Forum: Miscellaneous Security Discussions

security stats dot com I havent seen this site mentioned on AO before. Its a pretty interesting site with all types of stats regarding computer...

Source : http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5430814.html

This article discusses the discovery of compromised machines in large enterprise environments, and offers some suggestions on correlating NIDS and...

According to the register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/29/gmail_vuln/ Afaik the exploit code has not been disclosed yet ...

Good Day, The story below is just one of many that clearly indicate how important it is to keep our personal information, accounts, etc., secure. ...

Dear friends, I'm creating documents in word and excel which contains certain diagrams and information. I want to give maximum security to that...

It'll be interesting if the Supreme Court does deal with this and if it considers what happened in Canada. Now granted the Copyright laws in Canada...

I've found a variety of references to this but haven't seen any official announcements (unless I missed it). I did find this help (?) file but was...

The link to paper http://www.hackingspirits.com/eth-hac/papers/Demystifying%20Penetration%20Testing.zip

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9788 This line regarding the Department of Energy is scary. As Frank Barone would say "Sweet merciful...

I have just read an article on home users and security issues http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60881-2004Oct25.html Most users...

Well, sometimes when you hit certain plateaus, you sometimes feel the need to "espouse" something great. This won't necessarily be great but...

Sigh. First UBC, now Nipissing. And the "attacker" was on there for 7 months!!. I personally love the line where they say they followed "standard...

"Most significant hacking job"? I wonder if this violates HIPAA for keeping the data without the individuals' consent... Sigh. Sucks that the media...

This should cause a raised eyebrow: enjoy

Hi, Has anyone tried the Targus DEFCON Authenticator? We are drowning in passwords, we don't want to pay for password sync software, and we don't...

Forgive my ignorance, but I don't really understand if one is against security by obscurity. I mean, passwords and encryption to me are obvious...

Source : http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-5412263.html Advisory :...

I wonder exactly how much these "hackers" know? Are they just looking for weak points and running scripts (s.kiddies)? What kind of material was...