Monthly Archives: February 2009

The New Insider Threat

Posted on February 16, 2009 by brad

It’s not a new threat really. People inside an organization can always be a threat. It’s just that many people, some of them prominent security professionals, have been downplaying the insider threat lately in order to hype other emerging threats. … Continue reading →

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Rubber Hose Cryptanalysis

Posted on February 15, 2009 by brad

via xkcd

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Nmap Network Scanning Review

Posted on February 5, 2009 by brad

Title: The long winded title for this book is Nmap Network Scanning: The Official Nmap Project Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning, but I’ll just be calling it NNS. Author: Gordon “Fyodor” Lyon Rating: ***** Bottom Line: The definitive … Continue reading →

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Bookmark Backup?

Posted on February 2, 2009 by brad

Are you backing up your bookmarks? Oh, you don’t store local bookmarks? You use a social bookmarking website you say? Well I hope you weren’t using Ma.gnolia. They announced on Friday morning that they’ve experienced a catastrophic data loss. Wired … Continue reading →

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