Mundane Issues Outperform Terror Stocks Since 9/11 Right after Sept. 11, 2001, D.C. area investors flocked to stocks that might benefit from what was to become the war on terrorism. Surprisingly, according to todays Washington Post, these terror stocks have not been the best local performers in the year since 9/11. Only two of the top 20 stocks over the past 12 months are those of defense contractorsAllied Research Corp., an Arlington, Va.-based maker of artillery shells gained 157 percent, and CACI International Inc., the Pentagon’s favorite computer contractor, gained 77 percent. Lockheed Martin Corp. is close behind with a gain of 72 percent. By and large the big winners since 9/11 are smaller companies, mostly in technology, that managed to turn around their businesses and resuscitate stock prices when stocks generally have fallen and tech shares have been hit particularly hard.Silicon Valley Suddenly Likes Big GovernmentMercury News. The News reports that the security windfall may be much less than was hoped for. Silicon Valley tech companies were never big on government demands, until the government started talking about spending money on cybersecurity, according to an article in today’s New Linux Worm Slaps Apache ServersThe Register today reports that security clearing house CERT warned this weekend of a virulent Linux worm creating an attack network on the Internet. The Slapper worm was first seen on Friday the 13th. Since then it has infected thousands of web servers around the world and continues to spread. According to The Register, Slapper exploits a previously-disclosed OpenSSL vulnerability to create an attack platform for distributed denial-of-service attacks against other sites. During the infection process, the attacking host instructs the newly infected victim to initiate traffic on 2002/udp back to the attacker. Once this communications channel has been established, the infected system becomes part of the worm’s DDoS network. For this reason blocking port 2002/UDP at enterprise firewalls may be a good idea. Related content brandpost How an integrated platform approach improves OT security By Richard Springer Sep 26, 2023 5 mins Security news Teachers urged to enter schoolgirls into UK’s flagship cybersecurity contest CyberFirst Girls aims to introduce girls to cybersecurity, increase diversity, and address the much-maligned skills shortage in the sector. By Michael Hill Sep 26, 2023 4 mins Back to School Education Industry IT Training news CREST, IASME to deliver UK NCSC’s Cyber Incident Exercising scheme CIE scheme aims to help organisations find quality service providers that can advise and support them in practising cyber incident response plans. By Michael Hill Sep 26, 2023 3 mins IT Governance Frameworks Incident Response Data and Information Security news Baffle releases encryption solution to secure data for generative AI Solution uses the advanced encryption standard algorithm to encrypt sensitive data throughout the generative AI pipeline. By Michael Hill Sep 26, 2023 3 mins Encryption Generative AI Data and Information Security Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe