Dear friend, The News is good but did they analyse what may be the problem of this breach and how this had happen.
On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Srinivas Naik <[email protected]> wrote: > FYI > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Zscaler Team <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:02 AM > Subject: Stanford University Recent Network Hack May Cost Them Millions > To: [email protected] > > > ** > [image: Zscaler > Logo]<http://mkto-m0106.com/trk?t=2&mid=MzA2LVpFSi0yNTY6MzkwMjozNDk1OjExNTU1OjA6MzExOTo3OjIzMzg5Om5haWsuc3JpbnVAZ21haWwuY29t&&&http://www.zscaler.com/?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRolv6XMZKXonjHpfsX66O8lULHr08Yy0EZ5VunJEUWy24IARdQ%2FcOedCQkZHblFnV8ITK2vWaoNqKAL> > [image: .] > > Stanford University Recent Network Hack May Cost Them Millions > > > > > *Dear Srinivas,* > > > > Stanford University reported last week that its network had been hacked > for the second time in three months. *"Getting hacked once is usually a > wake-up call. Getting hacked a second time so soon may be indicative of a > serious vulnerability,"* reported David Louie from ABC. Stanford is now > part of a growing list of universities and education establishments being > targeted by hackers. > [image: watch > video]<http://mkto-m0106.com/trk?t=2&mid=MzA2LVpFSi0yNTY6MzkwMjozNDk1OjExNTU1OjA6MzExOTo3OjIzMzg5Om5haWsuc3JpbnVAZ21haWwuY29t&&&http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/education&id=9184555&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRolv6XMZKXonjHpfsX66O8lULHr08Yy0EZ5VunJEUWy24IARdQ%2FcOedCQkZHblFnV8ITK2vWaoNqKAL> > > *Watch : *Stanford University's network been hacked for the second time > in three months. > > Click > *Here<http://mkto-m0106.com/trk?t=2&mid=MzA2LVpFSi0yNTY6MzkwMjozNDk1OjExNTU1OjA6MzExOTo3OjIzMzg5Om5haWsuc3JpbnVAZ21haWwuY29t&&&http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/education&id=9184555&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRolv6XMZKXonjHpfsX66O8lULHr08Yy0EZ5VunJEUWy24IARdQ%2FcOedCQkZHblFnV8ITK2vWaoNqKAL> > * for the full interview, featuring David Louie, ABC and Jay Chaudhry, > CEO Zscaler. > > *"This hack may cost Stanford several million dollars to overhaul their > security infrastructure, to change passwords, to modify websites, and to > verify if sensitive data on its servers isn’t compromised"* - *Jay > Chaudhry, CEO Zscaler* > > Jay explained that hackers "compromise the student or a faculty person and > use that trusted student and a trusted device to get to servers and > compromise stuff that's sitting on it." > > This incident, however, raises a bigger question about the role of mobile > devices and social media within traditional hardware or appliance based > security environments. Any student with a mobile device can access the > Internet directly, completely by-passing universities’ network and > increasing security and compliance risks. Students can now represent the > single biggest risk to the university network. > > Zscaler offers a new approach to this problem. We operate the world's > largest Direct-to-Cloud global network with 100 data centers, providing > advanced web security and real-time global policy enforcement, protecting > students even if they are accessing the Internet outside the university > network. > > Zscaler has unique experience protecting educational institutions, > including the largest university and school system in North Carolina, as > well as Centro Paula Souza, the largest school system in Brazil. Zscaler > provides more than just URL Filtering and protecting the security server or > appliance. Zscaler focuses on protecting the user and device against > today's sophisticated, emerging threats including botnets, malicious active > content, phishing, cross site scripting (XSS) attacks and more, > guaranteeing safe browsing at all times. > > If you would like to learn more about how Zscaler can help you, please > don’t hesitate to contact > us<http://mkto-m0106.com/trk?t=2&mid=MzA2LVpFSi0yNTY6MzkwMjozNDk1OjExNTU1OjA6MzExOTo3OjIzMzg5Om5haWsuc3JpbnVAZ21haWwuY29t&&&http://www.zscaler.com/contactsales.php?src=Corp-EDM&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRolv6XMZKXonjHpfsX66O8lULHr08Yy0EZ5VunJEUWy24IARdQ%2FcOedCQkZHblFnV8ITK2vWaoNqKAL> > . > > Best regards, > *Zscaler Team* > [image: Zscaler Logo] > > > © 2009-2013 Zscaler, Inc. All rights reserved. > > > > > > > > Cheers > 0xN41K > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NForceIT" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Rakesh Nagekar 9701887568 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NForceIT" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
