Social networks and spear phishing attacks
Date: Jul 14, 2009Graham Cluley, senior consultant at Sophos Inc., explains how hackers can use data commonly found on LinkedIn to carry out effective spear phishing attacks.
Compliance Regulation and Standard Requirements, Data Breach Incident Management and Recovery, IT Security Frameworks and Standards, IT Security Jobs, Careers and Certification Training, Information Security Risk Assessment: Methodology and Analysis, Security Policies and User Awareness
Data Protection Solutions and Strategy, Database Security Tools and Techniques, Email and Instant Messaging Security, Enterprise Data Storage, Platform and OS Security Management, Secure Coding and Application Programming, Security for Cloud Computing and Hosted Services, Virtualisation Technology Solutions and Strategy, Web Application Security
Endpoint and NAC Protection, Network Security Monitoring: Tools and Systems, Threat and Vulnerability Management, Virtual Private Network Security, Wireless Network Security: Setup, Issues and Threats
Biometrics, Smart Cards, Tokens, Secure User Authentication and Authorization, User Identities and Provisioning, User Password Security
Graham Cluley, senior consultant at Sophos Inc., explains how hackers can use data commonly found on LinkedIn to carry out effective spear phishing attacks.
( Mar 22, 2012 )
SearchNetworkingUK Briefs provides a summary of the week’s new product, services and appointment announcements. This week includes mobile management and much more.
Some question the path to network convergence - is it through FCoE or iSCSI? Either way, preparing the existing infrastructure will be key to a healthy network environment.
Many network managers may have an emotional resistance to cloud computing, but experts explain the economic benefits and positive career impact outsourcing data centre resources can have.
This month's IT in Europe examines the views of the experts on the new EU framework, and assess what it means for European IT managers.
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This month's IT in Europe examines how you can prepare for the new EU data regulations.
Roundtable discussion on business value of big data, chaired by Brian McKenna, Editor, SearchDataManagementUK, and featuring Mike Ferguson, Roxane Edjlali (Gartner), Joshua LeCure (GlaxoSmithKline).
Find out where to hone your business intelligence, data management and data warehouse skills with this list of training courses for 2012.
Poor data quality can have serious financial consequences for businesses. Read about the current state of data quality management at UK companies, including dirty data problems.
Expert Michael Cobb details how using EMET, a free tool from Microsoft, can harden Windows XP and other legacy applications.
Posting a privacy policy is not enough. Here's practical advice for privacy on websites and mobile apps.
Expert Nick Lewis details how automated exploit kits are evolving and offers mitigations for the latest methods employed by these attack toolkits.
Expert Dave Shackleford details how enterprises can increasingly manage their own cloud security controls with private virtual cloud offerings.
Ed Moyle examines highlights of the recently released PCI SSC information supplement that offers new details on achieving PCI compliance in the cloud.
The CSA says cloud API security is a top threat to cloud environments. Expert Dave Shackleford explains how to assess the security of providers' APIs.
Bring-your-own-device schemes offer businesses the opportunity to cut the costs and improve user experiences, but benefits can be dwarfed by the risks.
Microsoft released a temporary fix to mitigate attacks using the most recent Internet Explorer 8 zero day vulnerability.
Two security experts get up on their soap box about the steps software teams should take to secure applications throughout the apps' lifecycle.