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Bit9 hacked and keys used to sign malware

Brian Krebs reported today that security firm Bit9 has suffered a breach. Apparently the bad guys got access to Bit9′s code signing certificates. This is bad for many reasons. I’m guessing that this code signing certificate is signed by a trusted CA. This would mean that malware signed with it would “appear” legitimate. What’s worse [...]

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My SC Magazine article on Cyber Threat Intel sharing

  A little shameless plug, SC Magazine published my article on Cyber Threat Information and Intelligence sharing in their The Last Word column. You can find it here: http://www.scmagazine.com/take-to-the-offense-with-intel/article/264315/ –Chris

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Updating my feed location…thanks Google

Well thanks to a borked Feedburner to Google transfer I need to update my feed location.  The current feed http://feeds.feedburner.com/wwwInfosecpodcastcom will be moved to http://feeds2.feedburner.com/infosecpodcastcom one week from today, 6/11/09. –Chris Technorati Tags: Feedburner, Google Sucks

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Funny comment Spam

I am doing some housecleaning (in more ways than one) and came across this comment awaiting approval from yesterday.  ”Your previous posts were real rubbish, but this is good. This one is brilliant. Your blog is getting really better.” The email address was a fake and the URL they left was to a porn site. [...]

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Traveling to FL, GA and NC

I will be in Orlando tonight and tomorrow night, Atlanta on Wednesday and Raleigh-Durham on Thursday. If anyone is around and wants to grab some food / drink let me know. –Chris

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Your favorite Mac apps?

I have a shiny new MacBook Pro, finally. What are your favorite Mac apps? What should I not be without? Thanks! –Chris Technorati Tags: MacBook, Applications

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New layout / theme in the works

I’m working on a new layout / theme. I’ve found a couple bugs in the CSS that affect the layout so you may see some strange behavior until things are fixed. –Chris

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I got tagged now????

A friend of mine, Jake, recently started blogging and stumbled across blog-tagging so he tags me. I managed to dodge all of the tagging that went around with my fellow security bloggers (Mike F, Mike R, Alan, Mitchell). I am going to cheat a little. Since practically every blogger I know has been tagged I’ll [...]

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