Also reported in the Washington Post today: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/21/AR2005112101 424.html?sub=AR (regisration required). The Post isn't known for their technology coverage; perhaps it's because SANS is local.
--Jeremy > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenneth R. van Wyk > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:06 AM > To: Secure Coding Mailing List > Subject: [SC-L] ZDNet: Attackers switching to applications, > media players > > FYI, interesting article on ZDNet today citing a SANS study. > The article says, among other things, "Online criminals > shifted their attacks in 2005 from operating systems such as > Windows to media players and software programs, according to > a study released Tuesday." > > If the study's findings are correct, then it places an > emphasis on organizations' software security efforts. IMHO, > it's certainly not about "the perimeter" anymore (if it ever > really was). > > Cheers, > > Ken > > P.S. On a list administrative front, it appears that the > Mailman list manager seems to be working pretty well for us. > One significant change that could impact you subscribers is > that I've configured Mailman to discard incoming messages > from anyone that is not subscribed to SC-L. So, if you use a > local mail alias to read your SC-L, you might have > difficulties submitting messages to the group. If that's the > case, just drop me a note and I'll step you through setting > things up so that your submissions don't get discarded. (The > discarding has done wonders for reducing the amount of spam > in my life.) > > -- > Kenneth R. van Wyk > KRvW Associates, LLC > http://www.KRvW.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) > SC-L@securecoding.org > List information, subscriptions, etc - > http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l > List charter available at - > http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php > _______________________________________________ Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) SC-L@securecoding.org List information, subscriptions, etc - http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l List charter available at - http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php
