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Talking Points – Security week review

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 07/02/2011 Editorials

Talking Points Security week review The end of an era? Or, may be, just the beginning? Good morning my friends as we all all aware Lulzsec closed its operation after 50 days of astonishing activities. Is that really the end? or just the beginning? While a group seems to fade, another one revamp, Anonymous taken the Lulzec legacy and both Operation Payback and AntiSec seems to strikes again and again. Brazil, USA, Italy, Spain Greece, Americas and Europe, Asia and Africa seems there is no border for Cyber Aktivists and Cyberwarfare. So if LulzSec closed operations (but it is really…

Lesson from SecurID breach: Don’t trust your security vendor

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 06/03/2011 Editorials

Lesson from SecurID breach: Don’t trust your security vendorNetwork World… Security’s SecurID products have reportedly been central to the attacks, which fell on the heels of many other recent and high-profile attacks, such as those that hit Sony’s PlayStation Network, HBGary and NASDAQ’s Directors Desk web software used … Related articles Sony Goes Down…Again? (benzinga.com) Military Contractor Breached With SecurID Attack (beskerming.com) Sony network attacked again, hackers claim !! (technonxt.wordpress.com) Sony hacked again (americablog.com) Sony PlayStation Network restored in US, Europe (seattletimes.nwsource.com) Sony Pictures Falls Victim to Major Data Breach (pcworld.com) Sony restores PlayStation network (bbc.co.uk) A Different Take on…

PostOffice: Mobile users and security (Update)

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 05/25/2011 Editorials

PostOffice: “Mobile users and security (Update)0 commentswe finally have also the abstract and the agenda of the Clusit training that Alessio Pennasilico and I will held. here you are(check clusit website for registration and location) https://edu.clusit.it/ At first was the computer on the desktop. The, a day the modem comes home, and VPN and then laptop computers. And desktops were changed by laptops, and then mobile phones and we started to use them as modems, exchange mails, then arrived wap browsing, and after that the full browser ones, and complex web applications and smarthphones, tablets… https://clusit.it/” Related posts: Whoops! Check…

PostOffice: A Facebook Hack

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 05/24/2011 Editorials

Image via CrunchBasePostOffice: A Facebook Hack: “A Facebook Hack OK I do not have an account on Facebook, but as many of us I know there is some danger there (I read I listen and pretend to understand those issues usually, lol).Saturday my wife comes to me (she has a Facebook account) telling that some of her contacts have been hacked.” Related articles Facebook’s Hack-A-Months Cause Disruption, Innovation (fastcompany.com) Facebook Scams You Need To Know About: The 9 Most Common Hacks And Attacks (huffingtonpost.com) Privacy Hacking Worse Than PR Flacking (yro.slashdot.org) Facebook Spam: I Have Hacked Facebook Account (shoutmeloud.com) Script…

Privacy in the age of the social media « The Puchi Herald

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 05/23/2011 Editorials

Image via CrunchBasePrivacy in the age of the social media « The Puchi Herald: “ Do you know Mr. George Bronk? He’s a “smart” guy, using a little social engineering and a good dose of smartass brain he hacked a lot of women’s account Facebook and email, checking for hot sexy pics of the owners.” Related articles Privacy Hacking Worse Than PR Flacking (yro.slashdot.org) JOURNALIST ARRESTED OVER FACEBOOK PRIVACY REPORT (Media; Social Media) (thepulsemagazine.onsugar.com) Lawyer: Facebook abuser doesn’t deserve prison (sfgate.com) Facebook’s Hack-A-Months Cause Disruption, Innovation (fastcompany.com) Microsoft states that 1 in 14 downloads is malicious (theinformativereport.com) 3 Ways to…

PostOffice: New Cisco securtity report

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 05/23/2011 Editorials

Image via CrunchBasePostOffice: New Cisco securtity report Related articles Cisco debuts ‘private cloud’ controller (networkworld.com) Related posts: Ise Training day 2 « The Puchi Herald: A.I. Tech Update Configure cisco ISE for Cisco Access Points Is Big C missing the point on security? Diary of an acquisition part1 What if… Powered by YARPP.

Talking Points–Security week review

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 05/13/2011 Editorials

Talking Points Security week review First of all sorry for the late publishing, but as some of you could have noticed the blogger platform experienced a failure this Friday that hold also to some post and comment being lost. so it s not only Amazon cloud service that fails .Speaking of failure the PSN affair is still on the news, the network is still experiencing problems, and some security analysts says they’re still far away from providing a decent level of security. I’m afraid this is not the end of the story. we’ll see more news on this I’m pretty…

Talking Points

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 04/29/2011 Editorials

Image via Wikipedia Talking Points Plenty of stuffs this week, as usual, we cannot start without talking about the Royal Wedding Today is the day, the royal wedding is coming and everyone is so excited that can’t stop himself from opening any email, link, search result or whatever related to the biggest event in human history .Ok may be a little too much but for sure the royal wedding event is moving tons of gadget, interest and cybercriminal activities online but how could not expect something like this, where media are so deeply involved?as a matter of fact several security…

Spear Phishing: can it fool me?

Antonio Ieranò 04/21/2011 AI Tech Update, Editorials, Editorials in English, My Best Articles, Tech Update in English

Image via Wikipedia Recent articles in the news remind me that anyone can be fooled by a good scam. the problem is always the trust we gave to the communication we received. is not just a financial problem (you remember the Madoff scam?) but a problem that can hit anyone, even expert guys can fall.The most recent was the hack occurs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, but it is just the last of an infinite series. Also the RSA securID breach was prepared with spear phishing. What is spear phishing? Spear phishing is an e-mail spoofing fraud attempt that targets…

TCP Split Handshake Issue

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 04/14/2011 Editorials

Image via WikipediaTCP Split Handshake Issue those days I’ve read on the news a lot of noise about an NSS test that were reporting a TCP handshake security hole (TCP Split Handshake Issue) in several commercial firewalls. The question is interesting from several points of view: are IPS and firewall really secure? is a vulnerability really a security issue? how does this vulnerability affect me? http://portadiferro.blogspot.com/2011/04/tcp-split-handshake-issue.html Related articles Other Considerations On TCP Split Handshake (paulsparrows.wordpress.com) TCP Split Handshake: Why Cisco ASA is not susceptible (paulsparrows.wordpress.com) TCP Split Handshake: The (Never)ending Story… (paulsparrows.wordpress.com) TCP Split Handshake Attack Explained (paulsparrows.wordpress.com) Hacker ‘handshake’…

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Antonio Ieranò Evangelist, Manager, BDM, Advisor, Writer, Speaker, Coach HOME: Via Gabriele D'Annunzio, 29, 27010 Vistarino (Pavia) Italy. Mobile phone: +39 347 9293757 E-mail: antonio.ierano@ierano.it; Twitter: @ antonioierano @thepuchiherald Web: http://ierano.it I am an IT professional Manager, BDM, marketing specialist, and tech evangelist with over 16 years of experience serving as a community liaison, subject matter expert, and high-profile trainer for key technologies and solutions. My experience includes acting as the public face of Cisco security technologies; leading pan-European technical teams in development of new Cisco security products; and serving as a key public speaker and trainer on behalf of new high-tech products. My expertise spans IT development and implementation, marketing strategy, legal issues, and budget / financial management. Specialties and Executive Expertise IT Strategy, Technical Audits, Enterprise Architecture & Applications, Technical Sales Liaison, Solution Architecture, Network Design, Architecture, & Security, Vulnerability Assessment & Management, Systems Engineering, TCP / IP, Data Privacy, Cloud Computing, Marketing Strategy, Budget Management, Consultative Sales, Social Media Marketing, High-Impact Presentations, Security and Technical Advisor: I have a strong experience and knowledge in the technology and security areas, I can provide the needed expertise to better direct technical needs, giving indication for cost effective, solid and efficient solutions. Project Management: with a solid background with project delivered with success in different areas I can provide a key support to drive customer projects to success. With a Microsoft Solution Framework background and PMI solid knowledge mixed with communication skills at any level i can lead the project group and it's stakeholders to achieve the desired goals. Business Developement and Marketing: With a deep knowledge of the extended EMEA technology market needs a focus on worldwide security I can drive business developement to a solid and reliable growth being able to relate with all the stakeholders, from production to sales and channel and, of course, customers.