:12 -0400

SSL Labs: Researching the technology that protects the Internet

In this video recorded at Black Hat USA 2010, Ivan Ristic talks about SSL Labs - a non-commercial research effort and collection of documents and tools related to SSL. It's an attempt to better unders...