Sir Richards
Last week, the Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir David Richards visited Lebanon to discuss ways in which the UK can strengthen its Defence relationship with the country and support its armed forces in meeting the challenges they face.
SAN DIEGO, Calif.: Cubic Defense Applications, a Defense Systems business unit of Cubic Corporation has announced it has acquired certain assets and foreign subsidiaries of Advanced Interactive Systems (AIS) through a bankruptcy auction. AIS is a leading supplier of live fire specialized range facilities, virtual simulation products, and engineering design and project management services for counter-terrorism, law enforcement, and traditional military forces worldwide.
Last week the FBI issued a warning about an increase in spear-phishing attacks targeting multiple industry sectors. Spear-phishing is one of the main tools used by attackers to compromise endpoints and gain a foothold in the enterprise network. The attacker utilises a specially crafted email message that lures users to perform an action that will result in malware infection, credentials theft, or both. This is often the first step that enables Advance Persistent Threats (APTs) and targeted attacks. As the FBI warning explains: “Often, the e-mails contain accurate information about victims obtained via a previous intrusion or from data posted on social networking sites, blogs, or other websites. This information adds a veneer of legitimacy to the message, increasing the chances the victims will open the e-mail and respond as directed.”
When web designers and web masters sit down to create a website, all too often security doesn’t make the initial list. However, some issues are harder to fix retroactively than others.
In his latest blog, WhiteHat Security’s Technical Evangelist - Robert Hansen, lists out what he sees as the top 10 proactive web application security measures. Why these 10? In Robert’s own words, “Because these are way harder to shoe-horn and retrofit after deployment, we rarely see these done correctly in practice.”
The full text is copied below for your information and/or I can arrange for you to speak with Robert to discuss these measures in more detail.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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