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• Researcher sets up honeypot to counterattack, identifies attackers

  27.03.2013

  I believe that most infosec professionals have, at one time or other, wished they could fight back when some of the resources they are tasked with protecting came under attack by hackers.

• Can the Nuclear exploit kit dethrone Blackhole?

  31.10.2012

  In a market dominated by the mega-popular Blackhole exploit kit (newly upgraded to version 2.0) and the somewhat less sought-after Eleonore and Phoenix exploit packs, can the developer of a fourth one hope to compete? The Nuclear exploit pack has been present for a while now, and its author has recently released version 2.0.

• 1,500 severe security events detected on Black Hat WLAN

  30.07.2012

  The WLAN network at Black Hat was accessed by 3,155 attendees with a maximum of 904 simultaneous clients, detected and quickly contained a total of 1,561 severe independent security events.

• Researchers beat Google's Bouncer

  27.07.2012

  When earlier this year Google introduced Bouncer - an automated app scanning service that analyzes apps by running them on Google’s cloud infrastructure and simulating how they will run on an Android device - it shared practically nothing about how it operates, in the hopes of making malicious app developers' scramble for a while to discover how to bypass it.

• Detect and shut down rogue mobile apps

  27.07.2012

  To counter the emergence of malicious and unauthorized apps appearing on mobile app stores, RSA introduced the RSA FraudAction Anti Rogue App Service designed to detect and take action against rogue mobile apps that attempt to serve up malware or phishing attacks.

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Spotlight

Information security executives need to be strategic thinkers

Posted on 17 June 2013.  |  George Baker, the Director of Information Security at Exostar, talks about the challenges in working in a dynamic threat landscape, offers tips for aspiring infosec leaders, and more.

Large orgs in denial about own security breaches?

Posted on 14 June 2013.  |  Over two thirds (66%) of large organizations said they either had not experienced a security incident in the last 12-18 months or were unsure if they had.

Vulnerability scanning with PureCloud

Posted on 12 June 2013.  |  nCircle PureCloud is a cloud-based network security scanning product built upon the companies' vulnerability and risk management system IP360.

To hack back or not to hack back?

Posted on 12 June 2013.  |  If you think of cyberspace as a new resource for you and your organization, it makes sense to protect your part of it as best you can. But is it a good idea?

Reactions from the security community to the NSA spying scandal

Posted on 11 June 2013.  |  Read on for comments on this scandal that Help Net Security received from a variety of security professionals and analysts.