What to do if your Gawker password was violated
If you think your Gawker account has been compromised by this weekend's attack and you want to cancel it, you can't.
Tim Greene | 14 Dec | Read more
Stories by Tim Greene
Internet Society says attacks against WikiLeaks are illegal
Takedown attempts against WikiLeaks undermine what the Internet stands for, and those responsible should be tracked down and prosecuted, says the Internet Society, a non-profit group dedicated to the open use of the Internet.
Tim Greene | 11 Dec | Read more
New malware technique targets intrusion-prevention systems
A recently discovered category of malware -- advanced evasion techniques -- can sneak through most intrusion-prevention systems to deliver even well-known exploits such as Sasser and Conficker to targeted machines without leaving a trace of how they got there, researchers say.
Tim Greene | 18 Oct | Read more
'Unhackable' Android can be hacked
Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010.
Tim Greene | 30 Jul | Read more
Low-tech Internet scams net big money
Domino's Pizza lost about US$77,000 in free pizza due to a weak password on an online promotion that wasn't supposed to go live -- a type of security problem that is all too common, according to a presentation slated for the Black Hat USA conference this week.
Tim Greene | 28 Jul | Read more
Cloud security stokes concerns at RSA
Two words -- cloud security -- dominated discussion and drove the action this week at RSA Conference 2009.
Tim Greene | 24 Apr | Read more
ForeScout doubles NAC management reach
A software upgrade for ForeScout's CounterACT NAC platform will enable it to manage 400,000 endpoints, double the number of previous software releases.
Tim Greene | 15 Apr | Read more
ConSentry upgrades its threat engine
ConSentry is introducing a new version of software for its intelligent switches that adds a permanent agent for assessing endpoint posture and can assess what Windows operating system patches have been applied.
Tim Greene | 19 Feb | Read more
NAC used for something other than what it was designed for
Few customers of network access control use it for what it was intended, preferring instead to deploy the security technology to keep guests and contractors away from corporate production networks, according to a new report.
Tim Greene | 29 Jan | Read more
White House e-mail crashes
The tech-savvy Obama White House is suffering the inconvenience and embarrassment of an e-mail crash that has lasted several hours Monday afternoon, according to published reports.
Tim Greene | 28 Jan | Read more
Researchers aim for cheap peer-to-peer zero-day worm defense
Shutting down computer attacks could be carried out inexpensively by peer-to-peer software that shares information about anomalous behavior, say researchers at the University of California at Davis.
Tim Greene | 14 Jan | Read more
Software-based NAC security useful despite drawbacks
Despite some shortcomings, software-based network access control technology that enforces policies on network endpoints is often the first choice of customers who adopt the technology.
Tim Greene | 13 Nov | Read more
McAfee looks to security in virtual environments
McAfee is hunkering down to integrate the security technologies it has bought over the past several months into its varied line of security software and appliances. Two trends in the company's activities are developing parallel products for deployment as software on endpoints and as network-based appliances. This week, for instance, the company is announcing that NAC software can be installed on its IntruShield IPS appliance to give customers the option of enforcing NAC policies in the network, not just on the endpoint. The company is bringing management of these platforms under control of its ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) in an effort to centralize control of network security. Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene spoke with McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt about these efforts as well as other issues facing the company.
Tim Greene | 21 Oct | Read more
Interop: People a big security threat to virtualization
While VMware this week is holding its own VMworld party in Las Vegas, attendees at Interop New York were told about the potential security risks of virtual environments, not the least of which are people.
Tim Greene | 19 Sep | Read more
7 dirty secrets of the security industry
Corporate IT executives need to beware the seven dirty secrets of the security industry that can undermine the safety of business networks, a security expert told attendees at Interop Las Vegas.
Tim Greene | 02 May | Read more