Jason Frisvold wrote to us about a suspicious web page. One of his users visited the web page he su …(more)…
Security Revealed
Jason Frisvold wrote to us about a suspicious web page. One of his users visited the web page he su …(more)…
One of my colleagues asked for a simple way to see what services are live on a given network, in pre …(more)…
Reader JT gave me a much needed monkey (or should I say monké) sized laugh today when he sent me this new Starbucks advertisement:

Now THAT is creative! Thank you JT!
This was a perfect lead into a topic that’s been bouncing around my monkey brain for the last few weeks:
Super-sizing your security plan.
Everything comes in “super size” today. Fast food meals, TVs, hard drives, SUVs, and let’s not forget Donald Trump’s ego.
What a
Apple Safari Cross-Domain Race Condition Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Apple WebCore XMLHTTPRequest Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Apple Webkit Invalid Type Conversion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
RKD Software BarCode ActiveX Control BarCodeAx.DLL Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Red Hat Cluster Suite CMan Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
PHPRaider Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
Joomla/Mambo Com_SiteMap Component MosConfig_Absolute_Path Remote File Include Vulnerability
Joomla/Mambo Mod_Forum Component PHPBB_Root.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability
We mentioned a large MPack compromise in a diary two days ago. Since then we’ve been accumulat …(more)…
Complexity is bad for security
I’ve mentioned before that I read Spaf’s blog. …(more)…
Apparently the groups behind what we know as pump and dump scam have found a new way to bypass sp …(more)…
Apple has released a bulletin and update to their Apple TV software which fixes a buffer overf …(more)…
The GIF + PHP code article from yesterday generated some good email. Here is a good document t …(more)…
[Paws update: things are looking up. By simply adjusting some ergonomic habits of mine I've reduced the pain in my paws almost completely. It hasn't been easy and it's taken a long time - but it appears to be working. I've had countless readers e-mail me horror stories of medications, braces and surgeries. I think I lucked out.]
Speaking of readers e-mailing me, I’ve had no less than three monkeys e-mail me stories and anecdotes about strange vehicles parking near their buildings after hour
So if you want to hide something, where is the best place to hide it?
In plain sight of course. n …(more)…
If you’re confused and thinking of the mime packer at this point, then
you haven’t heard of quot …(more)…
Trillian is a very popular instant messenger client. iDefense found a bug in version 3 …(more)…
My paw seems to be feeling better so I’m going to tap the aluminum keys a bit this morning and share with you a real “Head Slapper” care of an anonymous former co-worker that e-mailed me (and called me!!!) very early this morning. I politely asked if I could share this as long as I changed some information to protect the innocent *cough* responsible party *cough*. (Note, this happened earlier in the week – I’m just now finishing this. The paws are slow! I also changed some of the technical d
Articles in this issue include: On the security of e-passports, Review: GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner 8, Critical steps to secure your virtualized environment, Interview with Howard Schmidt, President and CEO R and H Security Consulting, Quantitative look at penetration testing, Integrating ISO 17799 into your Software Development Lifecycle, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI): dead or alive?, Interview with Christen Krogh, Opera Software’s Vice President of Engineering, Super ninja privacy techniques for web application developers, Security economics, iptables – an introduction to a robust firewall, Black Hat Briefings and Training Europe 2007 and Enforcing the network security policy with digital certificates.
Articles in this issue include: Microsoft Windows Vista: significant security improvement?, Review: GFI Endpoint Security 3, Interview with Edward Gibson, Chief Security Advisor at Microsoft UK, Top 10 spyware of 2006, The spam problem and open source filtering solutions, Office 2007: new format and new protection/security policy, Wardriving in Paris, Interview with Joanna Rutkowska, security researcher, Climbing the security career mountain: how to get more than just a job, RSA Conference 2007 report, ROT13 is used in Windows? You’re joking! and Data security beyond PCI compliance – protecting sensitive data in a distributed environment.
Eric, one of our many valued contributors wrote in yesterday with various spam messages that contain …(more)…
BBB-IRS-FTC-Proforma_Invoice.doc
Several of our ever-vigilant readers have warned us o …(more)…
Apple has released a new version of the public BETA safari browser (3.0 …(more)…
Joe St. Sauver, security and spam researcher at the University of Oregon, points out that botnets ar …(more)…
After the recent BBB and IRSscams, Sam Masiello has reported new scam e-mails spoofed fromnbs …(more)…
There is a new hacker challenge up on the ethical hacker network based on Serenity.
Matt who works …(more)…
Articles in this issue include: On the security of e-passports, Review: GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner 8, Critical steps to secure your virtualized environment, Interview with Howard Schmidt, President and CEO R and H Security Consulting, Quantitative look at penetration testing, Integrating ISO 17799 into your Software Development Lifecycle, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI): dead or alive?, Interview with Christen Krogh, Opera Software’s Vice President of Engineering, Super ninja privacy techniques for web application developers, Security economics, iptables – an introduction to a robust firewall, Black Hat Briefings and Training Europe 2007 and Enforcing the network security policy with digital certificates.
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