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State of the Internet
Archive for December, 2006
Insight to Small Company Administrators
Tuesday, December 26th, 2006 Posted in Helpful | No Comments »
Just got this from the Internet Storm Center. In his article "A Security Sampler," Kevin Liston wrote about some very interesting findings from a box full of laptops scheduled ... Read more..Converting Programs to Bypass AntiVirus
Sunday, December 24th, 2006 Posted in Helpful | 2 Comments »
Recently I noticed an entry by Kevin Thompson (mn_kthompson) on the Ethical Hacker Network (EHN). The author talked about Bypassing Signature based anti-virus software (http://www.ethicalhacker.net/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,49/topic,940.msg2845/#new). Although Kevin is not a ... Read more..EHN Skillz Challenge - A Christmas (Hacking) Story
Saturday, December 23rd, 2006 Posted in Helpful | 1 Comment »
I just found the Ethical Hacker Network site about two months ago. The thing that drew me to it were the hacking challenges written by Ed Skoudis and friends. ... Read more..Security Friday Fast Fact: How does SSL protect me?
Friday, December 22nd, 2006 Posted in Helpful, Kudos | No Comments »
This week I contributed to the The Security Catalyst's Security Friday Fast Facts . Below I have reprinted the original article. How does Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protect ... Read more..Foundstone Freeware Tools and Pentesting Scenarios Updated
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006 Posted in Helpful | No Comments »
I am not sure when these got updated but this is the first time that I have noticed that Foundstone has updated some of their freeware tools available through their ... Read more..Firewall Leak Test - Opportunity Awaits
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006 Posted in Helpful | No Comments »
How does your firewall hold up against outbound testing? If your answer is that you are prompted for approval every time a new application tries to connect to a remote ... Read more..Secure Web Coding Notes and Papers
Sunday, December 10th, 2006 Posted in Helpful | No Comments »
I was thinking about doing some consulting on a web application assessment team. I wanted to re-familiarize myself with the methods used to securely code a web application in case ... Read more..Visio Viewer
Sunday, December 10th, 2006 Posted in Helpful | No Comments »
Recently I have started doing some work as a GIAC Gold Advisor. GIAC students who wish to upgrade their Silver Certification to a Gold Certification must write a business ... Read more..Perfect Xmas Gift
Saturday, December 9th, 2006 Posted in Helpful | No Comments »
I have been reading a lot recently for several reasons. One of which is because I really need to get back into the groove of the technical side of security. ... Read more..Xmas Card Vulnerabilities
Friday, December 8th, 2006 Posted in Helpful | No Comments »
I was talking with a few of the Trusted Catalysts who were pondering the vagueness of the recent advisory released by Microsoft concerning multiple versions of Microsoft Word ... Read more..