Interesting Information Security Bits for 12/29/2008

Good afternoon everybody! I hope your day is going well.

Here are today's Interesting Information Security Bits from around the web.

1. Benny has his recap of Day 1 of #25C3. You can also search twitter for a lot of info about the conference.
   #25C3 Day 1 overview: A quiet start | Security4all - Dedicated to digital security, enterprise 2.0 and presentation skills
   Tags: ( conferences #25C3 )
2. Hiding things in plain sight.
   The Mocking Eye / unisteg.py -- Hiding text in text using unicode
   Tags: ( unicode stegonography )
3. Domdingelom has a post worth reading and thinking about.
   Domdingelom on security, fun and life: on the risk of inaccurate 'assessments'
   Tags: ( pentest assessment )
4. Part 2 of Mathew's magstripe series is up. More tasty information.
   MatthewNeely.com - Security Second Thoughts - Magstripe Analysis Part 2 - HiCo and LoCo Cards
   Tags: ( tutorial magstripe )
5. Part 7 is ready. I've mentioned all the previous parts here, but they are also linked in the first paragraph of the post.
   Building A Web Application Security Program: Part 7, Secure Operations | securosis.com
   Tags: ( program webappsec )
6. George has penned a great article that asks some fundamental questions about securing your data when it is in the cloud. Good stuff.
   Cloud Computing Security: What About It? - Security Blog - InformationWeek
   Tags: ( cloud-computing )

That's it for today. Have fun!

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Kevin