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Reckless Blogging
I am purposely going to be vague in this post due to the nature of the subject, and my feelings on it. Recently a blogger had a post where he discussed a news article written about a military agency and an FTP site they have. This agency is actively using the anonymous FTP site but [...]
Continue reading...RFP for PenTesting
11. July 2007
eWeek has a decent RFP template you can use when selecting a company to provide PenTest services. It’s not perfect but it is a great start if you have nothing. The RFP is on page 44 of the July9th issue. If you happen to be looking for those services check out NMI InfoSecurity Solutions. They produce [...]
Continue reading...Declassified window film stops wireless / cell signals
6. July 2007
I saw this one on Slashdot the other day science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/03/0228246&from=rss Quote from article: “Once manufactured under an exclusive contract with the US government, this recently declassified window film is now available to the public. But don’t expect to see it on store shelves anytime soon. Currently, it’s only available directly from the manufacturer, [...]
Continue reading...I don’t think security innovation is dead
5. July 2007
I’ve been thinking about Martin leaving Cobia and my own career path. For about 10 seconds I thought of picking up the phone and calling Mitchell to see if they were going to replace Martin. I really enjoy working the vendor side of the house. I remember the thrill of pitching NitroSecurity’s [...]
Continue reading...Will iPhone support Exchange?
30. June 2007
I’ve been following the press regarding the iPhone, as are many others. I’ll go on record as saying that damn thing is cool. If it supported Exchange I probably would have been one of those enthusiasts (or idiots depending on your POV) standing in line all night to get one. The [...]
Continue reading...Comments not working
29. June 2007
Dominic from Nevis let me know that comments are disabled on my blog. It appears something is b0rked with my Wordpress install since I have the box checked for Allow Comments. I’ll work on it tonight. Thanks Dominic. –Chris UPDATE: Problem solved. I tried a new plugin and it apparently malfunctioned. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Comments not working", url: "http://www.infosecpodcast.com/2007/06/comments-not-working/" });
Continue reading...IP Address to User??
29. June 2007
The first time I had to investigate an incident that required looking in the firewall logs was sometime around 1994. What I remember most is that I had to find out whose computer on our LAN was behaving and having only an IP address to do it. Not a very easy thing [...]
Continue reading...Cell phone virus writer arrested in Spain
26. June 2007
Spanish police arrested a 28 year old man for writing several variants of the Cabir and Commwarrior viruses. These viruses targeted the Symbian operating system which is a popular cell phone OS. It was spread through Bluetooth connections. They are reporting that over 115,000 phones were infected. How did they catch him? He put his fiance’s [...]
Continue reading...- ICANN shutting down a Chinese registrar?
- Twitter + Security = Security Twits
- New blog theme
- New job for me :)
- Record IM video on the network?
- Security for Web Meetings?
- Funny comment Spam
- WoW adds 2 factor authentication
- Shoot yourself in the foot in any language
- Savant Protection supports Google Android
- Your favorite Mac apps? (8)
- Is Data Leak Prevention the next "big thing" in security? (6)
- Should I renew my CISSP? (5)
- NitroSecurity files for IPO (5)
- Whitedust.net called it quits? (5)
- Over reliance on industry analysts (4)
- VA loses another PC...36,000 at risk (4)
- Stopping 100% of web web proxies? (4)
- Juniper launches a switch line (4)
- Personal info lost on 540,000 New Yorkers (3)
- Record IM video on the network?
- WoW adds 2 factor authentication
- ICANN shutting down a Chinese registrar?
- Savant Protection supports Google Android
- Detecting Bot Command and Control Channels
- (ab)using Tor to spy on connections
- Anyone still blocking Javascript?
- Two job openings at my company
- Backpack mounted Laser
- Hacking Illustrated Videos
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20. July 2007
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