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Installing Snort on Windows

On March 12, the Sourcefire team announced the release of Snort 2.9.7.2, the latest update to one of the most popular (and open source) network IDS tools. Detailed instructions for installing Snort on either Ubuntu Linux…

Practical challenges to worthwhile intentions for training more security professionals

While it’s hard to see the current emphasis on information security training as anything other than a positive trend, the popularity of security programs at many higher education institutions may not produce the next generation of…

Government agencies working to train their investigators to leverage data in social media

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published a set of information detailing some of the ways that U.S. federal agencies collect information from social networking and other online sites in the scope of law enforcement investigations….

Simulated cyber attack exercise demonstrates gaps in policies and skills

Responses to a simulation yesterday of a large-scale cyber attack that supposed a widespread malware infection has shut down cell phone and computer networks and disabled much of the power grid showed a lack of preparedness…