Today is New Year's Eve. Throughout the world people will gather to count down the final seconds of 2004 and ring in 2005. As each new year begins people tend ... Read More

SearchSecurity.com with host Shon Harris have posted the 6th in their series of free CISSP training courses. This is the description from their site: "Applications and computer systems are usually ... Read More

One big change, very noticeable in Windows Server 2003, is the difference in default settings. In this two-part article, we’ll look at how the out-of-the-box server differs in its defaults ... Read More

Internet Explorer is the bane of web browsing and computer security in the eyes of many. It sometimes seems as if a new critical security flaw is found in IE ... Read More

I don't know if you got that Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot, Range Model air rifle with a compass on the stock, but if you asked Santa Claus to bring ... Read More

Everyone seems to turn introspective and retrospective as each year ends. It seems like you can't turn on the TV or the radio without someone doing a greatest moments, top ... Read More

When the wind chill factor is below zero and the lakes are frozen over here in Michigan people tend to think about cutting a hole in the ice so they ... Read More

Small businesses often have the budget and expertise of a home user combined with the legal and regulatory obligations of a global enterprise when it comes to computer and network ... Read More

Installing an alarm system on your home or car can be an effective way of at least being alerted when some sort of intrusion has been attempted. Of course, they ... Read More

Microsoft announced today that they have acquired Giant Company Software, makers of Giant AntiSpyware. Bill Gates announced a couple months ago that Microsoft planned to focus on providing some form ... Read More

Microsoft released a Critical cumulative update patch for Internet Explorer a couple weeks ago, breaking their normal cycle of releasing Security Bulletins on the second Tuesday of each month to ... Read More

Pretty much since they began their revised Security Bulletin release schedule of only putting out Security Bulletins once a month on the second Tuesday of each month, Microsoft has provided ... Read More

Four minutes. That is all the time you have. In some cases you may only have 30 seconds, so relatively speaking 4 minutes is a long time. According to a ... Read More

When I obtained my CISSP certification, one of the things that most helped me in learning the information and preparing for the exam was Shon Harris' book CISSP All-In-One Exam ... Read More

Another year is coming to a close which means that it is time once again to reflect on the year. December is typically a time for taking a retrospective look ... Read More

A review of the book The Art of Intrusion by Kevin Mitnick and William Simon from Wiley Publishing. Kevin Mitnick is still under a federal gag order not to disclose ... Read More

About.com is in the holiday spirit! If you sign up for the free weekly newsletter from this site, not only will you get a weekly update of what is new ... Read More

Back on November 8, the second Tuesday of the month, when Microsoft released their Security Bulletins and patches for the month of November, they did not address the iFrame (or ... Read More

Given enough time and potential to try multiple username and password combinations an attacker might eventually succeed in compromising the security of a server or other computer. Account lockout policies ... Read More