Security Ripcord


Archive for April, 2006

IT Security – Moonlite Bunny Ranch Style

Saturday, April 29th, 2006 Posted in Bunny Ranch, PDC, Penetration Testing, Security | 3,483 views No Comments »

I know that I am going to get a lot of flack about this but I just couldn't help myself. The other night I was reviewing an assessment report when I ... Read more..

Ransomware In The Wild

Friday, April 28th, 2006 Posted in Malware, SANS | 968 views No Comments »

Darknet has pointed out that there is a new rash of malicious programs out there that are extorting money from computer end-users. I know that this is not necessarily ... Read more..

Ethics, In Podcasts and Blogs

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 Posted in Ethics, Hacking, PDC | 1,238 views No Comments »

There has been a lot of talk about Ethics lately in several Podcasts and blogs. Paul, Larry, and "Twitchy" have really pushed it to the forefront in their show ... Read more..

SANS Advisor Volume 2, No. 1 Is Now Available

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006 Posted in SANS, Tools | 1,110 views No Comments »

The lastest edition of the SANS Advisor is out. This time they used two of my articles: "Taking SNMP for a Walk" and "Please Don't Decrypt My File." ... Read more..

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Friday, April 21st, 2006 Posted in Emotional, Helpful | 4,153 views No Comments »

As you can see I have not blogged in a while. There are several reasons for this but the main reason is that my sister, Beverly, has been diagnosed ... Read more..

I Should Take My Own Advice – Before Distaster

Saturday, April 8th, 2006 Posted in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Security | 1,505 views 2 Comments »

Recently I wrote about personal safety being the response of the individual.  Well, after a power outage last night I realize that I am a little deficient in my business ... Read more..

Great Job Hunting Resources

Friday, April 7th, 2006 Posted in Helpful | 861 views No Comments »

I recently (about an hour ago) listened to Martin McKeay's Podcast Roundtable interview with Dan Sweet about Counter Offers. Although the podcast was good I am throughly impressed with ... Read more..

Let’s All Get Together

Thursday, April 6th, 2006 Posted in Apple, Microsoft, Virtual Machines | 913 views No Comments »

Finally, we are going to be able to merge the most popular operating systems onto one machine (well, almost all of them). Although I haven't looked into it Martin ... Read more..

Put Up Or Shut Up

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006 Posted in Emotional, SSH | 1,585 views No Comments »

I have to agree with Richard Bejtlich and the recent article in The Jem Report by Jem Matzan that we need to support OpenSSH better. I know that I use ... Read more..

Breadcrumbs

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006 Posted in Security | 881 views No Comments »

Okay, if you are going to do something wrong don't leave a trail for somebody to follow. This article about tracking down a spammer reminds me of the bank ... Read more..