Interesting Information Security Bits for 09/01/2009

by kriggins on September 1, 2009

in Interesting Bits

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

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

  1. Xavier has a script you can use with nmap to scan for IIS FTP servers that may be susceptible to the recent 0-day.
    /dev/random >> Detecting Vulnerable IIS-FTP Hosts Using Nmap
    Tags: ( nmap ftp iis )
  2. Chapter 2 of Michael's excellent book "Into the Breach" is now available for free in audio format.
    Into the Breach - Audio Series - Chapter 2 (People Just Want to Do Their Jobs) : The Security Catalyst
    Tags: ( books audio )
  3. Issue 22 is out of (IN)Secure. Good stuff inside. Direct link to PDF.
    INSECURE-Mag-22.pdf (application/pdf Object)
    Tags: ( magazine )
  4. I read the Farhad Manjoo piece that Ben is referencing and was amazed. Ben does a great job of speaking to the points that Farhad tried to make.
    innismir.net -- Why corporate IT chains your computers
    Tags: ( general )

That's it for today. Have fun!

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Kevin

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