4sysops – For Windows Administrators – Zone-h published a new statistics report about registered attacks. In 2007, Apache websites were defaced 319,439 times whereas IIS sites (IIS 6.0 + IIS 5.0) were attacked only 137,599 times. Of course, one has to take into account that there are (still) more Apache sites out there. So, I used the latest Netcraft data to calculate [...] read more
SecurityGeeks are Sexy Technology News – By Mark O’Neill
This article in the New York Times really struck a raw nerve with me because it is a touchy subject in my life at the moment. The article is about spammers who are moving their harassment from emails to the cellphone (or mobile phone if you are in Europe).
Never a day goes [...] read more
bloginfosec.com – If politics is a contact sport, why do I expect that we will not hear the political argument, “If You Can’t Protect Your Website, How Can You Protect The Country?” Why do I think that is it unlikely to be used as a valid political attack in the public discourse within our current US election?
It seems to me that the main reason politicians stay away from using hacking as a political weapon is the ease at which it may be used against them at some point in the future. Politicians can’t change their public voting record, their former associations or last night’s speech (i.e., the past), but their website could be hacked in the future.
Imagine this scenario: candidate A gets hacked. Candidate B makes [...] read more
Cyber Cynic – Security people can talk until theyre blue in the face about the dangers of unsecured Windows PCs and how they can be used in botnets. Does anyone listen?
Well, it sure doesnt seem like it some days. Perhaps this Botnet map from CSO will help get the message across. [...] read more
