Top Government Security Officials Call For Secure OS Development

WASHINGTON–One of the keys to addressing the widespread security threats facing both private and government networks is to develop more secure operating systems from the ground up and not rely on trying to secure existing ones, top CIA and Pentagon information assurance officials said. The federa...

Unable to Use the "Processes" Tab in Veeam ONE

Challenge The following message is displayed when opening the Processes tab in Veeam ONE Client for a Virtual Machine: Failed to connect to the Guest OS. Verify that server is up, running, and accessible to Veeam ONE server. Solution Please ensure that the prerequisites are met: VMware vSphere...

Duqu-pocalypse Reveals Gulf Between Security, Critical Infrastructure Sectors

To hear many of the leading computer security experts, Tuesday, October 18 was “D-Day,” with the “D” standing for “Duqu,” a new piece of malware that virus experts were tripping over each other to call “Stuxnet 2.0.” “Stuxnet Clone ‘Duqu’ Possibly Preparing Power Plant Attacks” read a headline on...

Report: Obama Administration Considered Libyan Cyber-Offensive

The Obama Administration reportedly debated kicking off its latest war-effort in Libya with a cyber-offensive targeting the Qaddafi regime’s air-defense infrastructure, according to a report from the New York Times. The details of the Obama Administration’s plan remain classified, but the Times...

Report: Air Force Struggled For Weeks With Malware In Drone Fighter Systems

A troubling and persistent virus infection at Creech Air Force base was kept secret from senior Air Force cyber security officials for weeks while IT staff in the affected unit at Creech struggled to eradicate the infection, according to a report by Wired.com. The Air Force’s cyber security...

House GOP Task Force Favors Private Incentives, Fewer Regulations for Cybersecurity

A House GOP task force called on Congress this week to adopt voluntary incentives – rather than federal requirements – to get private companies to further develop their cyber security. The GOP proposes a combination of tax credits, grants, insurance and rules set by non-regulatory agencies as a w...

The service discovery portion of the SPI frequently fails due to a timeout

Challenge Due to weak virtual infrastructure, the discovery process takes more time than the default timeout in the HP agent. Cause Performance related problems on VMware vCenter side. Solution Workaround is to adjust settings of the agent timeout by using the following commands: ovconfchg -ns...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: zabbix-1.8.7-2.fc16

ZABBIX is software that monitors numerous parameters of a network and the health and integrity of servers. ZABBIX uses a flexible notification mechanism that allows users to configure e-mail based alerts for virtually any event. This allows a fast reaction to server problems. ZABBIX offers...

Radware's Attack Mitigation System Delivers the First Fully Integrated Solution to Fight Cyber Attacks in Real Time

Radware's Attack Mitigation System Delivers the First Fully Integrated Solution to Fight Cyber Attacks in Real Time The solution blocks the new breed of sophisticated attacks that target Multiple layers of the IT infrastructure . Today's point security tools for IT infrastructures are not enough ...

Radware's Attack Mitigation System Delivers the First Fully Integrated Solution to Fight Cyber Attacks in Real Time

Radware's Attack Mitigation System Delivers the First Fully Integrated Solution to Fight Cyber Attacks in Real Time The solution blocks the new breed of sophisticated attacks that target Multiple layers of the IT infrastructure . Today's point security tools for IT infrastructures are not enough ...

Fedora Update for zabbix FEDORA-2011-12485

Check for the Version of zabbix OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for zabbix FEDORA-2011-12485 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

Cloud Security Needs Continuous Monitoring to Reassure Enterprises, Panel Says

SAN FRANCISCO–A panel of cloud providers and enterprise security professionals said that in order to make enterprise security teams feel more comfortable giving up their data, cloud providers need to be more transparent and open about the security measures and processes they have in place to...

[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: zabbix-1.8.7-2.fc15

ZABBIX is software that monitors numerous parameters of a network and the health and integrity of servers. ZABBIX uses a flexible notification mechanism that allows users to configure e-mail based alerts for virtually any event. This allows a fast reaction to server problems. ZABBIX offers...

[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: zabbix-1.8.7-2.fc14

ZABBIX is software that monitors numerous parameters of a network and the health and integrity of servers. ZABBIX uses a flexible notification mechanism that allows users to configure e-mail based alerts for virtually any event. This allows a fast reaction to server problems. ZABBIX offers...

0-Day SCADA Exploits Publicly Exposed by Italian researchers

0-Day SCADA Exploits Publicly Exposed by Italian researchers An Italian researcher has uncovered at least a dozen security flaws in software used in utilities and other critical infrastructure systems, prompting security advisories from the U.S. government. Security researcher Luigi Auriemma...

0-Day SCADA Exploits Publicly Exposed by Italian researchers

0-Day SCADA Exploits Publicly Exposed by Italian researchers An Italian researcher has uncovered at least a dozen security flaws in software used in utilities and other critical infrastructure systems, prompting security advisories from the U.S. government. Security researcher Luigi Auriemma...

Linux.com down again due to Security Breach

Linux.com down again due to Security Breach Linux Foundation infrastructure including LinuxFoundation.org, Linux.com, and their subdomains are again down for maintenance due to a security breach that was discovered on September 8, 2011. Investigators yet can't elaborate the source of attack...

VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Acrobat and Reader Picture Dimensions Heap Overflow Vulnerability

VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Acrobat and Reader Picture Dimensions Heap Overflow Vulnerability Website : http://www.vupen.com/english/research.php Twitter : http://twitter.com/vupen I. BACKGROUND --------------------- "Adobe Acrobat and Reader are the global standards for electronic document...

GlobalSign Set to Resume CA Operations

GlobalSign is still in the process of completing the investigation into whether its certificate authority infrastructure was compromised, but the company on Tuesday was ready to resume some of its operations under “high-threat” conditions. The company said that it has found evidence that its main...

Linux Foundation & Linux.com multiple server compromised

Linux Foundation & Linux.com multiple server compromised The Linux Foundation has pulled its websites from the web to clean up from a "security breach". A notice posted on the Linux Foundation said the entire infrastructure including LinuxFoundation.org, Linux.com, and their subdomains are down f...