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Latest Kelihos Botnet Shut Down Live at RSA Conference 2013
SAN FRANCISCO – Down goes Kelihos—again. The third version of the prolific peer-to-peer botnet responsible for volumes of pharmaceutical spam, Bitcoin wallet theft and credential harvesting was shut down before a live audience today at RSA Conference 2013. With the execution of a few commands tha...
RSA Conference 2013: Experts Say It's Time to Prepare for a 'Post-Crypto' World
SAN FRANCISCO–In the current climate of continuous attacks and intrusions by APT crews, government-sponsored groups and others organizations, cryptography is becoming less and less important and defenders need to start thinking about new ways to protect data on systems that they assume are...
Paul Judge on Measuring the Hotness of Security
Dennis Fisher talks with Paul Judge of Barracuda Labs about his new project, which uses data on the vendors and products on display at the RSA Conference to determine which topics and technologies are the hottest at the moment. Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65 Subscribe to the Digital Undergrou...
Researchers to Detail WebKit Zero-Day on Android Phones at RSA Conference
Security researchers will be demonstrating an end-to-end phishing attack on Google Android phones that utilizes a zero-day vulnerability in Apple’s WebKit technology at the upcoming RSA Conference. The presentation, slated for Feb. 29, will be a coming-out party of sorts for new security firm...
Anonymous hackers planning real-world attacks !
A computer security firm working to expose members of hacker group "Anonymous" pulled out of a premier industry conference here due to threats of real-world attacks on its employees. HBGary personnel have been peppered with threatening messages since Anonymous hackers looted data from its compute...
Lessons to learn from the HBGary Federal hack !
The Anonymous attack on HBGary may have amused some who enjoyed the sight of a security firm left embarrassed and exposed, but it should send a shiver down the spine of any IT administrator responsible for securing their own company. Because can you honestly put your hand on your heart and say a...
Expert Warns: Cyber Crime Now Operates Like Legitimate Businesses
Today's cybercrime has far-reaching implications for security professionals. Corporate environments are increasingly targeted, with intellectual property becoming a primary focus for criminal activity. According to Uri Rivner, head of new technologies, identity protection, and verification at RSA...
Former Penn CSO Dishes on His Firing
Former State of Pennsylvania CISO Robert Maley has been watching all the news about his firing for talking about a security incident without permission at last month’s RSA conference. He began a talk on application security at CSO Perspectives 2010 by going off topic and addressing the controvers...
Marc Maiffret at RSA 2010
Dennis Fisher talks with Marc Maiffret of FireEye at RSA Conference 2010 about the lack of sophistication in the Aurora attack and the state of malware attacks on the Web...
Why Bob Maley's Firing is Bad for All of Us
The news that Pennsylvania CISO Bob Maley lost his job for publicly discussing a security incident at last week’s RSA Conference really shouldn’t come as a surprise, but it does. Even for a government agency, this kind of lack of understanding of what actually matters is appalling and it is a...
Tom Ptacek at RSA 2010
Ryan Naraine talks with Tom Ptacek of Matasano Security about the current state of the security industry and themes at the RSA Conference...
Previewing RSA Conference 2010
Dennis and Ryan preview the RSA Conference 2010 with their friend Tim Whitman, the head of the security practice at Schwartz Communications. Subscribe to the News Wrap podcast on Podcast audio courtesy of The New Radio Tough Road Ahead for Adobe on Security...
RSA 2010: Top 15 Conference Sessions You Shouldn't Miss
The RSA security conference is known for being a vendor-heavy, corporate-speak shindig that lacks quality content. I disagree. I spent some time perusing the conference agenda this year and found 15 must-attend sessions: 1. The Seven Most Dangerous New Attack Techniques and What Is Coming Next...
Top Guns of U.S. Security To Speak at RSA
The Obama administration gets a chance to demonstrate its cybersecurity leadership as three top guns from the executive branch – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt and FBI Director Robert Mueller – address the RSA conference in San...
Paul Roberts on Google Aurora, Advanced Attacks and the RSA Conference
Dennis Fisher talks with Paul Roberts of the 451 Group about the implications of the Aurora attack on Google and Adobe, the need for better understanding of advanced threats and what to expect at the RSA Conference. Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65 Subscribe to the Digital Underground podcast o...
NSA chief to call for better offensive cyber capabilities
The head of the National Security Agency on Tuesday will recommend that the United States needs a major upgrade to its capabilities in both offensive and defensive cyber capabilities, handing that responsibility to a new military command in Maryland. In a hearing before the House Armed Services...
Art Coviello on Holistic Security, the Future of the Security Industry and the RSA Conference
For the landmark 10th episode of the Digital Underground podcast, Dennis Fisher talks with Art Coviello, president of RSA, the security division of EMC, about the evolution of the RSA Conference, the future of the security industry and whether the compliance mentality is taking the focus off...
Virtualization security debate rages on
From SearchSecurity.com Robert Westervelt The debate around cloud security is quickly beginning to mirror the one that has followed virtualization security for the last few years. What begins as a philosophical discussion usually devolves into arguments about technology or vendor roles. In a pane...
Hathaway, Obama administration swing and miss at RSA
Much of the talk at the RSA Conference last week centered on the lack of the unifying theme or big-time story that usually emerges to take over the show by mid-week. But there was, in fact, a major story, and it was the abject failure of the Obama administration, in the person of Melissa Hathaway...
Following the RSA Conference Conversations
I always find RSA interesting because in addition to the official theme of the conference what was this year’s anyways? there is the unofficial theme, that usually comes from either the show floor Everyone remember how every year from 1999 through 2003 was “The Year of the PKI”? or from the talks...