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Archive for January, 2009
Leveraging Road Sign Hacking
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Posted in Hacking, Management, Security | 1,700 views No Comments »
Although we have seen some recent activity concerning a hacked road-side construction sign, you should be aware that this situation was documented on Jun 23, 2006 at 11:49 a.m. on ... Read more..Canceling Monster.com
Monday, January 26th, 2009 Posted in Passwords, Security | 2,797 views 1 Comment »
Okay, I just canceled my Monster.com account. I'm not really too upset about it because I have never gotten a job through it or any other online service. The closest ... Read more..Root Cause and Following Actions
Saturday, January 24th, 2009 Posted in Incident Response, Management, Risk, Security | 2,423 views 3 Comments »
Can you identify the root cause? What I mean is, if you were presented with a question, about how an event occurred, could you show the logical progression of how ... Read more..Conficker/Downadup – Securing The Internet
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in Disaster Recovery, Incident Response, Malware, Management, Security | 2,953 views 4 Comments »
I have to say one thing for the rash of Conficker/Downadup infected systems that are plaguing businesses around the world: This malware is helping the overall security of the Internet. Once ... Read more..Yara – Scout Sniper Initial Release
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 Posted in Malware, forensics | 2,553 views No Comments »
After reading about Yara in the Got Your Yara? post at Windows Incident Response I decided to try to see what I could do to make Yara portable. To this ... Read more..State of Texas Regulating Information Security Consultants
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 Posted in Management, Security, Texas, consulting, forensics | 2,816 views 5 Comments »
** It was recommended that I add a disclaimer stating I am not a lawyer. So, be advised, I am not a lawyer ** *** Update 2: shrdlu points out (see ... Read more..