Behavioral Based Email Security Systems
By Simon Heron, CISSP Internet Security Analyst
There needs to be a change to email security if we want to stop seeing high profile security breeches such as the ones that hit Hotmail and Google in 2009, and the America law firm Gipson Hoffman & Pancione more recently. The problem is, most email filtering systems will trust the email address and therefore allow it through.
2009 Infosec Threat Analysis Summary
By Simon Heron, CISSP Internet Security Analyst
Three million new threats were identified in 2009, which equates to almost one every 10.8 seconds. 2,905,697 threat signatures were released to protect against new or variant threats, an increase of 6.9 per cent from 2008. Most spam and malware originates from botnets and compromised hosts. There’s been a move away from mass-mailed spam and malware of old, to more targeted vulnerability exploits as cyber-criminals look towards more efficient means of carrying out their attacks. These examples highlight the need for all companies to review security policies for the applications and software that they permit people to access via their corporate networks or work computers.
Technology And The Advent of Cyber War
By Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-Harvest
Every new form of war drives changes in technology. Conversely the technology causes the change in the methods and outcomes of wars. Effective cyber war is driven by the cyber equivalent of an arms race. The attacker discovers and devises new attack methodologies while the defender shores up his defenses by blocking ports, patching systems and deploying technology. There are eleven areas of development in offensive technology to be brought to bear on the problems of cyber war.
Surviving Cyber War: A Primer on DDoS
By Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-Harvest
Just as markets do a better job of regulating good and bad business practices in rapidly evolving economies, the self interested protection of the security community may be the best response to the scourge of Internet pestilence. Viruses, worms, spam, spyware, and botnets have all changed the Internet and the way organizations use it for profit.
