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Passwords, passphrases, and big numbers: first the good news…
Way back in the 1990s, during the Q&A session after an EICAR presentation on social engineering, there was an animated discussion arising from some slides I'd included on password selection and...
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Selling FUD
Some security professionals, be they consultants or vendors have made a healthy living by selling off the back of fear, uncertainty and doubt. This short video is a tribute to all the FUD’sters out...
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Symantec Announces Intelligent Information Governance To Mitigate Risks And...
In addition, Symantec also announced the acquisition of LiveOffice
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SOPA/PIPA bill blackout Weds: Wikipedia to go dark #J18 #itbw
SOPA/PIPA bill blackout Weds: Wikipedia to go dark #J18 #itbwSOPA/PIPA bill blackout Weds: Wikipedia to go dark #J18Wikipedia and other sites will protest the proposed SOPA and PIPA bills with a...
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Shopper Trust – The Zappos Ordeal
Shopper Trust – The Zappos Ordeal Sharing is NOT Caring by Bill Mathews During my early morning Twitter-lurking I ran across this gem, which basically says that a good chunk of folks surveyed just give...
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The challenges of securing industrial control systems
The security of industrial process control systems has suddenly risen to the top of everyone’s agenda over the past 18 months to 2 years – the latest phase of which is the new report from ENISA on...
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Facebook ‘Koobface’ Malware Gang Unmasked — Sophos Releases Exclusive Research
Investigation uncovers identities of the alleged perpetrators
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With SOPA Almost Dead, What Will Protestors Support?
Amid White House opposition and an apparent "hold" placed on the legislation by Virgian Republican Eric Cantor, the focus has shifted from the House's Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) to its Senate...
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SBN Sponsor Post
RSA Conference US 2012 keynote lineup announced. Tony Blair to give closing keynote address.http://bit.ly/wrm3Aw
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Catch Crooks, using CCTV’s and Facial Recognition at Holy Places
Crooks also come to visit holy places to pray and ask for blessing, judging by the success a one million US$ CCTV camera network is having at a holy shrine in India. The system is equipped with facial...
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Smart Security: The Evolution of Higher Security Forms
“There is a popular cliché … which says that you cannot get out of computers any more than you put in. Other versions are that computers only do exactly what you tell them to, and that therefore...
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Intelligence-driven Security: New RSA research from the Security for Business...
Intelligence-driven security is a way for enterprises to leverage intelligence data to help detect, predict and mitigate cyber attacks. This is the major topic addressed by the Security for Business...
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Cambridge company Launches Ultra-Secure 3rd Generation Networked SCADA System
Controllis system uses a mutual authentication system
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Where Were You? 10th Anniversary of Gates Trustworthy Computing Memo – Part 2
January 15th was the 10th anniversary of Gates Trustworthy computing memo. We thought it would be interesting to ask a few Veracode employees what they were doing on that day 10 years ago. This is the...
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Career Advice Tueday – “Getting Past the Gate-Keeper”
Dear Infosecleaders: I have recently applied for a position that I believe will advance my information security career. In submitting my resume via the company’s internet posting, I tailored many of...
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Microsoft Denies Responsibility in Alleged Xbox Live User Profile Hacks
While gamers complain Microsoft is refusing to take the blame for hacked xBox Live profiles.
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Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for Tues Jan 17th 2012
FYI for those running Oracle products such as OracleDB, Glassfish, MySQL, Solaris, etc. The following links will provide additional information to assist you. Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU)...
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Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for Tues Jan 17th 2012
Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for Tues Jan 17th 2012
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Not-For-Profit also means Not-For-Loss
So here's the deal; just because you are a non-profit organization doesn't mean you don't have to be concerned with the threats on the Internet. Last I checked, not-for-profit also means not-for-loss....
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Motivating Security through Cyber Insurance
There’s been some talk about cyber insurance lately. How it’s a great business strategy … how it’s a rip-off … how you should approach it cautiously… The first thing that comes to my mind when I think...
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