My point still stands. The Google Desktop Search utility and other hard drive indexing and searching tools like X1 do not, in and of themselves, pose a security concern. However, ... Read More

Google recently released a desktop search utility similar to the X1 desktop search tool I reviewed a few months ago. Microsoft and Yahoo are promising similar tools coming soon. These ... Read More

Owen Linzmayer provides a thorough and in-depth look at the history of Apple Computers and the "casual" corporate environment that has led to so many creative and innovative technology concepts ... Read More

I offer a couple different courses available for free via email on this site. There is the Free Computer Security 101 course and the Free Introduction to Security Tools course. ... Read More

Just when you thought it was safe to surf the Web again...ok, you probably knew it still wasn't safe, but some new vulnerabilities have been uncovered in a variety of ... Read More

Traditionally, most ATM machines have been built on a core using the IBM OS/2 operating system. As the next generation of ATM machines is rolled out using Windows XP as ... Read More

The Checkpoint firewall has long been considered one of the best available and Checkpoint Firewall-1 NG is no exception. Dameon Welch-Abernathy, aka "PhoneBoy", is widely considered to be one of ... Read More

Today is the second Tuesday of October and that means it is time for the monthly security bulletins from Microsoft. This month they have issued 10 new bulletins- 7 ranked ... Read More

Drum roll please....And the winner of the most exploited vulnerability for 2004 is....Well, to find out you can check out the newly released 2004 edition of the annual SANS Top ... Read More

New threats arise constantly. New vulnerabilities are discovered in applications you may or may not use, or possibly with underlying technology or functions which may or may not be used ... Read More

I guess the post of Cybersecurity Czar really is a revolving door- and Howard Schmidt is playing that game like kids do where you don't exit on the other side ... Read More

Security Assessment: Case Studies for Implementing the NSA IAM from Syngress Publishing is a good book for anyone tasked with performing a security assessment of an organization. The authors' provide ... Read More

There is an area on the site under Information Resources where all of the past weekly newsletters are archived. However, it was woefully out of date until today. I have ... Read More

When the standards were created for wireless networking security was somewhat an afterthought. The WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) standard was thrown together quickly and it didn't take long for huge ... Read More

Microsoft has a great new tool planned for the next release of Windows. The Microsoft Shell, code-named "Monad", will be a powerful and flexible tool which will "allow developers or ... Read More

Recently there was a proposal which was DOA (dead on arrival) on Capitol Hill to move the office of Cybersecurity within the White House. There have long been complaints that ... Read More

Democracy is made stronger by open and honest debate about issues. Some elected officials seem to feel that they know what is best for this country without allowing for a ... Read More