Water Utility Damaged by Cyberattack

An electronic attack believed to emanate from computers in Russia reportedly destroyed a water pump belonging to an unnamed, Springfield, Illinois water utility earlier this month after hackers gained unauthorized access to that company’s industrial control system, according to published reports....

Patches Released for BIND Denial-of-service Vulnerability

Patches Released for BIND Denial-of-service Vulnerability There's a new vulnerability in the popular BIND name server software that is causing various versions of the application to crash unexpectedly after logging a certain kind of error. The Internet Systems Consortium ISC, an organization that...

Patches Released for BIND Denial-of-service Vulnerability

Patches Released for BIND Denial-of-service Vulnerability There's a new vulnerability in the popular BIND name server software that is causing various versions of the application to crash unexpectedly after logging a certain kind of error. The Internet Systems Consortium ISC, an organization that...

Citing Crisis, Senate Leader Puts Cybersecurity Bill On 2012 Agenda

Citing a looming crisis over lax computer security, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Wednesday that the Senate will debate cybersecurity legislation. The move comes despite the lack of a coherent Senate plan and could set up a showdown with House Republicans over the government’s role in...

Computerized Prison doors hacked with vulnerabilities used by Stuxnet worm

Computerized Prison doors hacked with vulnerabilities used by Stuxnet worm Security holes in the computer systems of federal prisons in the United States can effectively allow hackers to trigger a jailbreak by remote control. The discovery of the Stuxnet worm has alerted governments around the...

Another Dutch CA, KPN, Stops Issuing Certificates After Finding DDoS Tool On Server

Another Dutch certificate authority, KPN, has stopped issuing digital certificates after finding attack tools on a server in its Web infrastructures. The CA said that while it doesn’t have evidence right now that it’s CA infrastructure was compromised, it is taking the actions as a precaution. Th...

First Ever Joint EU-US Cyber War Game Starts

Despite extreme upheaval and rampant infighting caused by the European debt crisis, the EU and U.S. are banding together today in Brussels and shifting its focus toward cyber security. The European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will be...

[USN-1247-1] Nova vulnerability

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1247-1 October 25, 2011 nova vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubun...

India Seizes Equipment Linked to Duqu Attack

Officials in India have seized components from a server as part of an investigation into the Duqu Trojan, according to a report. According to Reuters, two workers at Web Werks, a web hosting company based in Mumbai, said the country’s Department of Information Technology took the equipment after...

FOCA 3.0 - Network Infrastructure Mapping Tool Free Release

FOCA 3.0 - Network Infrastructure Mapping Tool Free Release This new version has new fresh look and feel, and it is full of new features that you will love to discover. If you want to learn more about FOCA, and Get FOCA 3 PRO, then you can book for a seat in the next online training about FOCA. I...

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 ...