Forum: Miscellaneous Security Discussions

Here I am working away at my Sunday crossword and decide to visit http://www.oneacross.com to get some help with some clues. And what do I see? ...

The Rise of Smart Buildings Building-automation systems used to function in separate technology silos. Now vendors are rapidly adopting IP, Web...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/16/bofh_cracker_jailed/ I can't see myself hiring someone part-time who still works full-time for my...

Click for more The man was 41! You would think he would have know better by now.

Source : http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5618296.html It's interesting to see that peoples are starting to secure their computer; cookie might...

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In practice do you consider a unplanned/unexpected server reboot a security incident? I know that in theory it does (security incident =...

A weakness is found in firefox version 1.X and 0.X it is marked as "LESS CRITICAL" and is unpatched more can be found at ...

An exploit is found in Ethreal version 0.10.9 More information at http://www.k-otik.com/exploits/20050314.ethereal-g3-a11.c.php An updated...

The great balancing act http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5616000.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed Is it in the best interest of the customers of...

You knew that someone, somewhere was finally going to blurt out what many thought or believed to have been conspired. Personally, without proof, this...

Ok. Who are these people and why am I not part of them!??!?! :cry:

Now how true this is isn't clear. I just got this off of FD. It will be interesting to see how this progresses. Additional links include: ...

http://www.sans.org/resources/mistakes.php This list was created in October 2001 and I was curious on people's opinions of how far we've come. ...

It's interesting to note that its government databases housed by 3rd party contractors. I know that the US gov't wants more transparency for the sake...

You might understand...I'm one of only a few security people in a large company. Talking to other employees just doesn't cut it because I'm enemy...

Hi there. I'm soon to be receiving my BS in computer science, and I'm hoping to launch an interesting (and maybe even well-paying) career in...

So, I guess this means that if no one does research to find flaws, then they don't exist (a la Microsoft's claim that exploits don't exist "until the...

http://www.sans.org/resources/errors.php This list is from May 1999. Technology has evolved so much in that time but looking at this list the...

At the suggestion of another member, I'd like to take up the reins of a new thread to discuss the ideas of information security without boundaries,...