25 Jul 2008

Is Your DNS Patched?

In case you have been living under a rock for the past month you have most likely heard about the DNS cache exploit recently discovered by Dan Kaminsky.  This might be one of the most severe flaws discovered as it was cross platform affecting everything... The Lazy Admin »
Many of you are aware that my favorite independent coffee shop closed about a month ago. Since then I'm having a hard time finding a good place to work from when I don't go into the office. I've tried another local coffee shop that is just too small and... (posted on 5 Sep 2008 by Andy ITGuy)
This is the analysis of my last poll; the responses are here and also below. First, the most obvious conclusion: people still don't care much about log security; I am saying that since this was BY FAR the least popular of my polls. Only 24 people... (posted on 5 Sep 2008 by Anton Chuvakin on Security)
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] Our own Mark O’Neill clued me in to this little gem.  The Register is reporting that the iPhone may not be as secure as once thought.  While the new “enterprise” features are supposedly state of the art, there... (posted on 4 Sep 2008 by Geeks are Sexy Technology News)
Anonymailer is a tool to send anonymous emails meaning you can send anybody a mail from any body’s email address.With this application you can send emails, using any name you feel like, and as it asks for the sender’s email address, so you can also... (posted on 3 Sep 2008 by Technospot.Net)
Network access control (NAC) is growing up. Having overcome the hype and stumbles of its early years, the technology has entered adolescence. Industry analysts say companies were initially slow to implement NAC but now many are embarking on NAC... (posted on 3 Sep 2008 by Web Informant)

3 Sep 2008

What CAN You Do?

This is NOT a funny post. At all.Alan is not the only one who got 0wned. I am hearing VERY disturbing rumors from some other people (sorry, can't share them here) - and they are good, paranoid people :-) People who don't have a password of "password."... (posted on 3 Sep 2008 by Anton Chuvakin on Security)

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