Latest news
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The cloud: Storms on the horizon
09.04.2013
At its heart, the cloud is really just shorthand for shared resources.
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Generalized single packet authorization for cloud computing environments
08.04.2013
Cloud computing environments such as those provided by Amazon and Google can be your passport to powerful computing resources without having to worry about typical provisioning and hardware issues, but if the recent Microsoft RDP vulnerability (CVE-2012-0002) is any guide, security is still a real problem.
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DIY: Using trust to secure embedded projects
04.04.2013
This talk from Shmoocon 2013 provides a DIY guide to using Trusted Computing on embedded devices.
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Defending the Internet at scale
03.04.2013
A decade ago, engineers tackled the C10K scalability problems that prevented servers from handling more than 10,000 concurrent connections.
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SCADA security
29.03.2013
Amol Sarwate is the Director of Vulnerability Labs at Qualys.
Spotlight

Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware
Posted on 20 May 2013. | A massive cyber espionage campaign has been hitting government ministries, IT companies, academic research institutions, and more.

Ransomware adds password stealing to its arsenal
Posted on 17 May 2013. | Microsoft researchers are warning about a new variant of the well-known Reveton ransomware doing rounds.

Application vulnerabilities still a top security concern
Posted on 16 May 2013. | Respondents to a new (ISC)2 study identified application vulnerabilities as their top security concern. A significant gap persists between software developers’ priorities and security professionals’ concerns.

IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.

Hacking charge stations for electric cars
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Ofer Shezaf talks about what charge stations really are, why they have to be ‘smart’ and the potential risks created to the grid, to the car and most importantly to its owner’s privacy and safety.
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