Realtime Community | Messaging and Web SecurityThe Realtime Messaging and Web Security Community is an objective source for security information related to email, instant messaging, content filtering and related services. The community provides a wide range of resources including blogs, articles, white papers, forums and podcast as well as links to external resources. Topics range from technical details of threats and vulnerabilities to best practices and procedures for protecting messaging and web infrastructures.Reducing the Risk of Insider Abuse- September 18, 2008 We've just posted an new article on reducing the risk of insider abuse. Here is an excerpt:http://www.realtime-websecurity.com/articles_and_analysis/2008/09/reducing_the_risk_of_ins... Gov. Palin's Email Hacked- September 17, 2008 Wired has confirmed the Gov. Palin's personal Yahoo! email was hacked.http://www.realtime-websecurity.com/articles_and_analysis/2008/09/gov_palins_email_hacked.... GAO says US-CERT Not Meeting Cybersecurity Needs- September 17, 2008 The GAO came down hard on the Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) for not adequately addressing cybersecurity needs of the country, in part at least, because it is "bedeviled by frequent management turnover, bureaucratic challenges" according to MSNBC.http://www.realtime-websecurity.com/articles_and_analysis/2008/09/gao_says_uscert_not_meet... Business Travelers May Be Leaking Corporate Data at Hotels- September 17, 2008 Hotel network security is not up to par with what you'd find in a corporate environment. In a study released Cornell, researchers found significant threats to travelers using hotel networks provided for guests.http://www.realtime-websecurity.com/articles_and_analysis/2008/09/business_travelers_may_b... Mini-Laptop Review- September 16, 2008 I'm a fan of the Asus Eee 900, it's a great second computer but Asus is no longer the only game in town so check out this review if your are in the market.http://www.realtime-websecurity.com/articles_and_analysis/2008/09/minilaptop_review.html Big Bang Experiment Hacked- September 16, 2008 No good deed goes unpunished. Imagine if you wanted to conduct the largest experiment in the history of the human race to shed some light on our origins, what would you get for their troubles Frantic calls from "the sky is fallingbeing sucked into a black hole" contingent, 1.37 million spam messages a day, and your computers would be hacked.http://www.realtime-websecurity.com/articles_and_analysis/2008/09/big_bang_experiment_hack... Protecting Digital Assets in Digital Vaults- September 16, 2008 Digital vault, or folder based encryption, is a convenient, low cost method for protecting confidential and private information. It's not right for everyone but this podcast can help you understand if it is right for you.http://www.realtime-websecurity.com/podcast/2008/09/protecting_digital_assets_in_d.html Is New Anti-Keylogger Practical- September 15, 2008 From the "that which does not drive me crazy makes me more secure" department we have word of a new anti-keylogging program that uses, among other things, a visual keyboard in which the characters are deleted and redrawn several times a second. So how fast can you point and clickhttp://www.realtime-websecurity.com/articles_and_analysis/2008/09/is_new_antikeylogger_pra... Unsecured WiFI is Asking for Trouble- September 15, 2008 If you think sharing your WiFi is some kind of public service or you're just not sure how to go about securing your access points, it's time for a change.http://www.realtime-websecurity.com/articles_and_analysis/2008/09/unsecured_wifi_is_asking... Fines Part of Cost of Security Breach- September 12, 2008 LPL Financial Corporation has agreed to pay a $275,000 penalty to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for failing to adopt policies and procedures to safeguard their customers' personal information, leaving at least 10,000 customers vulnerable to identity theft following a series of hacking incidents involving LPL's online trading platform. according to an SEC press release. Regulators and Attorneys General are making it known that the days of sending letters to customers and...http://www.realtime-websecurity.com/articles_and_analysis/2008/09/fines_part_of_cost_of_se... |