The spread of mobile devices has increased network security risks exponentially since hackers can easily exploit the inherently weak security of mobile networks to gain access to corporate networks. Third party application providers such as SafeNet now provide hardware authentication services that go a long way in making mobile devices on networks secure.

SafeNet Authentication Manager (SAM) 8.0 provides organizations the ability to manage the full authentication ...

A zero-day or zero-hour exploit is exploiting a network’s vulnerability by launching an attack on the same day that the vulnerability begins, or becomes known. Network administrators, anti-virus providers, and software developers take time to discover and understand the nature of the vulnerability and set up protective measures such as patches or increasing security, but the attacker takes advantage of this critical time lag to do the damage.

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The recent case of hackers penetrating defense major Lockheed Martin’s network is an eye-opener for companies to strengthen their network security measures. The hacker apparently used sophisticated methods of penetration using RSA SecureID tokens, hitherto considered amongst the best form of protection in the industry. RSA SecurID offers a two layer protection by requiring users to enter their password and a secret code number generated cryptographically (that changes ...

A major challenge with cloud computing, which has restrained its potential is security vulnerabilities. Data passing back and forth the network and processed at different remote locations compromise security in a big way. Data processed at different onsite location also raise compliance issues.

Network security providers have however woken up to the challenge and now provide robust cloud computing security and compliance solutions. Security On-Demand Inc is a leading provider of ...

The recent spate of attacks on companies (Lockheed Martin, Google, Sony, and Citi) inspite of their robust and state of the art security infrastructure raises the question of effectiveness of network security in computing. The problem however may not have anything to do with network security mechanisms at all, and even enhancing safeguards to infinity may not prevent future attacks. The best of firewalls, network detectors, authentication mechanisms, ...

“Diskless computers” as the term implies, are computers without hard disks. Such computers boot and operate through network servers, retrieving and storing the data in central servers. This type of architecture suits large organizations, universities, and other places where sensitive processing takes place, and where control of individual node behavior is at a premium.

Diskless computers bear striking similarity to hybrid clients in thin client computing architecture, ...

Yes, it is true! Human oversights and errors cause more network security concerns and breaches than malware. Some of the most common human errors that system administrators make include:

• failing to upgrade firewall, anti-virus and other software, leaving such applications with security holes and making the entire system vulnerable
• deploying the wrong technology, such as ...
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With the increase in attacks on broadband, the traditional method of protection such as firewalls and basic authentication becomes insufficient to protect against unauthorized entry and fraud.

Analysts at Dimension Data reveal that notwithstanding the best of safeguards such as firewalls and authentications in place, as many as 73 per cent of all network devices have at least one known security vulnerability, which is akin to leaving ...

Password Cracking tools perform actions such as dictionary attacks, hybrid attacks, and brute force attacks to crack passwords of network users. Such tools find widespread use by hackers and intruders to gain unauthorized access to a network system, and also by system administrators to test password strength and integrity, and audit and recover passwords.

1. Cain and Abel: Cain and Able is by far the most popular ...
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Password Cracking is one way hackers and other intruders make unauthorized entry to networks, to perform their nefarious acts such as data theft, malware attacks, DDoS attacks, and more.

Cracking a password can be as simple as the intruder searching the garbage for that sticky note with the password written on it, or a disgruntled employee spilling the beans in the course of a conversation, either deliberately or inadvertently. Methods that ...