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The so-called storm worm has evolved into a worldwide ploy to build armies of botnets to send mass spam, but enterprises running standard defenses should be protected, security researchers said today. Long viewed as a major vector for incoming threats such as viruses, malware and worms, organisations are also increasingly viewing laptops as a primary weakness in the fight against the theft, loss and misuse of information. Quantum is quietly confident that its investment in the emerging area of data de-duplication will change the face of the storage market. Hearing news about yet another lost or stolen laptop and exposure of personal information is almost like having seen too many horror flicks. Shock has shifted to disbelief - plus numb outrage at the apparent inability of corporations and government to protect our private personal data. ProDiscover IR is a complete IT forensic tool that can access computers over the network (with agents installed) to enable media analysis, image acquisition and network behaviour analysis. Company data saved on primary storage continues to grow leaving companies vulnerable to security risks, according to research published yesterday. Designed for use on the Java platform, Caymas Systems' offering in this category has a web interface called the Launchpad. This is intuitive, easy to navigate and well organised. We had no trouble at all setting up users and creating user access policies. Generally, this appliance boasts the types of features that administrators like. It is easy to set up and maintain and requires little ongoing maintenance once it is in operation. As its name implies, this is a free version of the StillSecure StrataGuard intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS) products. The software lacks some features present in the commercial versions, such as automatic rule updating and individual device protection, but none of these limitations need be a problem for its target audience, the small business and individual user. A dedicated federal civil servant took work home. Unfortunately, the federal agency he worked for had not taken easy steps to make that practice safe and secure. Thus, when a neighborhood gang of thieves broke into his house and stole the laptop, identity information about millions of veterans and members of the armed forces was potentially compromised. It was a typical Washington story, typical because no one suggested doing anything to solve the real problem revealed by the incident. It reminded me of the two giant paintings in the piazza in Sienna, Italy. One image is of dysfunctional Bad Government, the other of progressive Good Government. Compliance has made the case for efficient storage solutions. Use them to deliver long-term business benefits, says Ian Cook This new version of EnCase shows its pedigree as the oldest of the GUI-based IT forensic tools. We found it very simple to operate and use. The Forensic ToolKit (FTK) is very powerful and comes loaded with features, although it is naturally difficult to make such a powerful tool completely simple to use. The program interface can overwhelm at first glance, with all its different features and options, but after reading the documentation and getting to know the program, it becomes much more intuitive. This month, we have juxtaposed two of the foundations of information security: data protection and vulnerability assessment. On the protection side, we look at some of the key products in the area of whole disk encryption. This is a very different type of analysis tool from those infosec professionals are used to. Link analysis, a crucial aspect of incident response, is usually done manually or by trying to use log correlators. This is a true link analyser with a long pedigree in analysing complex crimes and security incidents. Physical keyloggers top the list of security nightmares for most in the profession. While full-blown remote access trojans are worse, they are also fairly easy to identify and block, both at installation and in use, but physical keyloggers are much harder to identify. The Coroner’s Toolkit, or TCT is an open-source set of forensic tools for performing post-mortem analysis on Unix systems. Written by Dan Farmer and Wietse Venema, both very well known in security circles for such programs as SATAN, TCT is not an easy product to use. A serious knowledge of Unix is a prerequisite for success, but if you can manage it, this is an extremely powerful set of tools. The Total Stream Protection (TSP) line was part of the package when Secure Computing bought CyberGuard. This model is a beefy 3U box, supporting up to 38 ports with a total filtered throughput of 2.8Gbps (or half that for AES-encrypted VPNs). Hot-swappable redundant power and RAID storage is standard, and the box fully supports high-availability in various configurations. This integrated application provides enterprises with a virus scanner and manager in one package. It is a key component of a comprehensive, long-established range of applications, including an acclaimed email server, and servers for web mail, IM and collaboration. Though Microsoft has made drastic security improvements within its upcoming Vista operating system, there will be some usability hiccups within its new security features and plenty of room for security developers to sell aftermarket products, the Yankee Group said this week. This appliance is aimed at the smaller enterprise, using a single AMD Sempron 2600+ processor with 1GB RAM and 160GB mirrored disk storage in a 1U Mini rack-mountable chassis. It lacks the redundant power supply and hot-swappable disk features that a larger enterprise would expect, but it can be used in a clustered environment, which offsets these omissions to some extent.