Data Security Podcast Episode 11 – July 28 2008

The Data Security Podcast is the place for 30 minutes of news every week on data security, privacy, and the law.
In this week’s episode: Interview with of Marc Tobias, white hat lockpicker and lawyer;
Coreflood botnet stealing enterprise passwords; and the latest data security news
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Promisec Release Findings from Security Audits of 100,000 Desktops

In scans of more than 100,000 PCs and servers across a number of industries shows alarming rise in internal security threats in the past year.
Security firm Promisec announced findings from security audits of more than 100,000 corporate endpoints. The audits were conducted in the first six months of 2008 in enterprises of different sizes and [...]

Data Security Podcast Episode 10 – July 21 2008

The Data Security Podcast is the place for 30 minutes of news every week on data security, the law, and the digital underworld.
In this week’s episode: A tracking tool to follow Office files when they leave your server, remote access security, and the latest data security news.
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Malware hiding as a UPS tracking email could hit enterprise networks

According to Consumer Reports, and anti-spam company Marshal, there is a new wave of email malware being sent by members of the Darkweb. The Marshal posting shows a screen shot of the email and the attachment icons. This story will also be covered in Episode 10 of the Data Security Podcast, scheduled to post no [...]

Data Security Podcast Episode 9 – July 14 2008

This is the NEW place for news and analysis every week on data security, the law, and the digital underworld. I will blog on this site, and starting next week, Podcast from this site, iTunes, and Feedburner. You can listen to Episodes 1-9 at The GovTech Security News Podcast Site.
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Fundamental Flaw in DNS Threatens Data for Many

DNS is the Domain Name System that routes traffic over the Internet. As you know, computers know numbers, not letters. So when you type: BankofAmerica.com into a web browser, the DNS server at your office or ISP looks up the IP address of this site, and translates that lookup result into a number. That number [...]