Alan Shimel of StillSecure created the Security Bloggers Network, a network of feeds with content relating to security. Check it out, it's a great way to see what other security pros, analysts, vendors, and anyone else in the industry is blogging about.
Posted by Marcin on Thursday, November 30, 2006 in
Links and
Security.
A new release of the (IN)Secure magazine is out. Version 1.9 - December 2006 [pdf]. Some highlights from this month's issue: Effectiveness of security by admonition: a case study of security warnings in a web browser setting Interview with Kurt Sauer, [...]
Posted by Marcin on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 in
Security.
China's at it again, this time having obtained information on secret technology used on the B-2 stealth bomber's engines. The data will now allow China to copy or counter weapons using the technology. Details of the classified defense technology related [...]
Posted by Marcin on Friday, November 24, 2006 in
Security.
You're on the go, at the airport, at a coffee shop, whatever. You need to check your email or login to your bank account to make sure you have sufficient funds(I'd recommend against it, but people do it anyways). You sit down at a public internet [...]
Posted by Marcin on Friday, November 24, 2006 in
Security.
If investing into an IT services company is something you are interested in, Morningstar published their Picks Among U.S. IT Service Providers. Great for the personal investor looking to make a couple bucks in their trading account, but if you're a [...]
Posted by Marcin on Friday, November 17, 2006 in
Tech.
Alex Rice of Websense Security Labs, dissected "Web-Attacker", one of the most popular exploit kits on the web. He recently got a hold of the source code and takes us step by step through it all. For those who do not know how Web-Attacker works, here's a [...]
Posted by Marcin on Saturday, November 11, 2006 in
Security.
Roger at InfoWorld has been running a password-cracking contest for some time now and just recently received the first correct cracks at his first password: a 10-character password with normal complexity. The other two that have still yet to be cracked, [...]
Posted by Marcin on Friday, November 10, 2006 in
Security.
A new version of Gaim has been released, 2.0.0beta5. I cannot find release notes on this version, but I am going to try it out now. We'll see if they have fixed the url translation bug when using the Jabber protocol.
Posted by Marcin on Friday, November 10, 2006 in
Tech.
NIST has released SP800-100, Information Security Handbook: A Guide for Managers. I'm sure it'd benefit everyone in the security community, since you either are or one day will be a manager (or at least help make managers make more informed decisions). [...]
Posted by Marcin on Friday, November 10, 2006 in
Security.
Information Week is reporting a story involving a family of five, who await a hearing for charges of conspiring to export U.S. defense information to China. Chi Mak, 66, of Downey, Calif., was an engineer with Power Paragon, a Navy contractor. He [...]
Posted by Marcin on Monday, November 6, 2006 in
Defense and
Intelligence.
The U.S. intelligence community recently unveiled Intellipedia, a top-secret wiki available to sixteen various agencies to share information and resources better. You can catch more on the story at GCN, Infowars, and a blog dedicated to Intellipedia! My [...]
Posted by Marcin on Thursday, November 2, 2006 in
Intelligence and
Security.
