http://www.net-security.org/secworld_main.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 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:15:02 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8527 One of the reasons behind Firefox's popularity is the availability of a vast library of extensions. Users use them to modify the browser to their liking and make their browsing experience easier and m... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:06:09 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8532 Three men were charged on Thursday for last year's redirecting of traffic of Comcast's website to a site where a shout-out to fellow hackers was featured: Christopher Allen Lewis (aka EBK), 19, a... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:44:14 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8531 How can businesses and governments get the obvious benefits of cloud computing without putting their organization at risk? ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency) released a new r... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:46:40 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8529 Google has been and is very helpful - no doubt about it. But it seems to me that they should try to do something about the poisoned search results problem, otherwise people will start to loose faith i... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:51:51 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8530 Imation announced its Pro WX Wireless USB hard drive that provides 1.5TB of storage. With a fast Wireless USB data transfer rate of up to 15MBs/second, the product can back up a typical CD in und... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:49:35 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8528 India's largest security conference - Securitybyte & OWASP AppSec Asia Conference 2009 - closed its doors after a very successful four days. Help Net Security was attending and here's a look at the ev... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:27:40 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8526 E-Government initiatives aimed at modernizing federal information systems are fraught with risk, according to a new study sponsored by CA and conducted by the Ponemon Institute, Cyber Security Mega Tr... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:04:21 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8525 Microsoft has discovered a way to create the illusion that Windows 7 is more secure than its predecessors simply because it has a 64-bit version of the OS. As Joe Faulhaber of the Microsoft Malware... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:46:26 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8524 Government Computer News reports that at a hearing entitled “Cybersecurity: Preventing Terrorist Attacks and Protecting Privacy in Cyberspace”, held two days ago by the Senate's Subcommittee on Terror... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:43:16 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8523 ModSecurity Handbook features an in-depth coverage of ModSecurity, an open source web application firewall. The main highlights are the following:Step-by-step instructions for those just starting... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:15:36 -0500