Archive for November, 2006

Security Bloggers Network

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.

(IN)SECURE 1.9 Released

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, CSO at Skype
Web 2.0 defense with AJAX fingerprinting and filtering
Hack In The Box Security Conference 2006
Where […]

Leaking Secrets to China

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 to the B-2’s engine exhaust system and its ability to avoid detection by infrared sensors were […]

Capturing I’s before O’s

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 terminal or internet cafĂ© and proceed to go about […]

The Good and Bad of Outsourcing IT Services

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 business-decision-maker-type-of-person at any company, just hold it right there. Whatever you do, do not […]