Worth Reading: WAN Technology is Changing
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Security ‘net 0x1339ED2: Security begins with you
I’m a couple of days late with this post for Data Privacy Day,, but not too late for Data Privacy Month (February). I wanted to highlight it anyway (and maybe I’ll put it on my calendar so I don’t forget next year). The point, of course (“you don’t need to have a point to have a point”) is that each and every one of us—that’s you and I, in case you’ve not gotten it yet—need to take security seriously. Security begins with you. To this end, the Cloud Security Alliance has a good post up on what you can do to improve data privacy.
Data Center Interconnect Design Considerations
Avoid problems by taking these factors into account when designing Layer 2 DCIs.
Dumping Core: Analytical Findings on Trojan.Corebo
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The Corebot banking trojan was initially discovered and documented last year by researchers at Security Intelligence. Since then, it has evolved rapidly and, in terms of capabilities such as browser-based web injections, it is now similar to the dominant banking malware such as Zeus, Neverquest, and Dyreza although its actual impact to date is nowhere close.
ASERT has been studying and monitoring Corebot since shortly after it was initially documented and an in-depth analysis of Corebot’s inner workings are provided in this threat intelligence report, including coverage of its cryptography, network behavior, and banking targets.
Dumping Core: Analytical Findings on Trojan.Corebot
Download the full report here. The Corebot banking trojan was initially discovered and documented last year by researchers at Security Intelligence. Since then, it has evolved rapidly and, in terms of capabilities such as browser-based web injections, it is now similar to the dominant banking malware such as Zeus, Neverquest, and Dyreza although its actual impact to date is […]The Big Bong Theory: Conjectures on a Korean Banking Trojan
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ASERT has been analyzing samples of a banking trojan targeting South Korean financial institutions. We call the banker “Big Bong” and provide, in this threat intelligence report, an in-depth behavioral analysis of the malware from builder to bot and from installation to exfiltration including obfuscation techniques, certificate use, and VPN-based network communications. A goal hypothesis is put forth – “The Big Bong Theory,” including some background on the South Korean banking infrastructure. This intelligence report will be of interest to security researchers, incident responders, and anyone interested in advanced malware analysis.
The Big Bong Theory: Conjectures on a Korean Banking Trojan
Download the full report here. ASERT has been analyzing samples of a banking trojan targeting South Korean financial institutions. We call the banker “Big Bong” and provide, in this threat intelligence report, an in-depth behavioral analysis of the malware from builder to bot and from installation to exfiltration including obfuscation techniques, certificate use, and VPN-based […]Stupid User Tricks: 8 Reasons You Gotta Love IT
Sometimes IT support means a whole lot more than troubleshooting hardware and software.
BGP or OSPF? Does Topology Visibility Matter?
One of the comments added to my Using BGP in Data Centers blog post said:
With symmetric fabric… does it make sense for a node to know every bit of fabric info or is reachability information sufficient?
Let’s ignore for the moment that large non-redundant layer-3 fabrics where BGP-in-Data-Center movement started don’t need more than endpoint reachability information, and focus on a bigger issue: is knowledge of network topology (as provided by OSPF and not by BGP) beneficial?
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