A new worm whose payload includes the SDBot trojan tries to install a “sniffer,” seeking to use infected computers to capture login and banking information for other computers on the same network. While sniffers are hardly new, the bundling of a sniffer with an auto-propagating worm is a new wrinkle, according to security firms.

Sniffers [...]

Every network administrator has their own set of tools that they like to use on a daily basis to help them do their job. Here I list 5 tools I like most.

Network Analyzer - There are actually to sniffer applications that I keep in my toolbox, WireShark and Capsa Network Analyzer. Each [...]

There is an illusion today towards discovering the loopholes in a network as wonders of global connectivity enfold. Such diversity seems to call for the need for companies to invest more in training their network operators on discovery of Network loopholes. Simultaneously, there also exists at large sophisticated [...]

by Brett Glass — pcmag.com

How private is your PC data? Thanks to the proliferation of Internet worms and hardware and software spying tools, the erosion of loyalty between corporations and their employees, and the 9/11 disaster (which has caused many to value security over privacy and civil rights), the likelihood is greater than ever [...]

Network management may mean different things to different people. To some network management may be a network consultant monitoring network activity with Network analyzer(Colasoft Capsa Network Analyzer), to others network management may be about distributed database, high-end workstations generating and traffic. Speaking generally, network management is a service, which uses a wide [...]