Latest news
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Old and new botnets behind spam resurgence
11.03.2013
Even when they have other capabilities, botnets are primarily used to send out malicious messages, since that is the easiest - not to mention the least risky - way for botmasters to earn money.
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The Chinese time bomb
06.03.2013
At Seculert, when we analyze a targeted attack, we are trying to help our customers understand the intention of the attackers, as we look how the attack evolves over time.
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Helping ISPs defend customers against bot infections
27.02.2013
At RSA Conference 2013 Kindsight announced the Kindsight Botnet Security service to help Internet service providers detect botnet activity in the network and protect subscribers against bot infections (click on the screenshot to enlarge it): The solution is embedded within the service providers’ networks to analyze Internet traffic for communications between infected devices and the bot masters’ command-and-control (C&C) servers.
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Hidden security threats on enterprise networks
22.02.2013
Check Point uncovered the major security risks and threats that impact organizations worldwide.
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Antibot: Network-based botnet removal tool
19.02.2013
Botnets are flourishing with new packaging, new methods and new business models.
Spotlight

The security of WordPress plugins
Posted on 18 June 2013. | Checkmarx’s research lab identified that more than 20% of the 50 most popular WordPress plugins are vulnerable to common Web attacks, such as SQL Injection.

Information security executives need to be strategic thinkers
Posted on 17 June 2013. | George Baker, the Director of Information Security at Exostar, talks about the challenges in working in a dynamic threat landscape, offers tips for aspiring infosec leaders, and more.

Large orgs in denial about own security breaches?
Posted on 14 June 2013. | Over two thirds (66%) of large organizations said they either had not experienced a security incident in the last 12-18 months or were unsure if they had.

Vulnerability scanning with PureCloud
Posted on 12 June 2013. | nCircle PureCloud is a cloud-based network security scanning product built upon the companies' vulnerability and risk management system IP360.

Reactions from the security community to the NSA spying scandal
Posted on 11 June 2013. | Read on for comments on this scandal that Help Net Security received from a variety of security professionals and analysts.
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