Month: July 2010
what happens in vegas happens without me
Due to some last minute stuff at work, I am sitting here in rainy, hot and humid NYC rather than getting my geek on out…
playing in the sandbox for security
Sounds like Adobe is planning to take action to make Reader a less attractive target for hackers. According to a report out today, the maker…
siemens to scada users – don’t change that default password – yikes!
Some new developments in the Siemens SCADA trojan story… It turns out that the trojan uses a well known default password to log in to…
new windows 0-day targets SCADA, threatens us all
Over the past few days, reports of a new attack against Windows based SCADA systems (the computer software which control power plants, water treatment facilities…
russian spies with a distinctly capitalist bent
The Russian spy ring seems to be the gift that just keeps on giving in terms of blog fuel. First… if this story is to…
hiding in plain sight… or not
One of the revelations from the recent capture of a number of deep cover Russian spies here in the US was that they used steganography…
giving away the plans to the fort?
OK, call me a cold war relic, but I find the recent revelation that Microsoft has provided the source code for Windows, SQL Server, and…
enterprise risk management seminar in nyc 7/14
Interested in Enterprise Rights Management? In the New York City metro area? Free on July 14th? New York Metro InfraGard is putting on an ERM…
skype crypto reverse engineered – world continues rotating
Here’s an interesting story that bears some watching… security researcher Sean O’Neill claims to have reverse engineered the proprietary encryption which Skype uses to protect voice,…
who’s watching the watchers? in this case, nobody
Friday’s Wall Street Journal featured a page 1 article (unfortunately behind a subscription paywall – less detailed but free coverage here, but you can get…
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