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Archive for November, 2006

BackTrack 2.0 Hard Drive Install Procedures

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006 Posted in Helpful | 5 Comments »

The following is the step by step procedure I used to install Backtrack 2.0 in VMWare 5.5 Workstation on my Windows XP Professional system. Please Note: Most of these ... Read more..

A Problem With Paperless E-voting Systems? You Don’t Say

Sunday, November 19th, 2006 Posted in Helpful | No Comments »

Well, apparently Florida did not read Martin's post about states demanding a paper trail from the E-voting solutions they selected.  Now they are experiencing the results of not mitigating ... Read more..

Description of SQL Injection Attacks

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 Posted in Helpful | No Comments »

The strengthening of the network perimeter has been going on for many years.  Currently it is very uncommon to find large, medium, and even small companies that have ignored the ... Read more..

Pull Your Head Out and Learn a Lesson or Two, Microsoft!

Sunday, November 12th, 2006 Posted in Emotional, Helpful | No Comments »

While looking at the latest on Slashdot I noticed a reference to Microsoft's recent step into the social network sites.  "Hmmm," I thought to myself, "I wonder if they ... Read more..

Marine Corps Birthday and Those Who Have Contributed

Saturday, November 11th, 2006 Posted in Emotional | No Comments »

Yesterday, November 10, 2006, was the United State Marine Corps' 231st birthday.  What better way to celebrate than to award a Marine the Congressional Medal of Honor.  Corporal Jason L. ... Read more..

Crushing Hard Drives

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006 Posted in Helpful | No Comments »

And I mean CRUSHING hard drives.  A while back I wrote an article about "Data Classification and Media Destruction Methods " where I talked about the recommendations put out by ... Read more..

Forensic Test Images

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 Posted in Helpful | No Comments »

I was wondering how to start testing my knowledge of The Sleuth Kit and Autopsy when I ran across the Computer Forensic Reference Data Sets (CFReDS ) ... Read more..

Security is a part of the “Service and Support” Group

Saturday, November 4th, 2006 Posted in Helpful | 3 Comments »

I have been thinking a lot about work this week and Alan Shimel's recent blog post titled "Security for the everyman" has really driven it home.  Security professionals, security researchers, ... Read more..