CISO

How long can CISO’s avoid Cloud Computing?

Binoy Koonammavu — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:48:40 +0000

Cloud computing is gaining momentum in the business world. More and more business wants to increase their IT usage on the cloud utilizing the cloud computing benefits such as faster provisioning, scalability and lower of capital expenditure Many of the Security professionals are not very comfortable with Cloud Computing as an option for the technology [...]

Leadership–DDoS strategies

Binoy Koonammavu — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:34:30 +0000

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are becoming very common these days. In the recent months, the hacktivist collective Anonymous made it as a prime method for attacking prominent websites. Many a times the DDoS attacks acts as a curtain to the real hack attack. For example, if someone wants to have an attack on [...]

Computer Security – LOL

Binoy Koonammavu — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:59:35 +0000

LOL … Source: https://twitter.com/#!/danielkennedy74

Anonymous @525,118

Binoy Koonammavu — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:43:58 +0000

The Anonymous hacker collective twitter handle is being followed by more than half million people on twitter. All these followers may not be supporting the Hacktivism by the Anonymous group, however most of them believes that it is the right place to get the faster and uncensored news about the hack attacks. For Anonymous it [...]

Microsoft India site hacked

Binoy Koonammavu — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:38:00 +0000

Today, the Microsoft India’s retail website got hacked. The reports indicate that the customer information including usernames and passwords would have been compromised. The Chinese hacking group called Evil Shadow Team is believed to be the one behind the attack. Website hacking has been a troublesome arena for Indian government for some time now. Some [...]

McAfee buys intelligence security co Insightix

Binoy Koonammavu — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:09:00 +0000

Insightix Ltd., a developer of real-time security intelligence and control solutions, has been acquired by McAfee Inc. The companies did not disclose the size of the deal, but it was reportedly for $4-5 million. The acquisition follows a long period of collaboration. Insightix was considered as having great promise in the network access control (NAC) [...]

Kies Tray Agent – Unknown connections

Binoy Koonammavu — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:59:11 +0000

Today while checking the network connections I found something strange. The KeisTrayAgent running on my PC is connecting to some IP Address in the internet. It seemed something strange and I am thinking that there is something wrong with the connections, so did a bit more analysis. Here are my findings Kies Tray Agent (KiesTrayAgent.exe) [...]

Key Internet operator VeriSign hit by hackers

Binoy Koonammavu — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:06:30 +0000

(Reuters) – VeriSign Inc, the company in charge of delivering people safely to more than half the world’s websites, has been hacked repeatedly by outsiders who stole undisclosed information from the leading Internet infrastructure company. The previously unreported breaches occurred in 2010 at the Reston, Virginia-based company, which is ultimately responsible for the integrity of [...]

Outsourcing Information Security

Binoy Koonammavu — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:39:53 +0000

Many a times when considering cost reduction, Information security outsourcing often come up for discussions. Can we outsource information security effectively? Can it be as good as outsourcing the software development or business processing? Does it introduce any weaknesses to the information protection process? When it comes to outsourcing, I strongly believe in the theory [...]

Cyber security risks and cyber incidents–SEC Guidance

Binoy Koonammavu — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:52:16 +0000

Division of Corporation Finance at Securities and Exchange Commission has released guidance on reporting the cyber security risks and cyber incidents. This has come after the realization of the SEC that a cyber security incident can have a direct impact on the shareholder value of the company. This move by the SEC indicates that it [...]