All pages tagged with hacker
Will Your Network Pass a Security Audit?
It is a well-known fact that in the Internet-connected world network perimeter vulnerabilities do exist that allow unauthorized individuals access to networks and provide the ability to disrupt business continuance. ...
Written by: Michael Bruck and added on June 22, 2011The Oversight of Physical Security and Contingency Planning
In today's ever-changing world of information assurance and network security, it can become extremely difficult to keep up on the latest vulnerabilities,viruses, patches, trends, technology, hacker behaviors and activity. It's ...
Written by: Andy S. Krupa and added on Jan. 1, 2011PhoneSweep: The Corporate War Dialer
In this paper we will look at the risk that an unsecured modem creates. Additionally we will briefly discuss how the hacker can take advantage of these exposures. Finally, we ...
Document added on April 30, 2011Wireless Networks: Panacea or the Next Hacker's Playground?
This paper will provide some background on wireless technology, look at wireless network security issues, then review recent news, and finally offer some suggestions for discouraging the hackers from playing ...
Written by: Lee Elmendorf and added on April 13, 2011The security risks and ways to decrease vulnerabilities in a 802.11b wireless environment
<font size="3"><b>Introduction</b></font><br></br><br> This document explains topics relating to wireless networks. The main topics discussed include, what type of vulnerabilities exist today in 802.11 networks and ways that you can help ...
Written by: Richard Johnson and added on May 6, 2011VoIP Security Challenges
With most major telecommunications carriers currently in the process of readying voice-over-IP (VoIP) services for mass deployment, it's clear that IP telephony is finally headed for prime time. However, the ...
Written by: Steve Bakke and added on June 2, 2011Social Engineering
A classic social engineering trick is for a hacker to send email claiming to be a system administrator. The hacker will claim to need your password for some important system ...
Written by: Del Armstrong and added on Jan. 26, 2011Social Engineering: The Human Side Of Hacking
Hackers, and possibly even corporate competitors, are breeching companies' network security every day. The latest survey by the Computer Security Institute and the FBI shows that 90% of the 503 ...
Written by: Sharon Gaudin and added on May 16, 2011Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part II: Combat Strategies
This is the second part of a two-part series devoted to social engineering. In Part One, we defined social engineering as a hacker's clever manipulation of the natural human tendency ...
Written by: Sarah Granger and added on Feb. 19, 2011Oracle Row Level Security: Part 2
In part one of this short article series we looked at some of the advantages of Oracle's row level security, what it can be used for, and looked at a ...
Written by: Pete Finnigan and added on June 8, 2011