September 10, 2010 5:05 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
awareness,
information security,
infosec,
malicious software,
malware,
network management,
network security,
security awarenessIn Japan many retailers have what look like orange balls or waterballoons near checkouts. Bruce Schneier, a leading information security expert, recently blogged about these
September 10, 2010 3:56 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
exploit,
hacking,
information security,
infosec,
risk analysis,
threat,
vulnerabilityAccording to a Heise Media report, the DLL binary planting vulnerability is not just limited to DLL files but affects EXE files.
The example given: An HTML file is saved along with a copy of a file called EXPLORE.EXE. The HTML file is opened and has a URI link embedded with the address file://....
August 27, 2010 1:35 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
application development,
information security,
infosec,
infosec awareness,
malicious software,
malware,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Windows,
web application developmentGo ahead and report why your system crashed - send Microsoft the exploit code you are working on. As most Windows users know, you can send Microsoft details about what caused a system crash. In some cases hackers respond yes and their exploit code is sent to Microsoft according to a
August 17, 2010 5:48 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
access management,
authentication,
brute force,
hacking,
identity management,
information security,
infosec,
infosecurity,
Password,
password management,
secure access,
SecurityToday's computers and add-on processors (think graphics processing units - GPU's) are extremely powerful. The GPU of today offers about 2 teraflops (10^12 floating...
May 21, 2010 5:15 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
education,
information security education,
infosec,
PKI,
Security,
security administration,
security awareness,
webinarSC Magazine has announced the SC Vision TV website. Currently there is a collection of about 7 videos of interest to IT professionals on such topics as Driving More Informed...
May 12, 2010 2:48 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
certified ethical hacking,
education,
hacking,
information security,
information security education,
infosec,
infosec awareness,
Security,
technology,
twitterWell, it looks like it might be time for me to join the "twitterpated". Until now I did not see much value in this additional information source. With regards to Twitter, I tend to agree with
May 12, 2010 1:16 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
access management,
identity management,
information security,
infosec,
infosecurity,
Password,
password management,
secure access,
SecurityOkay, passwords may have reached the end of their useful life, but passwords are not gone yet. I know it is a challenge to come up with a unique secure password for all identities that we use to access secured...
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