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AttackIQ tests networks for known weaknesses attackers exploit

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Startup AttackIQ can run attack scenarios against live networks to see whether the defenses customers think are in place are actually doing their job.

The platform, called FireDrill, consists of an agent that is deployed on representative endpoints, and a server that stores attack scenarios and gathers data.

The platform’s function is similar to that of another startup SafeBreach. Both companies differ from penetration testing in that they continuously test networks whereas a pen test gives a snapshot in time with large gaps between each snapshot.

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IDG Contributor Network: Fiber map sheds light on infrastructure trends and weaknesses

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If you’ve ever wondered just where the fiber conduits that carry our Internet traffic run, wonder no more. Researchers have created a map.

Four years in the making, the map, sourced in part from public records, shows the long-haul fiber that carries Internet data around the country. Additionally, locations where multiple cables connect are shown.

This kind of map has never existed before.

Internet infrastructure

Not much is known about “today’s physical Internet infrastructure,” the researchers say.

So they delved in and, through a collection of Tier-1 ISP and cable company maps combined with public records, started to construct a map of the long-haul fiber network (PDF).

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IRS failed to address computer security weaknesses, making attack on 104000 … – Washington Post (blog)

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IRS failed to address computer security weaknesses, making attack on 104000 …
Washington Post (blog)
A government watchdog told lawmakers Tuesday that the Internal Revenue Service has failed to put in place dozens of security upgrades to fight cyberattacks, improvements he said would have made it “much more difficult” for hackers to gain access to the …
Investigator says IRS failed to upgrade computer security that could have …Newser
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Wi-Fi client security weaknesses still prevalent – Help Net Security

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Wi-Fi client security weaknesses still prevalent
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Google Android, Apple iOS, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile devices have an inherent security weakness in the method they use for connecting to Wi-Fi networks that has the potential for exploitation by skilled cyber-attackers says security expert Raul Siles.

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