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 Posted by secExtra on July 29th, 2010

“The potential security breach of Hell Pizza yet again exposes the inherent frailty of passwords as a method of authentication and illustrates the risk of using the same password for numerous websites and online banking. However, users really aren’t to blame because recommended ‘strong passwords’ are just not very easy to remember, especially when you are advised to use a different password for every web-site you visit. This is clearly highlighted by the ‘forgot my password’ feature present on the password login screen.

“Every day millions of people log in to a variety of internet sites, from banks and social networks …

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 Posted by secExtra on July 26th, 2010

PineApp™, one of the world’s leading security solution providers for Information Technology, is launching its Enterprise IT Security blog this week.

Due for first publication on July 21, the PineApp blog will address the most pressing issues in IT security today: What problems does the recession pose for security? How can ISPs provide the best security, and stay off blacklists? How can small businesses reduce insider threats? Where do (and don’t) content compliance and security intersect?

According to CEO Hezi Erez, these issues are currently among the most discussed and commented on in the “blogosphere”.

“One of the challenges we’ll address …

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 Posted by secExtra on July 23rd, 2010

With Spam becoming more and more pervasive and dangerous, there have been numerous attempts to block and eradicate this scourge. However, some of these measures have also backfired against innocent users who have been turned into “Zombies” and had their computers and IP addresses used without their knowledge or consent by unscrupulous spammers. These users have been blacklisted – often along with their ISPs.

If you are an ISP Technical decision maker you are aware of this problem of your innocent IP users being placed on a global Anti-Spam blacklist after having been “Zombied”. This Webinar – Anti-blacklisting for ISPs – …

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 Posted by secExtra on July 17th, 2010

“Microsoft has announced that it has released four security bulletins to address five separate current vulnerabilities. Especially concerning this month is the fact that the three bulletins rated “critical” also rate a “1” on Microsoft’s exploitability index (with MS10-042 addressing a vulnerability that is actively being exploited.) Additionally, MS10-043 requires a reboot and affects Windows Server 2008 64-bit machines, which could be disruptive to some environments.

“MS10-042 and MS10-043 cover vulnerabilities in the Windows Help and Support Center and Canonical Display Driver, respectively, and are rated critical as the vulnerabilities addressed allow for remote code execution – typically the most-feared exploit type. …

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 Posted by secExtra on July 08th, 2010

Next Generation botnet, phish and email security solution empowers OEM partners to deliver significant network bandwidth and data-center consolidation cost savings.

Engate Technology Corporation, leaders in next generation reputation network profiling technology and proactive botnet, phish, virus and email security solutions, today announced the latest version of GlobalRules™ network profiling technology. The new solution empowers secure web/email gateway, intrusion prevention, unified threat management, and router OEM partners to deliver a unique hybrid SaaS email and botnet security solution Nthat achieves 99% proactive in-the-cloud protection. By blocking email-borne threats in-the-cloud and outside the network with superior accuracy, Engate enables OEM partners to …