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Information may sometimes be disclosed to people for whom it is not intended. This usually does not bode well for information stake holders. Information may be disclosed either intentionally or unintentionally. Information can be disclosed unintentionally by social engineering, covert channels, malicious code etc. Accidental disclosure includes object reuse and emanation.
Social Networking Sites such as Facebook, Twitter have become increasingly popular, but so has security issues specific to these sites. Read more »
The past few weeks the media has been abuzz with news about the threatened banning of the popular Blackberry service. What is the security row all about?
Increasing use of IT in defense establishments is exposing them to the risks from cyber attacks. Alongwith conventional forces such as Army, Air force and Navy it is time that countries look at Cyberspace. A recent news article explains how the US defense was subject to malware attack from a flash drive. Read more »
Do you know that your hi-tech copier machine is secretly capturing your confidential information? Not many of us know that. But the fact is hi-tech copiers and multi-function printers / scanners come with hard disks which retain the images of the documents copied. Read more »
How badly would your daily activities be impacted if you lose your mobile phone? If you lost your mobile phone now, would you remember the telephone number of your spouse / relatives or friends to call them without your mobile phone? Would you be able to reconstruct all your contact numbers onto your new phone without tearing your hair? If you answer yes, welcome to the club of Minorities !! If you answer no, read on ….
A good log management tool can be very effective in managing and ensuring security in an enterprise. However, the right tool can quickly become the wrong tool unless the organisation puts in the time and effort required to make the tool effective.
Here are a few best practices to ensure a successful implementation of a log management tool:
When a computer is compromised by an attacker he usually tries to elevate his privileges to that of the administrator or root user. The attacks that can be carried out by administrative users obviously have more far reaching effects and that is what the attacker wants.
One of the main principles of security is accountability. There are some problems associated with accountability, such as the difficulty in determining the security relevance of each user action. Another problem is searching through the collected data to find meaningful information.
Most of us use wireless routers at office and home. While the office routers are generally secured (hopefully), most home routers are provided by broadband operators wih default configurations and passwords. In a worst case it may happen that these are set as unsecured. There is increasing risk of an intruder using an unsecured network or hacking into a home wireless network and sending out malicious mails. Read more »