bloginfosec.com – I have recently been giving some thought to, and doing some research into, application security metrics, and I have determined, quite simply, that there aren’t any good ones.
“How ridiculous” you say, “We have two dozen application security metrics, which we report in real time, daily, weekly and fortnightly.” Yes, I understand. You have measures that [...] read more
SecurityAndy ITGuy – At least that is apparently what Judge Louis Stanton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York thinks. He has ordered Google to turn over 12 terabytes of data to Viacom. This data contains PERSONAL information on all YouTube users who have created an account and viewed videos. This data contains user IDs, IP addresses and viewing/uploading history. Obviously this does present a teeny bit of a privacy concern. The good Judge Stanton dismissed Googles privacy concerns as read more
bloginfosec.com – There was an article by Timothy Aeppel on the front page of the June 13, 2008 issue of The Wall Street Journal with the title “Stung by Soaring Transport Cost, Factories Bring Jobs Home Again” (subscription required). The article is about manufacturers bringing back some of their production from China to domestic plants because the [...] read more
Webtools & Tips – It has now been confirmed.
In a recent study, folks from Google, IBM and Communication Systems Group in Switzerland, have discovered that more than 40% of all the Internet users are exposed to malware risks because of unsafe browsers. Only 60% of the Internet users bother to update their browsers with the latest patches and [...] read more
