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Category Archives: news
When more security results in less security…
I read an article that famed cryptographers at Elcomsoft have discovered a method to brute force RIM Blackberry device passwords. Usually a Blackberry will only allow 10 failed password attempts before wiping the device. Elcomsoft discovered if a user enables media … Continue reading
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Stressful day? Have a laugh…
Exotic Liability #74 out for your listening pleasure. It’s a hilarious rant by Chris Nickerson. If you’re having a stressful day and need a laugh I suggest having a listen: Chris Nickerson Sony Rant
Steps to improve cable modem performance
Benchmark current signal — access common cable modems via http://192.168.100.1 Target these power levels: Downstream in the range -15 dBmV to +15 dBmV Upstream transmit within the range +8 to +58 dBmV Remove unnecessary power distractions i.e.:
Commercial Web Application Scanner Benchmark
There’s a great post doing a feature comparison of commercial & open source scanners over at the Security Tools Benchmarking blog. It appears as though IBM Rational’s AppScan and W3AF are the winners in the commercial and free/open source categories, … Continue reading
New Risk Centric Podcast
Alex Hutton (Verizon Security fame) along with Jay Jacobs and Chris Hayes have started a new podcast, the Risk Hose Podcast. Check it out here: http://riskhose.com/
I Spy
I was in the process of purchasing tickets to a show when I noticed something strange in my address bar. See anything that makes you think twice from purchasing from this vendor?
Dropbox’s new ToS, Privacy Policy and Security Overview
I received an email from Dropbox stating they’ve updated their terms of service and privacy policy. I took a look at the update page and I really like the new layout. Take a look here and see for yourself. I’d … Continue reading
Value of Corporate Secrets
This is a great read: Value of Corporate Secrets Chief information security officers (CISOs) face increasing demands from their business units, regulators, and business partners to safeguard their information assets. Security programs protect two types of data: secrets that confer … Continue reading
Microsoft: Sex, Lies……and cybercrime?
Microsoft also recently released an eye catching paper aptly named that discusses the validity of security reports. Far from being broadly-based estimates of losses across the population, the cyber-crime estimates that we have appear to be largely the answers of … Continue reading
Latest Microsoft Security Report
Microsoft’s Security Intelligent Report (SIR) v10 has been released and can be found here. The key highlights from Microsoft’s own Roger Halbheer: Industry vulnerability disclosure trends continue an overall trend of moderate declines since 2006. This trend is likely because … Continue reading