Archive for 'Information technology news - Network Security'
NMAP the Book
Published on December 10th, 2008.
Fyodor (better known to his mum as Gordon Lyon) has announced the availability of his book “NMAP Network Scanning,” the official guide to the Nmap Network Scanner software.Filled under Information technology news - Network Security, latest news. No Comments.
UCSniff VoIP Security Tool Released
Published on November 7th, 2008.
In the last couple of hours, Sipera VIPER Lab finally announced the availability of UCSniff v1.0. This is a ‘security tool’ intended to test for the threat of unauthorised...Filled under Information technology news - Network Security, latest news. No Comments.
WPA is Broken. Be Afraid, be Very Afraid
Published on November 7th, 2008.
Researchers claim to have cracked the Wireless Protection Access (WPA) standard. Their results are due to be announced at the upcoming PacSec conference on November 12th and 13th in...Filled under Information technology news - Network Security, latest news. No Comments.
Urgent Patch Your Windows NOW!
Published on October 24th, 2008.
In the past couple of days, Microsoft has released an out-of-cycle patch for all versions of Windows from Win2K onwards. This is serious – apply the patch immediately.Filled under Information technology news - Network Security, latest news. No Comments.
Nominum clobbers DNS cache poisoning vulnerability
Published on August 28th, 2008.
Internet software company, Nominum, has released a new version of its DNS server software that is claimed to offer much greater protection from the notorious DNS cache poisoning vulnerability unveiled...Filled under Information technology news - Network Security, latest news. No Comments.
Patched DNS still vulnerable to cache poisoning
Published on August 11th, 2008.
After security expert Dan Kaminsky discovered how to exploit a known flaw in the global domain name system, (content/view/19895/53/) the Internet community moved swiftly to develop and distribute fixes,...Filled under Information technology news - Network Security, latest news. No Comments.
Patched DNS still vulnerable to cache poisoning
Published on August 11th, 2008.
After security expert Dan Kaminsky discovered how to exploit a known flaw in the global domain name system, (content/view/19895/53/) the Internet community moved swiftly to develop and distribute fixes,...Filled under Information technology news - Network Security, latest news. No Comments.
San Francisco network lockdown: IDs and passwords revealed in court
Published on July 28th, 2008.
The trial of Terry Childs, the network administrator who locked down the city of San Francisco's network when threatened with dismissal from his job, has taken another turn, with around...Filled under Information technology news - Network Security, latest news. No Comments.
FirePass meets Common Criteria
Published on April 8th, 2008.
F5's FirePass SSL VPN appliance has been certified to Common Criteria EAL2+.Filled under Information technology news - Network Security, latest news. No Comments.
Government approval sought for quantum encryption
Published on March 13th, 2008.
The makers of a network security device that uses quantum cryptography have an ingenious plan to gain government approval despite the absence of standards specific to the technology.Filled under Information technology news - Network Security, latest news. No Comments.