First Line of Defense
March 16th, 2007
Pod Slurping and USB-based Information Theft in the Enterprise
Threat Landscape
The availability of numerous USB-capable devices is beginning to wreak havoc on the information security landscape. The exceptionally popular iPod offers an alarming example of just how a USB attack can be stealthily carried out by enterprise insiders.
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Rinbot Provides a Friendly Reminder about Bot Protection
Best Practices
In early March 2007, a Rinbot attacked several well-known media outlets in the U.S. Ensuring an up-to-date and multi-pronged security strategy can help both consumers and enterprises protect themselves from malicious bot infiltration.
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Yet Another Medium to Protect: VoIP
Threats In Depth
A recent Trojan spyware targeted users of the popular VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephone application Skype. Learn more about the implications of threats like these in light of the increasing popularity of VoIP.
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March 2nd, 2007
Social Networking Sites: Fertile Malware Ground
Threat Landscape
Use of social networking sites such as MySpace and YouTube continues to rise rapidly. Yet the open, personalized nature of these sites provides an ideal environment for profit-seeking cyber criminals. Learn more about this growing threat.
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The Disturbing Case of Spyware (and how to stop it from happening to you)
Best Practices
A seventh-grade Connecticut school teacher, who allegedly allowed pornography to be displayed to her students, claims that she could not control the sequence of graphic image pop-ups that appeared on the school computer. Facing up to 40 years in prison, the teacher will be sentenced on March 2, 2007. Learn how you can protect yourself against the effects of spyware that can cause unwanted pop-ups and other undesirable effects.
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The Growing Scourge of Splogs
Threats In Depth
Spam blogs (aka splogs) make up more than half of blogging activity. Is this something we should care about? Learn more about this blight on the Web 2.0 phenomenon.
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