Ethical hacker (CEH) training now in syllabus of Riphah International University,Pakistan !

Islamabad: The first-ever 'Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures CEH' training course organised by the Riphah International University, in collaboration with internationally renowned information security certification body, EC-Council, concluded here on Wednesday. Riphah International University is...

Bridging The Gap Between IT And Law Enforcement

One of the big impediments to prosecuting computer crimes is getting law enforcement to pursue computer crimes with the same intensity that they do traditional property and violent crimes. But that’s easier said than done. At the recent B-Sides San Francisco Conference, Threatpost.com sat down wi...

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...

It's Time to Move Away From the Build or Break Mentality

SAN FRANCISCO–The vulnerability disclosure and patching arms race that has developed in the last decade or so in the security industry has made life extremely difficult not just for the developers writing code, but also for the folks who are interested in helping to fix broken applications. A new...

Infiltrate 2011 - Information security Event !

Infiltrate is a deep technical security conference that will focus entirely on offensive technical issues. It will be the single-most important event for those who are focused on the technical aspects of offensive security issues. No policy or high-level presentations, just hard-core thought...

Local Training Center, Hacker University, 8 in the USA Participate in Global Launch of Certified Ethical Hacker version 7

450 Global Training Centers Nominated, 25 Selected Worldwide, 8 in the USA, 1 in St. Louis February 2, 2011 St. Louis, MO – Hacker University is pleased to announce it has been asked by EC-Council, the leading international certification body in information security, to participate in the Global...

Get Free CEH V7 Training via EC-Council to 375 selected professionals around the world !

How to get FREE CEH V7 Training? EC-Council is going to be selecting 125 information security professionals from all over the world to be part of the inaugural CEH V7 launch for FREE ! That's right, you heard it right. It is Absolutely Free ! You can be one of the 125 Information Security...

Certified Ethical Hacker Version 7 (CEHv7) has arrived !!

Certified Ethical Hacker Version 7 CEHv7 has arrived !! Revolutionary Product EC-Council releases the most advanced ethical hacking program in the world. This much anticipated version was designed by hackers and security researchers. CEH v7 is a revolutionary training program that combines class...

Kerala Computer Emergency Response Team launches operations !

The Kerala Government has announced the launch of the Computer Emergency Response Team, Kerala CERT-K as the nodal agency for monitoring various cyber security related incidents in the State. Chief Minister Shri V S Achuthanandan formally announced the launch of operations today. The agency will...

The Blackbuntu Community Edition Download !

The Blackbuntu Community Edition is a Linux Live-CD based on Ubuntu 10.10 which was specially designed for security training students and practitioners of information security. Another tool for penetration testers collection that could be considered as a competition for Pentoo. It supports the...

Kanpur police face difficulty operating Facebook account !

In view of the difficulty faced by policemen in operating the newly opened Facebook accounts of police stations here, a workshop would be conducted to make them more computer savy and efficient in handling online services. "Although the police stations have opened Facebook accounts, the station...

U.S. Faces Shortage of Computer Science Graduates Amid Rising Cybersecurity Needs

The United States could soon face a significant shortage of computer science professionals unless it starts graduating more students in this field. At a time when computer hacking and security are critical issues for both the government and the private sector, the U.S. is producing only 9,000...

The Case for Enterprise Cyber Ranges

The illustrious op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal featured talk of cyberwar again this week with “How to Fight and Win the Cyberwar.” The piece, written by Mortimer Zuckerman, rehashes some important facts: U.S. critical infrastructure, including the parts of it owned by major enterprises, is...

Why Cyber Crime ? It's All About Data !!

Cyber crime = crime. How do we make police forces understand this and how to get it prioritized? In this series of blogs I am looking into whether aggregating data can change the way cyber crime is approached and prioritized. At a seminar at the IT Security trade fair in Utrecht detective super...

Lean Times Demand Smart Security Spending

When it comes to security, it’s planning and execution – not the size of the budget – that matter. With the U.S. economy showing the barest signs of recovering from the recession, the consensus among economists is for a very flat recovery to continue through 2011. For IT security staff, that mean...

FBI Warns Businesses About Bank Fraud Scams

The FBI is warning businesses about the rash of scams that attack crews are using to target their bank accounts and drain them. The scams themselves are nothing new, but the FBI says that they’re becoming more prevalent and sophisticated as the attackers adjust their tactics. The warning from the...

SecTor

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Billed as “Canada’s Premiere IT Security Conference” they might want to ask the CanSecWest folks about that, SecTor is an annual security confab that draws some of the top security researchers and IT professionals from the Great White North and the U.S. to Toronto for...

Ekoparty

A mainstay for the Latin American security community, Ekoparty burst into the limelight this year with a presentation reported first by Threatpost.com on a hole in Microsoft’s ASP.NET technology that could render the security on millions of Web sites obsolete. Now in its sixth year, the annual...

Hack in the Box (HITB)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Booked as “Asia’s Premier Deep Knowledge Security Conference,” HITB is in its 8th year and has since expanded into other countries in the Middle East and Europe. Modeled on shows like Black Hat, HITB offers both training sessions and a multi track security conference and...

Former Employees a Rich Target in Social Engineering Contest

The results of a hacking contest at the DEFCON conference shows that the largest U.S. corporations have a lot to learn. “If any of these targets had hired us to do a social engineering audit, we would have failed them,” an organizer said. HED:DEFCON tournament suggests ex-employees pose big risk...