Hacking The XBox: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering was dropped by the publisher that was originally going to print it. They feared that Microsoft might pursue legal action using the ... Read More

Federal agents on Friday arrested an unidentified 18-year old in St. Paul, Minnesota for allegedly creating a version of the MSBlaster worm which recently wreaked havoc on Internet-connected computers. Taking ... Read More

How Secure Is Your Wireless Network? (Safeguarding Your Wi-Fi LAN) from Lee Barken is a great new book on securing your wireless network. It provides detailed and comprehensive coverage of ... Read More

Hardware manufacturer Netgear has admitted that a flaw in the NTP (Network Time Protocol) implementation in some of their routers was the cause of a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack against the ... Read More

The speculation that the Microsoft RPC flaw may have been responsible for the Great Blackout of 2003, combined with the revelation that a United States nuclear power facility had its ... Read More

Hack Proofing Your Wireless Network is an excellent book on wireless network security and a valuable reference for anyone implementing or administering a wireless network. It provides comprehensive coverage on ... Read More

The Linux Security Cookbook from O'Reilly publishing should be read by anyone administering a Linux computer. It provides a variety of "recipes" that give simple instructions for implementing and configuring ... Read More

Here is the quiz for the 10th and final lesson of the < ahref="http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/compsecurity101/">Computer Security 101 series. Take this quiz to see how much you learned about proactive security measures ... Read More

For those who need a little extra security than what is provided by Windows the SecurLock v1.3 USB encryption key is a good choice. SecurLock requires that the USB key ... Read More

Microsoft released two new Security Bulletins this week. MS03-032 (Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer) and MS03-033 (Unchecked Buffer in MDAC Function Could Enable System Compromise). The MS03-032 patch fixes all ... Read More

The TICSA Training Guide is one of the better exam preparation books in print. The information presented is done so in a clear and well-written manner. It provides a comprehensive ... Read More

It seems that almost everyone has instant messaging of some sort. It is quite common these days for people to exchange IM handles or nicknames along with names, phone numbers ... Read More

From the time that Microsoft released Security Bulletin MS03-026 on July 16 the network and security administrators around the world have sort of held their collective breath waiting for the ... Read More

Its a wrap! Here is the 10th and final lesson of the Computer Security 101 Series. Lesson 10 provides some more hints and tips for ways you can proactively protect ... Read More

There are a variety of books available on the subject of hacker tools and techniques and how to defend against them: Hacking Exposed, Hack Attacks Revealed, Hackers Beware and Counter ... Read More

Acxiom is one of the world's largest consumer database companies- housing private and confidential information on millions of consumers from many different clients. The company was unaware that any information ... Read More

A short while ago I completed a product review of St. Bernard's iPrism Appliance v3.3. I found the appliance to work well for its intended purpose- filtering web access and ... Read More

Tim Speed and Juanita Ellis have both spent years helping corporations create secure networks and implement technology, policies and procedures to help them stay secure. In this book, Internet Security: ... Read More

Safe and Secure (Secure Your Home Network and Protect Your Privacy Online) by Arman Danesh, Ali Mehrassa and Felix Lau is a very well-written book focused primarily on information security ... Read More

Information security heavyweights Becky Bace (co-author of Intrusion Detection and A Guide to Forensic Testimony), Gerhard Eschelbeck (CTO & Vice President of Engineering of Qualys), and Mike Shema (co-author of ... Read More

Riverhead Networks fills a niche security market that might benefit many companies who make their living online. Not quite a firewall and not exactly an intrusion prevention system (IPS), Riverhead ... Read More

There is only one lesson left in the Computer Security 101 series. If you haven't already done so, you should read Lesson 9. You can take this quiz to see ... Read More

New vulnerabilities are discovered almost daily. Vendors release an almost constant stream of patches to repair flaws. The challenge for corporations is to make sure they get patches applied to ... Read More

Firewalls have evolved over the years from being a cutting edge luxury with rather rudimentary filtering to being a mandatory part of any network defense with more advanced filtering capabilities. ... Read More

Well, actually its only a Top 10. Qualys, an information security firm, has started a web site to track the vulnerabilities currently being exploited by the hackers, crackers and phreaks ... Read More

While there are a number of security features in Internet Explorer, the average user doesn't know they exist or how to configure them. Secure IE 2003 from Winferno helps users ... Read More