(2 votes, average: 10 out of 10)
Loading ...Internet under attack! Um, maybe not
Someone’s gotta be pretty red-faced over at Symantec, which sent out an alert to its DeepSight subscribers about a potential threat to global Internet security. Symantec scored the threat a “4,” which is its highest rating and one it has never used before. An hour later, the company admitted it made a mistake. Not great for the service’s credibility, and probably a reason why many IT managers will hold off before reacting immediately to the next major alert. Of course, if the real Internet were really facing a level 4 threat, I somehow have this feeling we wouldn’t have to wait for Symantec to tell us.
Add to: del.icio.us | Digg IT | Furl | Google | magnolia | StumbleIT | Wink | Yahoo! Technorati
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Securing the security vendor
McAfee Inc.’s chief security officer, Martin Carmichael, dropped in for a quick Toronto visit Tuesday night to kibbitz and discuss security with a dozen or so tech journalists. Funny, energetic and obviously straining at his media-trained leash, Carmichael (looking eerily like News Radio’s Stephen Root) covered a lot of ground from the unique perspective of being the chief security officer of a security software company.
Among other things: Read the rest of this entry »
Add to: del.icio.us | Digg IT | Furl | Google | magnolia | StumbleIT | Wink | Yahoo! Technorati
(2 votes, average: 9.5 out of 10) Loading ...Cyber crooks getting cleverer
By Joaquim P. Menezes -
Several years ago, John Roese – when he was chief technology officer of Enterasys Networks (he’s now CTO of Nortel) commented on how the IQ level of some cyber crooks was in inverse proportion to the havoc they’re able to cause.
Many really crippling attacks, he suggested, had more to do with the sophistication of hacking tools out there than the smarts or expertise of the hacker.
The unfortunate thing is while hacking technologies are getting more effective, the criminals who are using them are also getting much smarter.
The breed of really savvy hackers (call them evil geniuses, if you will) is growing – no doubt about it.
Add to: del.icio.us | Digg IT | Furl | Google | magnolia | StumbleIT | Wink | Yahoo! Technorati
(2 votes, average: 10 out of 10) Loading ...SecTOR helps spawn IT Security Week
Earlier this year I wrote about a local firm, Toronto-based CMS Consulting, which is planning to host a Black Hat-style conference here later this fall. The event, called SecTOR, has apparently become the catalyst to several other related events, which is being called IT Security Week. Whether this will be overkill after InfoSecurity Canada remains to be seen, but the timing may be better suited to people who are back from vacation and thinking more seriously about security issues.
