Archive for the 'Threat Management' Category

Addressing the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)

Posted on February 1 2010 by Pete Lindstrom

In the past few weeks, the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) has been all the rage in the infosec world.  Security professionals everywhere are taking sides about whether APT is new or not, despite (or perhaps due to) the lack of a clear and consistent definition.
It started with Google suggesting (but not explicitly stating) that the [...]

Top Ten Web Security Risks

Posted on November 16 2009 by Pete Lindstrom

Here is a list of the top ten Web security risks:

Hidden Manipulation
Cookie Poisoning
Backdoor and Debug Options
Buffer Overflow
Stealth Commanding
3rd Party Misconfiguration
Known Vulnerabilities
Parameter Tampering
Cross Site Scripting
Forceful Browsing

Looks like a pretty timely list, doesn’t it? Actually, I pulled this list out of my archive. I got it from Sanctum when they called it “10 Types of Web Perversion” [...]

One billion, on hundred eighty-eight million unaffected by Conficker

Posted on February 16 2009 by Pete Lindstrom

Canary Accounts Warn of Hacks

Posted on February 7 2009 by Pete Lindstrom

Mechanical Turk: Reputation Manipulator?

Posted on January 21 2009 by Pete Lindstrom

Mechanical Turk: A Human Botnet?

Posted on January 18 2009 by Pete Lindstrom

More on Benevolent Botnets

Posted on January 16 2009 by Pete Lindstrom

Benevolent Botnets

Posted on January 13 2009 by Pete Lindstrom
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