Friday | 9 January, 2009

Stories about: CERT

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    Small ISPs at risk to DNS flaw 01/08/2008 12:34:00

    Customers of small Internet Service Providers (ISPs) may be at risk of online fraud, following the industry's lax response to securing against the recently discovered Domain Name System (DNS) cache poisoning flaw.
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    FAQ: The DNS bug and you 29/07/2008 08:49:49

    You know a bug is Big News when it makes National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," the network's afternoon drive-time show.
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    RIM fixes critical BlackBerry Enterprise Server bug 21/07/2008 08:15:15

    Research in Motion patched a critical bug in its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) Friday to stymie hackers hoping to break into company networks by tricking users of the popular smart phone into opening rigged PDFs.
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    Lessons learned from the Kaminsky DNS vulnerability 18/07/2008 10:25:47

    There has been a lot of speculation devoted to the impending release of information about a DNS vulnerability discovered and initially announced by Dan Kaminsky almost two weeks ago. A lot of the coverage has been back and forth arguing about whether what has been discovered is relevant or not but the best thing to have done in the intervening period is to have sat on your hands and waited.
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    US Air Force lets Web 2.0 flourish behind walls 18/07/2008 09:26:21

    The US Air Force is using Web 2.0 technologies to better support its missions despite wariness about security, a civilian technology official of the service said last week.
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    DNS flaw discoverer says more permanent fixes will be needed 18/07/2008 08:18:50

    The security researcher who recently discovered a heretofore unknown flaw in the Internet's core Domain Name System (DNS) protocol warned IT managers on Thursday to expect more security fixes aimed at mitigating the issue over the coming months.
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    RIM warns BlackBerry admins of critical unpatched PDF bug 18/07/2008 08:15:00

    Research in Motion has warned users and corporate administrators of a critical vulnerability in a component of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server that could be used to hack their company's computers.
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    DNS hole doesn't go unnoticed 15/07/2008 08:58:02

    A software patch released by Microsoft to plug a hole in the Domain Name System protocol was just one of nine security fixes the company issued last week. And like the others, the DNS patch got only an "important" severity rating, one step below Microsoft's top rating of "critical."
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    Patch domain name servers now, says DNS inventor 14/07/2008 10:46:48

    Paul Mockapetris, inventor of the Internet's Domain Name System architecture, has some advice for those in any doubt about the seriousness of a weakness in the DNS protocol that was disclosed yesterday: Patch your DNS servers right now.
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    Building home labs for Cisco certs: what you need to know 10/07/2008 10:58:14

    Wendell Odom, Cisco press author, instructor and blogger was recently a repeat guest for Network World chat. Attendees asked him the best ways to build a home lab, which certifications still have power in the market, and strategies for most easily passing the hardest exams.
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    DNS hole prompts synchronized patching effort by IT vendors 10/07/2008 08:51:59

    In a rare synchronized security move, Microsoft, Cisco Systems and other IT vendors Wednesday released software patches aimed at addressing a fundamental design flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol used to direct traffic on the Internet.
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