Morris worm turns 20: Look what it's done
The Internet will mark an infamous anniversary on Sunday, when the Morris worm turns 20.
Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 03 Nov | Read more
Stories by Carolyn Duffy Marsan
Laptop losers hall of shame
The 10 worst security breaches of all time from unencrypted data.
Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 26 May | Read more
Powerful new antiphishing weapon DKIM emerges
Spoofers, spammers and phishers, beware. There's a new gun in town, and some of the Internet's most powerful companies -- including Yahoo, Google, PayPal and AOL -- are brandishing it in the ongoing battle against e-mail fraud.
Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 13 Feb | Read more
How close is World War 3.0?
When the Estonian government was hit with major, sustained denial-of-service attacks this spring, the headlines screamed that it was the first incident of modern cyber warfare.
Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 23 Aug | Read more
IAB Chair Mulls DNS Security
Olaf Kolkman, a Dutch DNS expert, is the new chair of the Internet Architecture Board, a panel of 13 leading network engineers who provide technical oversight to the IETF, the Internet's premier standards-setting body. He's also CEO of NLnet Labs, an Amsterdam research group focused on DNS security.
Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 29 Mar | Read more
Lessons learned from 'Net root server attack
There's some good news and some bad news for corporate network managers about the latest Internet root server attack.
Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 12 Feb | Read more
Survey: Network security concern for federal IT execs'
Network security is the top concern of federal IT executives, according to a new survey about enterprise architecture planning that is released Monday.
Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 12 Sep | Read more
Security expert recommends 'Net diversity
Eugene Spafford, one of the leading experts on information security, is director of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security at Purdue University. Network World Senior Editor Carolyn Duffy Marsan recently sat down with Spafford at his office to talk about the latest security threats and what network executives can do to mitigate them.
Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 31 May | Read more