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Large Attacks Hide More Subtle Threats In DDoS Data  20 May 2013 
Source: Dark Reading - Posted by Dave Wreski   
The massive avalanche of data in March that crashed down on Spamhaus, the maintainer of a number of spam blacklists, made headlines as the largest distributed denial-of-service attack witnessed to date.
 
Fake 'honeyword' passwords could be planted to trip up hackers  13 May 2013 
Source: NBC News - Posted by Anthony Pell   
A new security technique thwarts evildoers online not by hiding or encrypting your password, but by giving the hackers in question too many to choose from.
 
New Amazon Blog Tackles Web Services Security Concerns  01 May 2013 
Source: CRN - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Amazon (NSDQ:AMZN) is attempting to help its cloud users boost their security prowess with the launch of a blog focusing on information security best practices.
 
5 hot security defenses that don't deliver  25 April 2013 
Source: InfoWorld - Posted by Anthony Pell   
We'd all love to have a magic bullet to stop hackers, but these five defenses won't do the trick, despite what you've been told
 
Large Scale Botnet Brute Force Password Cracking Against WordPress Sites  22 April 2013 
Source: Darknet - Posted by Alex   
There have always been a lot of brute force attempts/bot scans and hacking attempts on WordPress hosted sites (due to flaws in the core and a multitude of insecure plugins) – this site being no exception (they’ve even done some minor damage before).
 
Beyond honeypots: It takes a honeytoken to catch a thief  19 April 2013 
Source: InfoWorld - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Last week I talked about the importance of deploying honeypots to catch malicious hackers and malware. But there's a related tool that's craftier and even easier to deploy: the honeytoken.
 
HoneyDrive Desktop v0.2 Released – Honeypot LiveCD  10 April 2013 
Source: Darknet - Posted by Alex   
HoneyDrive is a virtual appliance (OVA) with Xubuntu Desktop 12.04 32-bit edition installed. It contains various honeypot software packages such as Kippo SSH honeypot, Dionaea malware honeypot, Honeyd low-interaction honeypot, Glastopf web honeypot along with Wordpot, Thug honeyclient and more.
 
No honeypot? Don't bother calling yourself a security pro  09 April 2013 
Source: InfoWorld - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Deploy one of these honeypots and you'll soon find out who's attacking you -- and devise a strong defense to fight back. I'm constantly amazed by how many companies don't bother running honeypots, despite evidence that they're incredibly high-value, low-noise defense assets.
 
Control system hack at manufacturer raises red flag  09 April 2013 
Source: CSO Online - Posted by Dave Wreski   
An unreported attack on the energy management system of a New Jersey manufacturer has been revealed by the U.S. Cyber Emergency Response Team (US-CERT).
 
Local hackers share tips on protecting your information  08 April 2013 
Source: News 10 - Posted by Dave Wreski   
There is so much new technology when it comes to phones and computers, but do you ever wonder if having access to so many apps and features could possibly put your personal information in jeopardy?
 
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