Security Fix – Tighter Security Urged for Businesses Banking Online

Security Fix – Tighter Security Urged for Businesses Banking Online  “An industry group representing some of nation’s largest banks sent a private alert to its members last week warning about a surge in reported cybercrime targeting small to mid-sized business. The advisory, issued by the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, recommends that commercial banking customers take some fairly rigorous steps to secure their online banking accounts.” Even companies running anti-virus programs had serious losses. A serious warning! (via slashdot)

A trojan horse programmer speaks out

gulli: Bundestrojaner: A programmer speaks out  “His job there was to code malware that would allow to invade PCs of private users. ERA IT Solutions should in particular be involved in constructing trojans which allow the wiretapping of VoIP calls.”  A very interesting and enlightening interview.  (via slashdot)

IPv6 Challenges and Opportunities

Slashdot Technology Story | IPv6 Challenges and Opportunities A slashdot article with good IPv6 links: a video of IPv6 issues, business case and an iPhone app (IPv4 death march).

Password Recovery Speeds

Password Recovery Speeds
“This document shows the approximate amount of time required for a computer or a cluster of computers to guess various passwords.” Find out if your passwords are strong enough.  (via Prof. Meyer)

Stack Overflow

Stack Overflow

“Programming questions, of course! As long as your question is:

• detailed and specific
• written clearly and simply
• of interest to at least one other programmer somewhere

… it is welcome here. No question is too trivial or too “newbie”. Oh yes, and it should be about programming. You know, with a computer.” Looks promissing, especially for more advance development. (via Prof. Meyer)

10 essential and free security downloads for Windows

10 essential and free security downloads for Windows
“With all the free stuff out there, which software should you choose? Ive [the author of the article] selected 10 of my favorite programs that can protect your privacy and security.” Good suggestions including some that I hadn’t been aware of. Although there is too much advertising on the site for my liking, the recommendations are right on.

72 Tips for Safer Computing

72 Tips for Safer Computing – Expert Help by PC Magazine “From the basics to the extreme, here are the tricks that will keep your computer, you, and your family secure and safe.” A surprisingly good article – highly recommended for CGS1060 students.

The ABCs of securing your wireless network: Page 1

The ABCs of securing your wireless network: Page 1
“…practical introduction to the basics of securing your home wireless network, we’ll cover the important, high-level points that ordinary users need to know in order to secure a network of game consoles, phones, and PCs.” Good info for everyone. Even networking professionals will appreciate the chart showing which devices support which security protocols.

SmallNetBuilder

SmallNetBuilder – Small Network Help – Home

SmallNetBuilder is a source of home, SOHO and small business networking news, reviews and technology analysis. They cover networking products, trends and issues covering wireless, VoIP, network attached storage (NAS), general networking, routers, networked multimedia and security. The article that caught my attention was one on how to crack a WPA-PSK system.

Summer Opportunity in Information Assurance

Department of Mathematics NC A&T Program Page “The National Security Agency (NSA) funded Information Assurance Program and National Science Foundation (NSF)-Funded Talent 21 Program at North Carolina A&T State University are jointly hosting an eight-week summer research program in Information Assurance and Security for qualified undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, business, and social science majors. The program engages students in investigative research projects involving e-commerce security, firewall and network auditing, cryptography, web application security, biometric security, and digital forensics.

*Award:* The program offers participants a research stipend of $350 per week ($2800 total for eight weeks), and a housing and food allowance of $150 per week ($1200 total for eight weeks).” (via ACM SIGCSE)