McAfee predicts that Facebook Twitter and third-party applications on these sites experience rapid change and that these companies are adopting new technologies to defend themselves. "Users will become more vulnerable to attacks that blindly distribute rogue applications across their networks. . . " Going rogue is popular in 2010.
McAfee also predicts that cybercriminals will "take advantage of trusted friend links to get users to clik on what they might otherwise treat cautiously". And, if protecting information assets weren't already difficult enough, the company predicts that web evolution will provide cybercriminals with extended opportunities to develop new hacking programs. "McAfee research shows that internet hackers are expected to attack Adobe and Flash applications in 2010."
The good news - threat detection, security management and international law enforcement agencies are making progress to identify, track and combat cybercrime.
I asked Intellitactics Solution Architects what advice they have to combat cyber crime. These guys are out there everyday working along side some of the most sophisticated security teams in security aware companies around the world. Over the next few days, we'll be featuring their suggestions.
Dave Broggy says that companies should consider moving toward 'static' workstations. Some of his clients are experimenting with thin clients like Sun Rays for internal and remote use. He suggests that the more static workstations and web sites become, the more effictive HIDS tools will be - making apps like Tripwire and McAfee CCM even more valuable.
Use virtualized environments to isolate applications that use sensitive data (MSOffice)and put outside facing applications like web browsers into different virutalized compartments. Each VM can be isolated to specific trusted resources, which could be monitored by our SIEM solution - ISM. Here's an example of what you could do: Alert if a specfic VM accessed a non-authorized trusted resource.
THANKS DAVE! Check back to get more tips on Monday. In the meantime tell us what you think of these ideas or share one of your own!
McAfee also predicts that cybercriminals will "take advantage of trusted friend links to get users to clik on what they might otherwise treat cautiously". And, if protecting information assets weren't already difficult enough, the company predicts that web evolution will provide cybercriminals with extended opportunities to develop new hacking programs. "McAfee research shows that internet hackers are expected to attack Adobe and Flash applications in 2010."
The good news - threat detection, security management and international law enforcement agencies are making progress to identify, track and combat cybercrime.
I asked Intellitactics Solution Architects what advice they have to combat cyber crime. These guys are out there everyday working along side some of the most sophisticated security teams in security aware companies around the world. Over the next few days, we'll be featuring their suggestions.
Dave Broggy says that companies should consider moving toward 'static' workstations. Some of his clients are experimenting with thin clients like Sun Rays for internal and remote use. He suggests that the more static workstations and web sites become, the more effictive HIDS tools will be - making apps like Tripwire and McAfee CCM even more valuable.
Use virtualized environments to isolate applications that use sensitive data (MSOffice)and put outside facing applications like web browsers into different virutalized compartments. Each VM can be isolated to specific trusted resources, which could be monitored by our SIEM solution - ISM. Here's an example of what you could do: Alert if a specfic VM accessed a non-authorized trusted resource.
THANKS DAVE! Check back to get more tips on Monday. In the meantime tell us what you think of these ideas or share one of your own!
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