Back To School
Monday September 26, 2005
Now that Fall is in the air and school is back in session, I thought it would be a good time to re-introduce the free courses available here on this ... Read More
Extremely Critical Firefox and Thunderbird Vulnerability
Friday September 23, 2005
According to security vulnerability alerts from Secunia, the Firefox web browser and the Thunderbird email client from Mozilla are both vulnerable to flaws which Secunia has dubbed Extremely Critical. The ... Read More
Katrina Scams Proliferate
Wednesday September 21, 2005
With Hurricane Rita entering the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 4 hurricane with the potential to reach Category 5- with winds OVER 155 mph- before making landfall in Texas, ... Read More
Six Dumbest Ideas In Computer Security
Tuesday September 13, 2005
Marcus Ranum, Chief Security Officer of Tenable Network Security and author of Myth of Homeland Security, contributed an article recently to certifiedsecuritypro.com. The article, titled The Six Dumbest Ideas In ... Read More
Security Lessons From Katrina
Tuesday September 13, 2005
Bruce Schneier, CTO of Counterpane Internet Security and author of Beyond Fear, analyzes the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in comparison to a terrorist attack in an op-ed article for a ... Read More
New Flaw Found In Firefox Web Browser
Monday September 12, 2005
A vulnerability has been identified in the Firefox web browser software which could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on a target system. Mozilla is aware of the bug ... Read More
Beware Hurricane Katrina Scams
Friday September 9, 2005
Tragedies and natural disasters are often used by those with less than honorable intentions as a means of tricking users. Hurricane Katrina is no exception. One week after the hurricane ... Read More
Book Review: Phishing- Cutting The Identity Theft Line
Friday September 9, 2005
Have you received an email this week from eBay, Citibank, Paypal or some other financial institution or commercial entity claiming that there is some sort of issue with your account ... Read More
Book Review: Hacking Exposed- Computer Forensics
Monday September 5, 2005
Responding to security incidents is part of a network or security administrator's job. But, if the incident response is not handled properly, any chance of pursuing legal action against the ... Read More
