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What is Ethical?
2009-08-10 07:37:00 If one of my college professors stumbled across this post she'd probably have a heart attack, since she taught an entire course on ethics. Yet it seemed like the most appropriate title for this post. Over years the years, how many countless inventions have improved mankind, yet have introduced a negative side effect? The gun provides ...
Has SBN Stopped Being Useful?
2009-08-07 07:29:00 I think that the Security Bloggers Network (SBN) is amazing, so please don't misinterpret this post... I've provided the domain for the website and host a mailing list (although it was infrequently used even during the 2 months when people used it). Yet I have to wonder if it is perhaps becoming a little too ...
SSH Brute Force Attempts ? GeoLocation
2009-08-04 06:06:00 A couple of weeks ago, I posted regarding the logs of some SSH bruce force attempts I had logged on my server, and was looking through. One of the comments was asking for geolocation of the IP Addresses. Tonight I decided to make use of the service available at ip2location.com and geolocate each of the ... More About: Force
Screenshot == Reported to FBI?
2009-07-15 23:28:00 I have to say that I was completely shocked when I read this (via SpywareGuide)yesterday... the first thing I did was send it to everyone I was talking to on IM. Write to help protect people from phishing sites and have a complaint filed with the FBI? There's something seriously wrong with this picture. PayPal seems ... More About: Screenshot
Does (Spam|Phishing) Filtering == Email Censoring?
2009-07-14 15:32:00 I was reading about the Gmail Labs option to display a key icon if the sender's domain is signed using DKIM and the sender is eBay or PayPal. This allows you to quickly verify if the email is legitimate by looking at the icon. Now it apparently takes some work for a domain to be ... More About: Spam , Email , Phishing , Censoring
SSH Brute Force Attempts
2009-07-13 07:44:00 Quite a while ago I modified an instance of sshd to log the client version and password for every attempted login. I then set it listening on a seperate interface that I never log into. I finally got a chance to parse the logs (3 grep lines to dump data from the auth logs and ... More About: Force
How Important is an IP Address?
2009-07-05 07:41:00 There's an interesting post on VitalSecurity.org by paperghost. He's talking about a feature in Gmail that allows you to see all IP Address es logged into your Gmail account and even sign out all other users. He has two interesting thoughts in the article. That there's now a privacy concern if an attacker is in your ...
Welcome to the Blogging Scene: Forage Security Inc.
2009-07-05 05:45:00 I wanted to write a quick little post to let everyone know about a new blog that they should keep an eye on. The Forage Security Inc. blog contains posts from a former colleague.... someone I consider to be a good friend and one of the brightest guys I know. I expect that you'll see ... More About: Blogroll , Blogging , Scene
Who Will Use Microsoft Security Essentials?
2009-07-04 23:27:00 Randy Abrams (who's a great guy to share a beer with if you ever have the chance) of ESET briefly mentioned the impact that Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) will have on the AV market in a blog post a couple of weeks ago. A commenter mentioned that MSE meant that his father would now install AV. ...
Terminology Woes
2009-07-04 07:14:00 Tonight I started thinking that one of the biggest problems affecting IT today is the lack of a clearly defined terminology (both terms and acronyms). Sure certain things have had standardization (CPE comes to mind as a great example) but generally terms are not common across the board. Let's consider a few examples. VM - Do ... More About: Terminology
Gmail Lab?s Reply-to-All
2009-06-26 06:04:00 I don't know about everyone else, but I tend to send hit 'Reply to All' much more frequently than just Reply. So when the Gmail labs feature to make 'Reply to All' the default became available, I was rather excited. It isn't much (a simple click on a drop down) but it made life more ...
What is InfoSec?
2009-06-25 06:23:00 When you speak to individuals working in our industry, you'll get a variety of answers for what they do. This near endless list of titles includes: Software Engineer Software Developer Security Engineer Support Specialist Research Engineer Network Admin System Admin The list goes on and on. Historically, I've divided those within IT into one of four groups: Developer Information Security (IS) Professional Information Technology (IT) Professional Web ...
MySQLdb in Cygwin
2009-06-09 06:26:00 I use Windows XP on all of my 4 primary machines (work, work, laptop & home). The only reason I like Windows XP is because it holds PuTTY windows so nicely and allows me to Alt-Tab between them. No Linux distro or Window Manager has ever really had the Alt-Tab experience that Windows XP provides. The ... More About: Tutorials , Python
MySQLdb in Cygwin
2009-06-09 06:26:00 I use Windows XP on all of my 4 primary machines (work, work, laptop & home). The only reason I like Windows XP is because it holds PuTTY windows so nicely and allows me to Alt-Tab between them. No Linux distro or Window Manager has ever really had the Alt-Tab experience that Windows XP provides. The ... More About: Tutorials , Python
Vendor Snakeoil
2009-05-06 02:21:00 One of the coolest booth prizes at RSA had to be from an appliance builder that was having a draw for a free prototype appliance ($2000 value). Thinking this would be an awesome win, i quickly filled out the form and placed it in the fish bowl. That was the last I heard of this ...
Vendor Snakeoil
2009-05-06 02:21:00 One of the coolest booth prizes at RSA had to be from an appliance builder that was having a draw for a free prototype appliance ($2000 value). Thinking this would be an awesome win, i quickly filled out the form and placed it in the fish bowl. That was the last I heard of this ...
Vendor Snakeoil
2009-05-06 02:21:00 One of the coolest booth prizes at RSA had to be from an appliance builder that was having a draw for a free prototype appliance ($2000 value). Thinking this would be an awesome win, i quickly filled out the form and placed it in the fish bowl. That was the last I heard of this ...
Post-Post RSA
2009-05-04 06:36:00 Note: this was a series of posts following RSA but some personal issues delayed this and now I'm posting a single post on the subject. This was my first year at RSA, and via the wonder of blogging, I had a press pass. I also, unfortunately, had an exhibitor badge. That isn't to say I didn't ... More About: Post , Conferences
Post-Post RSA
2009-05-04 06:36:00 Note: this was a series of posts following RSA but some personal issues delayed this and now I'm posting a single post on the subject. This was my first year at RSA, and via the wonder of blogging, I had a press pass. I also, unfortunately, had an exhibitor badge. That isn't to say I didn't ... More About: Post , Conferences
Post-Post RSA
2009-05-04 06:36:00 Note: this was a series of posts following RSA but some personal issues delayed this and now I'm posting a single post on the subject. This was my first year at RSA, and via the wonder of blogging, I had a press pass. I also, unfortunately, had an exhibitor badge. That isn't to say I didn't ... More About: Post , Conferences
RSA - At the Booth with Jenko Hwong of Mirapoint
2009-04-23 19:24:00 Q. What is your role at $vendor? A. Director Product Management Q. What got you into IT/IS? A. started programming in 5th grade on a Commodore Pet, got an Atari 800, self-taught assembly...many yrs later studied CS and went into a startup in early client-server out of college. Q. What do you do outside of IT/IS? A. 6yr+4-yr old twins...Reminisce ... More About: Conferences
RSA - At the Booth with Jenko Hwong of Mirapoint
2009-04-23 19:24:00 Q. What is your role at $vendor? A. Director Product Management Q. What got you into IT/IS? A. started programming in 5th grade on a Commodore Pet, got an Atari 800, self-taught assembly...many yrs later studied CS and went into a startup in early client-server out of college. Q. What do you do outside of IT/IS? A. 6yr+4-yr old twins...Reminisce ... More About: Conferences
RSA - At the Booth with Jenko Hwong of Mirapoint
2009-04-23 19:24:00 Q. What is your role at $vendor? A. Director Product Management Q. What got you into IT/IS? A. started programming in 5th grade on a Commodore Pet, got an Atari 800, self-taught assembly...many yrs later studied CS and went into a startup in early client-server out of college. Q. What do you do outside of IT/IS? A. 6yr+4-yr old twins...Reminisce ... More About: Conferences
At RSA
2009-04-21 11:15:00 I've arrived! After almost being removed from the plane (due to a double booked seat), I've finally made it to SF. I visited Denny's and now I'm going to grab ~3 hours sleep before I kick off my day. I'll be blogging the conference, as well as mentioning it on twitter. You can follow treguly on ... More About: Conferences
At RSA
2009-04-21 11:15:00 I've arrived! After almost being removed from the plane (due to a double booked seat), I've finally made it to SF. I visited Denny's and now I'm going to grab ~3 hours sleep before I kick off my day. I'll be blogging the conference, as well as mentioning it on twitter. You can follow treguly on ... More About: Conferences
At RSA
2009-04-21 11:15:00 I've arrived! After almost being removed from the plane (due to a double booked seat), I've finally made it to SF. I visited Denny's and now I'm going to grab ~3 hours sleep before I kick off my day. I'll be blogging the conference, as well as mentioning it on twitter. You can follow treguly on ... More About: Conferences
RSA - At the Booth with Tim Keanini of nCircle
2009-04-21 11:05:00 Q. What is your role at nCircle? A. I am the Chief Technology Officer. In terms of responsibility, it means that I try to add value in technical areas of the company and stay out of areas where I don?t add value. nCircle has a ?whatever it takes? culture and it keeps things fresh and new. ... More About: Conferences
RSA - At the Booth with Tim Keanini of nCircle
2009-04-21 11:05:00 Q. What is your role at nCircle? A. I am the Chief Technology Officer. In terms of responsibility, it means that I try to add value in technical areas of the company and stay out of areas where I don?t add value. nCircle has a ?whatever it takes? culture and it keeps things fresh and new. ... More About: Conferences
RSA - At the Booth with Tim Keanini of nCircle
2009-04-21 11:05:00 Q. What is your role at nCircle? A. I am the Chief Technology Officer. In terms of responsibility, it means that I try to add value in technical areas of the company and stay out of areas where I don?t add value. nCircle has a ?whatever it takes? culture and it keeps things fresh and new. ... More About: Conferences
RSA - At the Booth with Mark Wood of nCircle
More articles from this author:2009-04-20 17:20:00 Q. What is your role at $vendor? A. VP Product Management at nCircle. My job is to make sure that nCircle continues to build the most effective and most competitive solutions to the most urgent customer security and compliance audit problems. Q. What got you into IT/IS? A. Actually, it was 1982 and I was just starting college. ... More About: Conferences , Wood , Mark 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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