Look left when everyone looks right and say no when everyone says yes. Then, ask why? You're in the position as a security professional to tell the bosses no; that's what you're paid for. Don't be afraid to cry wolf when something is out of the ordinary, [...]
Posted by Marcin on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 in
Security.
Do tools make us dumber? I don't agree with the idea exactly, as they are just that, tools. Tools are just another level of abstraction from thinking at a lower level. It's what distinguishes an engineer from a kit builder. Who here wants to program in [...]
Posted by Marcin on Sunday, February 25, 2007 in
Intelligence,
Security and
Tech.
Hey Mike, thanks for posting your presentation (Building a Sustainable Security Career) you gave to ISSA-NH the other day. I found it interesting, since "your father's 6 fundamental assumptions about work" were the same I had for quite a while. You can [...]
Posted by Marcin on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 in
Security.
Several of us have been discussing in a thread at the Security Calayst Community Forums, and we all have differing opinions on what constitutes an "insider threat." In my opinion an insider threat is a party who has the capability and intention of [...]
Posted by Marcin on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 in
Security.
`SP 800-94 <http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/#sp800-94>`_, *Guide to Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)*, seeks to assist organizations in understanding intrusion detection system and intrusion prevention system technologies and [...]
Posted by Marcin on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 in
Security.
I have been getting just as furious as paperghost lately over the whole Julie Amero case. By now you've all heard about it, a substitute teacher was surfing the internet and then bombarded with porn advertisements she couldn't get away. People debate her [...]
Posted by Marcin on Friday, February 16, 2007 in
News and
Politics.
Spam sucks. Why do spammers have to ruin every communication medium out there? Postal mail, email, popups, malware/spyware, and now comment spam. LonerVamp over at terminal23 has noticed an increase in spam on his blog as well. I had used Akismet to help [...]
Posted by Marcin on Thursday, February 15, 2007 in
Privacy and
Security.
It's out, Issue 1.10. Microsoft Windows Vista: significant security improvement? Review: GFI Endpoint Security 3 Interview with Edward Gibson, Chief Security Advisor at Microsoft UK Top 10 spyware of 2006 The spam problem and open source filtering [...]
Posted by Marcin on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 in
Security.
Why are so many conferences filled with so much marketing dribble? I planned on going to a lot more talks while at SCALE but only attended one in its entirety. Some presenters started off their presentation stating they would "market" their product for [...]
Posted by Marcin on Monday, February 12, 2007 in
Other and
Tech.
While in L.A. at SCALE, I attended "Admin++, What root Never Told You," by Ron Gorodetzky, sysadmin for Digg.com and Revision3. His presentation gave some insight and tidbits on the things you forget when you have your own startup, and the other problems [...]
Posted by Marcin on Monday, February 12, 2007 in
Linux and
Tech.
I'm heading out to Los Angelos for the 5th Annual Southern California Linux Expo. I'll try and post inbetween sessions (that is... whenever I can). I'll be attending these talks: Leveraging the IT Community (This talk is focused on a building a new broad [...]
Posted by Marcin on Friday, February 9, 2007 in
Linux,
Security and
Tech.
McAfee now has thier own wicked custom Mini Cooper! Wow! Special, huh? Black with an ugly white/red sticker on the hood and doors. It looks wild and fast just sitting still like that! Come on McAfee, you can do better than that. Where's the paint job? or [...]
Posted by Marcin on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 in
Other.
Pretty funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4FF_aT_mE8
Posted by Marcin on Tuesday, February 6, 2007 in
Security and
Tech.
Linus released kernel v2.6.20 (tar.bz2) to the public today, adding virtualization support through KVM and relocatable kernel support for x86, among other changes. The latter feature is an interesting one from a security perspective and for kdump users. [...]
Posted by Marcin on Sunday, February 4, 2007 in
News,
Security and
Tech.
Once again, we're comin' to ya from Ditka's Restaurant in the heart of Chicago, the city of the big shoulders, and home to a certain team, which come January will run roughshod over the competition in Super Bowl XLI. A team that is known as.....Da Bears!
Posted by Marcin on Sunday, February 4, 2007 in
News.
Hey everyone. Earlier today my hosting had expired and I had to migrate to new host. Update your bookmarks to account for the changes. The new URL address of my blog is www.tssci-security.com. Thankfully, most of you who subscribe via RSS shouldn't have [...]
Posted by Marcin on Saturday, February 3, 2007 in
Security.
RMogull called it, February is Month of No Bugs. L.M.H. signs off from Month of Apple Bugs... let's see who else will bother keeping up with the vulnerability a day, every day momentum.
Posted by Marcin on Friday, February 2, 2007 in
Security.
