Network Security Notes: Top 5 Network Security Threats for 2011

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• Network Security Notes: Top 5 Network Security Threats for 2011
• Google Chrome will no longer check for revoked SSL certificates online
• EU to stengthen its cybersecurity watchdog
• Free Web tool consolidates data on code vulnerabilities
• Trustwave admits issuing man-in-the-middle digital certificate, Mozilla debates punishment
• Adobe sets IE as next target in Flash security work
• FBI declares cloud vendors must meet CJIS security rules
• FTC warns makers of background checking apps
• Something fishy about Google Chrome's Safe Browsing API, lab says
• Symantec expects Anonymous to publish more stolen source code
• Symantec verifies stolen source code posted by Anonymous is "legitimate"

Network Security Notes: Top 5 Network Security Threats for 2011 Posted: 08 Feb 2012 09:09 PM PST Network Security Notes: Top 5 Network Security Threats for 2011 First of all, do you know Threats? In general, A threat is an act of coercion wherein an act is proposed to elicit a negative response. It is a communicated intent to inflict harm or loss on another person. It can be a crime in many jurisdictions. Threat (intimidation) is widely used in animal kingdom, particularly in a ritualized form, chiefly in order to avoid the unnecessary physical violence that can lead to physical damage or death of both conflicting parties. How about network threat? A network threat can be network tool, or network application or any software application that can cause a network in a harmful way or under the attack... A my post in the past, you may also read about the type of threats in network, please review back here>>> Top 5 Network Security Threats for 2011 Frank Andrus, CTO of Bradford Networks, will describe the Top 5 Network Security Threats for 2011, and provide advice for securing your network against them. Other sites you may want to see: WWE: http://visa-wwe.blogspot.com/ The Kingdom of Wonder: http://welcome2cambodia.blogspot.com/ Daily Blogging: http://visablogging.blogspot.com/ Love Sharing: http://visa-love.blogspot.com/ NetworkSecurity: http://networksecuritynotes.blogspot.com/ About Insurance:http://visa-insurance.blogspot.com All about Love: http://visa-love.blogspot.com/ Learning English Online: http://visa-elb.blogspot.com/ Discovery Internet: http://visa-isp.blogspot.com/

Google Chrome will no longer check for revoked SSL certificates online Posted: 08 Feb 2012 08:55 AM PST Google plans to remove online certificate revocation checks from future versions of Chrome, because it considers the process inefficient and slow.

EU to stengthen its cybersecurity watchdog Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:22 AM PST A push by European authorities to strengthen the European Union's cyber security watchdog has been given a green light by parliamentarians.

Free Web tool consolidates data on code vulnerabilities Posted: 08 Feb 2012 06:54 AM PST Enterprise coders can now use an open source Web application that lets them consolidate software vulnerability data from a range of scanning and test tools. With a centralized view, and reporting and management tools, ThreadFix speeds the work needed to fix software bugs and vulnerabilities, including those in proliferating mobile apps.

Trustwave admits issuing man-in-the-middle digital certificate, Mozilla debates punishment Posted: 08 Feb 2012 04:32 AM PST Digital Certificate Authority (CA) Trustwave revealed that it has issued a digital certificate that enabled an unnamed private company to spy on SSL-protected connections within its corporate network, an action that prompted the Mozilla community to debate whether the CA's root certificate should be removed from Firefox.

Adobe sets IE as next target in Flash security work Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:54 PM PST Adobe next plans to tackle Microsoft's Internet Explorer in its ongoing work to "sandbox" its popular Flash Player within browsers, Adobe's head of security said today.

FBI declares cloud vendors must meet CJIS security rules Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:54 PM PST The FBI Tuesday reaffirmed its rule that all cloud products sold to to U.S. law enforcement agencies must comply with the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Systems security requirements.

FTC warns makers of background checking apps Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:39 PM PST The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has sent warning letters to the makers of six mobile apps used for background checks, saying the apps may violate a consumer credit protection law.

Something fishy about Google Chrome's Safe Browsing API, lab says Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:36 PM PST A research firm that measures the security effectiveness of browsers noticed something it thought might be fishy with the way Chrome was doing things. Turns out, there may currently be a privacy concern about Google's use of end user IP addresses as part of its Safe Browsing API.

Symantec expects Anonymous to publish more stolen source code Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:12 PM PST Symantec today confirmed that the pcAnywhere source code published on the Web Monday by hackers who tried to extort $50,000 from the company was legitimate.

Symantec verifies stolen source code posted by Anonymous is "legitimate" Posted: 06 Feb 2012 09:09 PM PST Symantec is in an ongoing fight against hackers in the group Anonymous that last January attempted to extort a payment of around $50,000 from Symantec in exchange for not publicly posting stolen Symantec source code they had stolen for various older Symantec security products dating to 2006.

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