July, 2011

Is Information Security a Viable Career Choice?

Working in an educational environment is an interesting experience. Young people seeking the knowledge they need to start their careers have a different viewpoint than those of us who are working in our fields. We tend to know where we are headed with our careers; the youngsters have questions...

(Humor) I Couldn’t Resist Replying to This

An Unusual Password Generator

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Amusing 419 Scam Tactic

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Microsoft is Finally Starting to Listen to Me…

Well, maybe not me, but over the past couple of years, Microsoft is finally starting to get their security practices in order. The college I work for has just switched all email for students and staff over to Microsoft's Live@Edu hosted Exchange offering. While we administrators set pretty...

Video: Security News Roundup

An interesting roundup of stories from Sophos. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/_f1IOb5B7OY" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

Update on Security Nightmares

Cryptogram Contest Solution

Better late than never, I guess. I promised this would be published on June 30. Well, I got a new job and I got really, incredibly, insanely busy. But, here we go. Recall this:

The ciphertext is below. Hint: The key to solving this cipher is to figure out the shift and the variation....