Mainframe August 5, 2016 Protecting Your Network Through Understanding DNS Requests 3 min read - Sometimes it just takes a little common sense and knowledge of your system log files and the DNS requests contained therein to detect a data breach.
Risk Management February 19, 2016 Five Free Risk Management Tools That Can Add Value to Your Security Program 4 min read - Here are five areas where free, open-source risk management tools can be of service to help your enterprise further its security efforts.
Software Vulnerabilities February 4, 2016 Custom and Open Source Code: A New Approach to Application Security Management 3 min read - Using open-source components can put application security at risk, but the efforts of a partnership between IBM and Black Duck could change that.
December 29, 2015 Joomla Security: Big Hits for New Vulnerability 2 min read - A recently discovered Joomla security vulnerability could allow cybercriminals to score some big hits against organizations and their servers.
October 26, 2015 Joomla’s Latest Release Fixes SQL Injection Flaw That Put 2.8 Million Sites at Risk 2 min read - The makers of Joomla have moved quickly to patch a hole that allowed cybercriminals to execute SQL injection attacks in the content management system.
September 17, 2015 Free HTTPS? Let’s Encrypt Rolls Out Its First Digital Certificate 2 min read - The organization Let's Encrypt has rolled out its first free digital certificate. What does this mean for HTTPS and cybersecurity?
August 20, 2015 LinuxCon: CII Program Will Give Badges to Open Source Projects With Strong Security 2 min read - Open source projects have gotten a bad rap in security circles thanks to Heartbleed and other flaws, but an industry consortium may change that.
August 18, 2015 Insecure Configuration of MongoDB, Other Databases Could Be Leaking Information 2 min read - A recent report suggested poor configurations of MongoDB, Redis and similar database products may be exposing data to cybercriminals.
August 5, 2015 In a BIND: DNS Server Attacks Exploit New Software Flaw 2 min read - New DNS server attacks are exploiting a flaw in the open-source BIND9, and websites at risk for attack need to move quickly to patch the problem.
July 15, 2015 Could Open-Source ‘Census Project’ Prevent the Next OpenSSL Flaw? 2 min read - The Core Infrastructure Initiative has released a ranking of open-source tools that should help the industry avoid problems in OpenSSL and similar tools.