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Protea cynaroides

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Name: Protea cynaroides

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Honeynet Project Researchers Build Publicly Available ICS Honeynet

msm1267 writes "Conpot, short for Control Honeypot, is one of the first publicly available honeypots for industrial control systems (ICS) and SCADA gear. Built by two researchers from the Honeynet Project, the hope is that others will take what they started, ... [Published Slashdot - May 16 2013]

Entities: Industrial Control Systems, Protea cynaroides, SCADA Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition, Critical Infrastructure, Malware

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Security Management: Holistic Protection for Attack-Specific Environments

Topic: Security & ResiliencyThe nature of IT security has changed. Gone are the days of simple firewalls and the ability to "unplug" from network servers. Cloud computing, mobile devices, and wireless access points have made the business of security management ... [Published Midsize Insider - May 15 2013]

Entities: Security Management, Security, Threat

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Time to start your fynbos masterpiece

MAY is a great time of year to plant a fynbos garden, which includes South Africa's national flower, the king protea (Protea cynaroides).The cooler temperatures and reduced soil temperatures are the ideal conditions for fynbos plants such as proteas, ... [Published The Herald Online - May 12 2013]

Entities: Protea cynaroides, Protea, Mulch

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Organization of American States

Cybercrooks reportedly hang out in Latin America, Caribbean

Internet criminals have opened a new front in Latin America and the Caribbean and seem to have founded booming businesses thanks to low levels of cybercrime protection and awareness, a rare but timely analysis of the region by Trend Micro has found ... [Published PC World: Techlog - May 11 2013]

Entities: Organization of American States, Protea cynaroides, Cybercrime, Trend Micro Inc, Hacktivist

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Google Inc

HVAC Under Attack

The use of the Internet to manage electronic platforms that control such things as heating, ventilation and air condition (HVAC) systems presumably seemed like a good idea when implemented. That marriage today, however, appears to be about as well thought ... [Published IT Business Edge - May 08 2013]

Entities: Protea cynaroides, Wilhoit (United States), Google Inc, US-CERT US Computer Emergency Readiness Team, CERT Computer Emergency Response Team

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Honeypots Lure Industrial Hackers Into the Open

Dummy water-plant control systems rapidly attracted attention from hackers who tinkered with their settings—suggesting it happens to real industrial systems, too.Why It MattersU.S. politicians have repeatedly said that energy and other industrial infrastructure ... [Published Technology Review - May 08 2013]

Entities: Wilhoit (United States), Protea cynaroides, Industrial Control Systems

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

Trend Micro Inc

Cybercrime booming in Latin America and Caribbean, Trend Micro finds

Entities: Trend Micro Inc, Cybercrime, Organization of American States, Industrial Control Systems, Malware

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Thieves who targeted tourist honeypots jailed

Two thieves who preyed on visitors to beauty spots in Ripon, Masham and Pateley Bridge have been jailed.Roy Honey, aged 63, and Craig Green, aged 44, both from Leeds, were sentenced at Teesside Crown Court on Friday, May 3 for conspiracy to steal from ... [Published Harrogate Advertiser - May 06 2013]

Entities: Craig Green, Protea cynaroides, Leeds, Conviction, Intelligence Bureau

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Employ Bees to Protect Your Servers: Honeypots That Bite Back

Alexey Sintsov graduated from Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University. Since 2001 Alex has been working on practical questions in the field of security analysis and vulnerability detection, as well as exploit development. He works for Nokia ... [Published Security Bloggers Network - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Protea cynaroides, SQLI SA, Hacktivist, DDoS Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 2 reports

Hacked in Starbucks? Here’s How Cybercriminals Steal Your Data in Public

Freelancers and road warriors who often rely on the free public Wi-Fi available in coffee shops like Starbucks are more at risk than most when it comes to securing their personal and financial data, It’s a well known fact that public networks are ... [Published SiliconANGLE - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Starbucks Corporation, Cybercrime, Computer Hacker, ThreatMETRIX

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Network security assessment: Test firewalls, IDS in multiple ways

Michael GreggEditor's note: This is the third in a three-part series discussing steps network administrators should take to ensure their networks are free from external and internal attacks. Part one described 10 toolsRequires Free Membership to ViewE-mail ... [Published SearchNetworking.com - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Network Security, Protea cynaroides, Penetration Testing, Michael Gregg

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Beyond honeypots: It takes a honeytoken to catch a thief

LinuxSecurity.com : Last week I talked about the importance of deploying honeypots to catch malicious hackers and malware. But there's a related tool that's craftier and even easier to deploy: the honeytoken. ... [Published LinuxSecurity.com - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Protea cynaroides, Computer Hacker, Malware

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Honey, I'm Home [Published Austin Chronicle - May 16 2013]

msm1267 writes "Conpot, short for Control Honeypot, is one of the first publicly available honeypots for industrial control systems (ICS) and SCADA gear. Built by two researchers from the Honeynet Project, the hope is that others will take what they started, deploy it on their own critical infrastructure networks and share the findings. 'The main goal is to make this kind of technology available for a general audience,' said Lukas Rist, one of the developers. 'Not just for security researchers, but also for people who are sysadmins setting up ICS systems who have no clue what could happen and want to see malware attacks against their systems and not put them in any danger.'" Unlike previous ICS Honeypots, this one simulates the control systems rather than requiring that you happen to own an actual industrial control syst...

Honeynet Project Researchers Build Publicly Available ICS Honeynet [Published Slashdot - May 16 2013]

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Racy fiction is all in the family for this mother-daughter duo [Published New York Daily News - May 10 2013]

"Law enforcement agencies need to take note of this region-specific tactic and adjust their policing and investigation tactics accordingly" the report found

Cybercriminals Capitalizing on Ineffective Law Enforcement in Latin America: Trend Micro [Published Security Week - May 08 2013]

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Honey, I'm Home [Published Austin Chronicle - May 16 2013]
Honeynet Project Researchers Build Publicly Ava... [Published Slashdot - May 16 2013]
Honeynet Project Researchers Build Publicly Ava... [Published threatpost - The First Stop for Security News - May 15 2013]
Shore leave on a seaside odyssey [Published IOL - May 15 2013]
Security Management: Holistic Protection for At... [Published Midsize Insider - May 15 2013]
Time to start your fynbos masterpiece [Published The Herald Online - May 12 2013]
Cybercrooks reportedly hang out in Latin Americ... [Published PC World: Techlog - May 11 2013]
Racy fiction is all in the family for this moth... [Published New York Daily News - May 10 2013]
HVAC Under Attack [Published IT Business Edge - May 08 2013]
Cybercriminals Capitalizing on Ineffective Law ... [Published Security Week - May 08 2013]
Honeypots Lure Industrial Hackers Into the Open [Published Technology Review - May 08 2013]
Cybercrime booming in Latin America and Caribbe... [Published Techworld.com - May 06 2013]
Thieves who targeted tourist honeypots jailed [Published Harrogate Advertiser - May 06 2013]
Trend Micro reveals up to 40% increase in cyber... [Published Individual.com - May 06 2013]
New Internet Explorer 8 Zero Day [Published Malwarebytes Unpacked - May 04 2013]
Antivirus is ailing: Here are 5 firms ready to ... [Published ITworld.com - May 03 2013]
Trek across a magic kingdom [Published Canberra Times - May 03 2013]
ThreatMetrix Updates on Fraud Risks When Using ... [Published Individual.com - May 02 2013]
Adaptive Defense [Published Verizon Business Security Blog - May 01 2013]
Skillz enters beta with an Android gaming platf... [Published The Next Web - Apr 30 2013]
Skillz enters beta with an Android gaming platf... [Published The Next Web - Apr 30 2013]
Employ Bees to Protect Your Servers: Honeypots ... [Published Security Bloggers Network - Apr 29 2013]
Hacked in Starbucks? Here’s How Cybercriminals ... [Published SiliconANGLE - Apr 29 2013]
Los Alcazares 'a hidden gem for property invest... [Published PropertyShowrooms.com - Apr 29 2013]
How To Get Hacked At Your Favorite Coffee Shop ... [Published Social Barrel - Apr 28 2013]
How You Get Hacked at Starbucks [Published Mashable - Apr 27 2013]
University researchers changing the focus on ha... [Published DiamondbackOnline.com - Apr 23 2013]
Network security assessment: Test firewalls, ID... [Published SearchNetworking.com - Apr 23 2013]
Security News April 22 [Published Security Bloggers Network - Apr 22 2013]
Six things you must do...on South Africa's beau... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 20 2013]

Blogs

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Honeynet Project Researchers Build Publicly Ava... [Published threatpost - The First Stop for Security News - May 15 2013] Industrial control system and SCADA honeypots have been tried before with relative success. While those systems were enticing to hackers who hammered away on them, they were also complicated, required real ICS and SCADA gear, and weren’t publicly available. ...
Cybercrooks reportedly hang out in Latin Americ... [Published PC World: Techlog - May 11 2013] Internet criminals have opened a new front in Latin America and the Caribbean and seem to have founded booming businesses thanks to low levels of cybercrime protection and awareness, a rare but timely analysis of the region by Trend Micro has found ...
New Internet Explorer 8 Zero Day [Published Malwarebytes Unpacked - May 04 2013] On the 1st of May (a date which many countries celebrate as Labor Day), the US Department of Labor’s website was hacked. This was described as a watering hole type of attack, aimed at certain people only. The first news reports identified it as an ...
Adaptive Defense [Published Verizon Business Security Blog - May 01 2013] The term “active defense” (or “active response”) has gotten some attention in the information security industry lately, and this has led to a lot of controversy . This occasionally happens when terms migrate from one large community to another, and ...
Skillz enters beta with an Android gaming platf... [Published The Next Web - Apr 30 2013] For those tired of competing just for points and virtual currency in mobile games, a new startup, Skillz , is about to ramp things up with its new platform for adding real-money tournaments to Android games.Developers add Skillz as the multiplayer element ...

Press Releases

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Cyber security according to Winnie the Pooh: ne... [Published CisionWire - English - Nov 22 2012]
Securitatea cibernetică din perspectiva ursuleţ... [Published CisionWire - English - Nov 22 2012]