by kriggins on November 23, 2009
Good afternoon everybody! I hope your day is going well.
Here are today's Interesting Information Security Bits from around the web.
Check out this article for some hints and tips on stopping phishing.
Stop Phishing: A simple guide - Michael M. Knight
Tags: ( phishing )
Chris offers some thoughts on working with external data sources in a narrowly scoped [...]
by kriggins on October 5, 2009
Good afternoon everybody! I hope your day is going well.
Here are today's Interesting Information Security Bits from around the web.
It's been said many times before, you have to know where your data is before you can protect it. Jack offers some thoughts on getting started.
Uncommon Sense Security: A starting point
Tags: ( data )
Everybody should have [...]
by kriggins on September 10, 2009
Good afternoon everybody! I hope your day is going well.
Here are today's Interesting Information Security Bits from around the web.
Check out your ability to get off the hook in a phishing attack.
Network Security Blog >> How's your phishing savvy?
Tags: ( phishing )
If by chance you didn't get your WordPress installation patched in time and [...]
by kriggins on July 9, 2009
Good afternoon everybody! I hope your day is going well.
Here are today's Interesting Information Security Bits from around the web.
Dark Reading is hosting a free all-day virtual conference titled "Dealing with Insider Threats" next week.
Dark Reading To Hold Virtual Conference On Insider Threats Next Week - security events/Security - DarkReading
Tags: ( conference )
You can download [...]
by kriggins on June 17, 2009
Good afternoon everybody! I hope your day is going well.
Here are today's Interesting Information Security Bits from around the web.
ISC has a nifty services file that also includes a bunch of ports on which different trojans and malware listen.
http://isc.sans.org/services.html
Tags: ( ports malware )
Here's a little something to play with in your reversing lab, the Kindle [...]
by kriggins on June 1, 2009
Good afternoon everybody! I hope your day is going well.
Here are today's Interesting Information Security Bits from around the web.
Amrit debunks 5 information security myths.
The Top 5 Cyber Security Myths << Amrit Williams Blog
Tags: ( general myths )
WooHoo! Sourcefire celebrated 10 years last week.
Sourcefire Network Security - Investor Relations - Press Release
Tags: ( ids ips [...]
by kriggins on May 18, 2009
Good afternoon everybody! I hope your day is going well.
Here are today's Interesting Information Security Bits from around the web.
Shrdlu points out that knowledge bias is a problem we need to be aware. I'll leave it to Shrdlu to explain what knowledge bias (my term) is
"Security is dead" must DIE.
Tags: ( bias )
Jack offers [...]
by kriggins on March 25, 2009
Good afternoon everybody! I hope your day is going well.
Here are today's Interesting Information Security Bits from around the web.
Time to patch your OpenView installations.
HP patches critical OpenView flaws
Tags: ( vulnerability patches hp openview )
A nice list of some free tools. I was not aware of a couple.
8 Great Free Security Tools - Network World
Tags: [...]
by kriggins on January 29, 2009
Good afternoon everybody! I hope your day is going well.
Here are today's Interesting Information Security Bits from around the web.
This might be very interesting. I have not read it yet, but it is going on the reading pile.
ISACA Business Model for Information Security : Security Watch - Internet Security News: IT security, Business security, Computer [...]
by kriggins on January 19, 2009
Today's Bits include anti-virus for Windows 7 Beta, hard drive failures, budget cutting, battling crsf and such, md5 collisions, and a pretty nifty joke by Microsoft developers. See below for details and have a great day.
If, like me, you are running Windows 7 Beta and need an anti-virus solution, fear no more. You have three [...]