http://www.net-security.org/articles.php Help Net Security is a daily updated security related site. We offer information on the latest happenings in the InfoSec world, advisories, viruses, papers, and more. HNS also has a large download section of security tools for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Pocket PC. en-us Copyright since 1998 by HNS staff Sun, 8 Nov 2009 08:30:02 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1343 Kees Cook is the security engineer and Gerry Carr is the head of platform marketing at Canonical. In this interview they discuss the security improvements in Ubuntu 9.10, the security challenges the U... Thu, 5 Nov 2009 04:00:51 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1342 One reader wrote in asking: "How can one practice social engineering before using it in the wild?" Answering is Chris "loganWHD" Hadnagy, the lead social engineer and developer of the web's officia... Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:00:21 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1341 Today, it’s expected that merchants accept electronic payments. It’s more than expected that those payments are secure. No data leaks or breaches of any kind. The reality is many companies don’t truly... Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:00:45 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1340 Dave Anderson is Director, Strategic Planning for Seagate and is involved in developing the opportunities for hard drives to contribute to system security. In this interview he discusses the various a... Mon, 2 Nov 2009 05:36:45 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1339 WordPress is one of today's most popular publishing platforms. Like any other system, it needs security. What follows is a list of 5 practical plug-ins that extend its functionality in the security ar... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:25:35 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1338 Web applications are accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and control valuable data since they often have direct access to backend data such as customer databases. SSL and locked-down servers are ... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:42:00 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1337 How many times have you used a USB flash drive at your offices? Hundreds? Thousands? Their sheer convenience makes usage almost second nature. But as often happens with IT security, whenever a device ... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:55:12 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1336 Bo Olsen is a malware Researcher at Kaspersky Lab Americas. In this interview he discusses new malware threats, the problems the anti-malware industry faces today, Windows 7 and organized crime. Th... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:58:11 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1335 Cloud computing has changed the audit and risk profile of data systems in most organizations. Whilst the economics of going down the cloud route for data storage are highly attractive, there are also ... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:00:18 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1334 It was not all corporate talk at the RSA Conference Europe 2009 this week in London. Attending one of the roundtables was Philip Reitinger, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Under Se... Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:17:11 -0400