Articles Tagged ‘circumvention’

DNSChanger Rogue DNS Servers Taken Down

February 6th, 2012

Great info from the Palo Alto Networks Product Management Team on the latest events surrounding DNSChanger. DNSChanger is a malware family that has been around for several years now, and at its height controlled the web browsing of some 4 million PCs.  DNSChanger typically masqueraded as a video codec download, and once downloaded would surreptitiously [...]

Another Chrome Feature; A New Hole in Your Firewall?

October 12th, 2011

The recent addition of remote desktop control to Google Chrome sounds pretty cool – the casual, tech savvy user can now help their friend or family out if they are having problems with their PC. While remote access control features are indeed beneficial, in the hands of an unaware user, they have proven to be [...]

Cyber-Security: A Fight on Two Fronts

August 30th, 2011

While talking with a few federal security analysts at the recent GFIRST Conference, I was reminded of just how challenging the job of information security really is at the government level today. Most anyone who follows security, knows that state and federal agencies have been repeatedly targeted in the recent rash of network breaches. However [...]