- Tools Mitigating Attacks on the Web Browser and Add-Ons
Drive-by exploits target vulnerabilities in browsers and add-ons like Java, Adobe Reader, and Flash. Defense involves sandboxing (Chrome, IE, Adobe Reader X), tightening settings via Group Policy,...
- Tools Mitigating Attacks on the User of the Web Browser
Browsers are improving protection against socially-engineered malware. Internet Explorer's SmartScreen includes application reputation tracking—warning users about executables without reputation...
- Training Deploying Google Chrome in the Enterprise
Google released enterprise-friendly Chrome deployment tools: MSI installer packages for central rollout, ADM policy templates for Group Policy configuration, and Chrome Frame plugin for IE. Group...
- Tools 10 Information Security Mistakes: A False Sense of Security
Ten practices that create false security: capturing logs without sufficient detail, policies no one follows, vulnerability scans without remediation processes, pen tests excluding workstations,...
- Social Networking Predicting 2011 Information Security Trends
- Social Networking Antivirus Vendors Consider Facebook Activity Protection
Antivirus vendors are experimenting with Facebook apps (Norton Safe Web, BitDefender Safego) that review links shared on users' walls for malware. These run on vendor infrastructure using Facebook's...