I was Duped by Dilbert
I was Duped By Dilbert. Or, more accurately, Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, and the author of How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, duped…
DetailsCan’t Touch This? Researchers Successfully Eavesdrop on Contactless Cards
Contactless card transactions are becoming increasingly popular in the United States, Europe and Asia. In the United Kingdom alone there are some 34.5 million cards in issue with contactless functionality…
DetailsYAC/YAM, Log Management, SIEM and Big Data Security Intelligence
Maybe it’s just me, but many market analysts tend to be skeptical about the latest shiny new thing promising the “complete solution” in security and other technology initiatives. Skepticism is fueled…
DetailsWhy Select “Video Surveillance” for your IT Systems?
One day last summer I was in a bank branch, standing in line waiting to conduct my business. Bored, I studied my surroundings and took note of a security camera…
DetailsTo ‘Serve Us’ & Protect
If you mention security service to an information security professional more than likely they think of a technical control running on a host. This is true, but there is another…
DetailsFirmware Attacks on the Uptick
Firmware attacks are growing increasingly popular among software hackers. Despite efforts to issue patches for firmware, reported attacks are on the uptick. For instance, Ruben Santamarta, a security researcher at IOActive, recently…
DetailsA Week of Rage Against the NSA
If you are like me you completely discount official protests as posturing. In this age of suspicion of all politicians there is not much to be read into the President…
DetailsPrivacy Policies: Would You Give Customer Data to the Government?
(This is the second installment in an on-going examination of the first principles of data privacy and security. The first installment can be read here. These principles, often represented in regulations…
DetailsMIT Researchers Uncover Security Flaws in C and C++ Software
MIT researchers have produced a new paper that uncovers security flaws in C and C++ software, generated by compiler optimizations that discard ambiguous code or code, which produce undefined behavior. Some of…
DetailsWormiversary!
November 2, 2013 is the 25th anniversary of the Morris Worm. In the intervening years, we have not solved the problems of buffer overflows, reusable single-factor credentials, peer-to-peer trust or password…
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