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  • U.S. lists top 20 security controls

    Cybersecurity experts from the U.S. government are set to spark a 'complete revolution' with a list of IT security actions for organizations.

    News items | February 23, 2009 12:48pm PST

  • Malware distributed by fake parking tickets

    The SANS Institute reports that residents of Grand Forks, North Dakota had their computers infected after visiting a Web address that was listed on phony parking tickets.

    News items | February 4, 2009 12:20pm PST

  • CIA: Cyberattack caused multiple-city blackout

    Security agency breaks its normal silence, warning about successful attacks against critical national infrastructures outside the U.S.

    News items | January 22, 2008 7:38am PST

  • Is there a rootkit stashed in your boot record?

    The latest rootkit in the wild hides on your hard drive's boot sector and is starting to infect Windows PCs, according to security researchers. And the real kicker: The rootkit can't be detected...

    Blog posts | January 9, 2008 11:00am PST

  • SANS Institute paints gloomy security picture

    The SANS Institute report on the state of security circa 2007 is enough to make you want to pull your ethernet cord out. Is anything out there secure? On Wednesday, the SANS Institute released its...

    Blog posts | November 28, 2007 9:24am PST

  • Zero Days: How to protect yourself

    The SANS Institute released its top 20 security risks for 2007, which documents the security arms race between cyber criminals and the folks playing defense. But let's focus on the big...

    Blog posts | November 28, 2007 8:45am PST

  • School of hard knocks

    How can enterprises pledge security when so few IT staff are trained in how to handle an attack? They can't. But it's not all bad news, says Wayne Rash. Here's the solution.

    News items | September 19, 2002 12:00am PDT

  • Spida ensnares MS SQL servers

    A new Internet worm, written in JavaScript, scans the Web on port 1433 and collects passwords from vulnerable servers. Robert Vamosi tells you how to avoid Spida's web.

    News items | May 21, 2002 12:00am PDT

  • Head off security holes

    It used to be pretty tough to find out your security vulnerabilities, but that's changed. The prestigious SANS Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, working with the FBI, has developed a top 20 list of...

    News items | November 7, 2001 12:00am PST

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