Blue Coat stresses need to combat social engineering 

Blue Coat stresses need to combat social engineering

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 31 March 2010 2:22 PM
User awareness must supplement protections, says firm.
Hackers attempt to dupe NetRegistry customers 

Hackers attempt to dupe NetRegistry customers

In Applications - By Brett Winterford, 15 March 2010 12:31 PM
Attackers try to open new accounts.
Security experts emphasise social engineering risks 

Security experts emphasise social engineering risks

In Messaging - 20 October 2009 11:24 AM
F-Secure and Sophos urge greater caution.
Serena Williams meltdown is latest poisoned search attack 

Serena Williams meltdown is latest poisoned search attack

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 15 September 2009 11:38 AM
Hackers continue to use a tried-and-true tactic to infect internet users: poisoned search results.
Purported malicious CD-ROMs actually part of pen test 

Purported malicious CD-ROMs actually part of pen test

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 1 September 2009 11:39 AM
A package sent to a US credit union last week containing supposedly malicious CD-ROMs prompted a fraud alert from the US National Credit Union Administration, but it was ...
Consultant accesses company's data room in social engineering 'attack' 

Consultant accesses company's data room in social engineering 'attack'

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 7 May 2009 10:56 AM
A company has been hit by a mystery shopper attack where it was the victim of a 'social engineering' exercise.
SANS says reverse engineering of Cisco patches possible 

SANS says reverse engineering of Cisco patches possible

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 26 May 2008 9:57 AM
Three vulnerabilities in Cisco products are open to exploitation, warned the SANS Internet Storm Center.
Firms must be alert to social engineering tricks 

Firms must be alert to social engineering tricks

By Phil Muncaster, 27 September 2007 9:37 AM
IT experts at ISSE show warn firms to step up physical security measures to protect data.
Black hat IPS reverse engineering poses 'serious threat' 

Black hat IPS reverse engineering poses 'serious threat'

In Risk - By Robert Jaques, 14 August 2007 4:37 PM
A recently disclosed Black Hat hacker technique for reverse engineering intrusion prevention system (IPS) data poses a “serious risk” for thousands of enterprises, Gartner has ...
Internet Engineering Task Force approves DomainKeys Identified Mail anti-phishing technology 

Internet Engineering Task Force approves DomainKeys Identified Mail anti-phishing technology

In Messaging - By Fiona Raisbeck, 28 May 2007 10:06 AM
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has approved DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), whose domain-identification technology prevents fraudulent junk emails from reaching ...
Audit: IRS employees susceptible to social engineering 

Audit: IRS employees susceptible to social engineering

By Marcia Savage, 18 March 2005 4:26 PM
Employees at the Internal Revenue Service were apt to fall victim to social engineering scams, according to an audit by the Inspector General for Tax Administration.
Nitro Data Systems and Systems Engineering sell IPS 

Nitro Data Systems and Systems Engineering sell IPS

By Dan Ilett, 3 August 2004 4:36 PM
Intrusion prevention firm Nitro Data Systems has partnered with Systems Engineering to sell network security solutions.
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