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Articles & Tutorials for December, 2007

Altiris SecurityExpressions - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Network Auditing Software: Date - Dec 27, 2007; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; Altiris SecurityExpressions was selected the winner in the Network Auditing Software category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Professional Audit Expander and SSL-Explorer Enterprise Edition Protection were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Analyzing a Hack from A to Z (Part 1): Date - Dec 19, 2007; Author - Don Parker; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; Within this article series we will both pull off a hack, and analyze its methodology. By understanding a hacker's methodology one can better defend one’s networks.
Old Threats Never Die: Date - Dec 19, 2007; Author - Gunter Ollmann; Section - Network Security Library / Misc; New threats come and go, but as many of us know new threats are often based on old threats! New strains are developed, yet old versions still create problems and noise on the Internet long after the intial threat and media hype has diminished. Unpatched machines still flourish on the Internet.
Phishing Metamorphosis in 2007 - Trend and Developments: Date - Dec 12, 2007; Author - Dancho Danchev; Section - Articles / Content Security (Email & FTP); An account of various trends and developments that phishers embraced during 2007, and what are the driving factors behind the huge percentage increases in phishing emails during the year.
Whole disk encryption is a must for mobile computers and devices: Date - Dec 12, 2007; Author - Scott Wright; Section - Network Security Library / Auth. & Access Control; As more and more employee's use laptops, the chance for information loss increases. Many companies are looking to protect their data assets, and whole disk encryption is becoming more popular.
Group Policy related changes in Windows Server 2008 - Part 3: Introduction to Group Policy Preferences: Date - Dec 05, 2007; Author - Jakob H. Heidelberg; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; The upcoming Windows Server 2008 operating system brings a lot of new goodies. This article series will focus on the Group Policy related features which will bring both easier manageability and better security.
Testing Password Safety: Date - Dec 05, 2007; Author - Elcomsoft; Section - Network Security Library / Auth. & Access Control; Proactive is always better than reactive, especially when trying to secure a corporate network. Learn more about the weaknesses in password security, and how you can audit your network to improve your security level.