I have written basic descriptions of what packet sniffing and port scanning are and I have plenty of tools available in the Free Packet Sniffers and Free Port Scanners section ... Read More

Before you start thinking that maybe you can use this little tidbit to give copies of Windows XP to all of your friends, it will only work as long as ... Read More

A review of the book Anti-Spam Tool Kit by Paul Wolfe, Charlie Scott and Mike Erwin. Spam is a scourge on email and the Internet as a whole and the ... Read More

Spyware and adware have quickly rocketed to the top of many users' security concerns. To augment my article, 5 Steps To Protect Yourself From Spyware, and the Free Spyware and ... Read More

With the release of the highly anticipated Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) there have been a barrage of reports of holes, flaws and vulnerabilities with the update. Now, there ... Read More

I debated over the past couple of days whether to bother even posting about this story. Basically, there has been a bunch of hoopla in the press about Eugene Kaspersky ... Read More

Network security in many cases is handled reactively. In fact, from day one companies were not prepared to have to defend their networks- not from hackers, viruses or any other ... Read More

In May of 2003 I reviewed eBlaster 3.0 from SpectorSoft and gave it 4 stars. Spector Pro 5.0, a different computer monitoring and surveillance program from SpectorSoft establishes a new ... Read More

The majority of email spam and a good percentage of email-borne viruses and other malware spoof the source address. That means that the address it appears to originate from is ... Read More

The aim of this white paper from Lucid Technology is to promote their modified IDS / IPS device which does what they call "Vulnerability Protection". The authors, CTO Vikram Phatak ... Read More

Seventeen minutes. According to the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center Survival Time data that is the current average time between network attacks or probes. In theory that means that if ... Read More

The Microsoft Windows operating system (OS) takes a lot of criticism regarding its security and stability. Some of it is just marketing hype from the competition or media hype, but ... Read More

Last week Microsoft released the much-anticipated Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) which includes the new and improved Windows Firewall. Should users rely on the new Windows Firewall or are ... Read More

According to a report in The Register, McAfee, formerly known as Network Associates, is acquiring vulnerability management firm Foundstone to expand the scope of their offerings and position them to ... Read More

CCIE Security Practice Labs (CCIE Self-Study) by Fahim Hussain and Yusuf Bhaiji contains seven comprehensive CCIE security labs to fine-tune your configuration and troubleshooting skills. This book will help you ... Read More

CNN.com has an interview on their site with Emmanuel Goldstein. According to the CNN.com article "Emmanuel Goldstein is the editor-in-chief of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly and hosts a weekly radio ... Read More

Windows XP Service Pack 2 has hit main street finally. While SP2 is a huge step forward and I highly recommend users install it from a security standpoint it is ... Read More

Netherlands-based Tools4Ever offers a couple of useful utilities for keeping an eye on your network. FREEping – Server Pinging is offered for free (as the name implies). This tool (which ... Read More

Wireless networks seem to be everywhere these days. From the time that wireless networks began springing up it has also opened new avenues for attackers to exploit and gain access ... Read More

As the first entry to my newly-created cyber fiction book review category I have reviewed the Dan Brown novel Digital Fortress. This is an excellent book revolving around the creation ... Read More

I have continued my work this week on trying to organize and update the book reviews section of the site. Rather than having to search through an alphabetical list of ... Read More

Normally it would say "bulletinS" instead of "bulletin" but there is only one bulletin this month. It is ranked as only a moderate risk and affects a relatively small number ... Read More

Marcus Ranum, author of Myth of Homeland Security and Senior Scientist at risk management firm TruSecure, wrote a satirical essay regarding the hype around patching. Essentially he states that the ... Read More

EFS (Encrypted File System) in Windows can be a great way to secure and protect your data. However, if you aren't careful you can lock even yourself out of your ... Read More

Hackers and Painters is a collection of essays by Paul Graham, co-founder of Viaweb. The topics of the essays bounce around a bit and you may not always agree with ... Read More

A while ago I wrote a preview of Windows XP Service Pack 2 based on the beta and release candidate versions. The official release was postponed but it is coming ... Read More

Last Wednesday United States Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Justice Department won a battle to expand their spying capabilities granted under the 1994 CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law ... Read More

At the recent Defcon 12 conference the United States government presented a "Meet The Feds" seminar and tried to entice young hackers to come to work for the government in ... Read More