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Sunday, May 01, 2005North East Fraud Forum Annual Conference
North East Fraud Forum is holding its Annual Conference which will be a one day event entitled "Fighting Back" on Monday 9th May 2005 at St. James Park, Newcastle upon Tyne.Related Links North East Fraud Forum Nine Held In Lottery Fraud Probe : BBC posted by Robert Campbell 10:15 AM SpyWare attacks lead by DNS poisoningThe next wave of Internet security risks facing companies will involve attacks based on DNS poisoning coupled with specific types of spyware and adware infection. These so called blended threats involve multiple attack vectors making them much more difficult to protect against. Companies using Windows DNS servers are more vulnerable than others based on BIND. However even using BIND a multi-layered defence strategy should be adopted to ensure that systems are not vulnerable to attack and BIND should always be kept up to date! Note Internet Software Consortium advises that BIND 4 and 8 are no longer suitable for use as forwarders Related Links Widespread attack cripples computers with spyware Adonis Secure fault tolerant DNS / DHCP server. Internet Storm Center posted by Robert Campbell 8:21 AM |