LONDON (UK): Lancope, Inc., a leader in network visibility and security intelligence, has announced new application-layer detection for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks as part of its StealthWatch® System 6.4. Combined with existing functionality for identifying volumetric DDoS attacks, the new capability enhances enterprise protection from this increasingly concerning type of online threat.
London (UK), Nottingham (UK) and New York (US): Varonis, the leading provider of comprehensive data governance software, today detailed how Nottingham Building Society is using Varonis DatAdvantage and DataPrivilege software to keep its critical and sensitive data secure. The Nottingham Building Society has been able to identify and assign ownership for over 90% of its information with DatAdvantage, moving on-going management responsibility to these owners and giving them the ability to easily maintain permissions for their areas with DataPrivilege. The combined power of the two products has meant Nottingham Building Society can identify and work with its data owners to boost protection for its critical and sensitive data.
London, UK: The global Tech Trailblazers Awards for enterprise information technology startups today unveiled the Regional Cup Awards. All Tech Trailblazers Awards entrants will now be submitted to the Regional Cups free of charge as part of their other submissions, giving them the opportunity to win recognition, mentoring and prizes not only within their technology sectors, but also in their geographical regions.
The basic operation of how the majority of mobile devices connect to networks leaves them open to “Karma-like” attacks says security researcher
UK Google Android, Apple iOS, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile devices have an inherent security weakness in the method they use for connecting to Wi-Fi networks that has the potential for exploitation by skilled cyber-attackers says Raul Siles, a highly respected security expert and SANS Instructor.
The vulnerability is dependent on how the network is added to the device and stems from the procedure where Mobile devices keep a list of manually configured wireless networks plus any networks it has previously connected to on a Preferred Network List (PNL). Every time the Wi-Fi interface is switched on, and on a periodic basis, the device checks through 802.11 probe requests what networks on its PNL are available in the current location. Based on the responses obtained, it tries to connect to the most preferred network.
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