A couple weeks ago, we began an internal discussion about DNS security and X.509 certificates. It dawned on me that those of you who have never worked with certificates may not understand what they are or what they are for. Sure, you can go to the X.509 Wiki, where you get the rules for usage and certificate structure, but that’s a little like trying to figure out football by reading the rule book. If you are asking, “What the heck is it and what is it used for?”, you are not alone.
I just read about some Georgia Tech researchers working on remote security techniques that carriers could use to help manage attacks on cell phones.
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At lunch last week, location-based privacy came up. I actively opt in to a monitoring service, which gets me a discount on insurance for a vehicle I own. My counterpart stated that they would never agree to anything of the sort because of the inherent breach of personal privacy and security. I responded that the privacy statement explicitly reads that the device does not contain GPS, nor does the company track the vehicle’s location. But even if the privacy statement said the opposite – should…
Reading Bill Brenner’s PCI Security a Devil, ‘Like No Child Left Behind’, I had the impression Brenner’s summary of Joshua Corman’s presentation would be: Joshua was %#!*$ crazy. In a nutshell:
I was playing around with Google Dashboard this morning. After reading the cnet post on Google’s Data Liberation Project, and Google’s announcement of DataLiberation.org, I could not help but get a excited about what they were doing. Trying to be ‘open’ and ‘liberate’ data sounds great!
When I was in college, I figured every professor assumed I had only one class: the one they were teaching. They seemed to assume I dedicated days and nights solely to their coursework, and was no less interested in the subject they had dedicated their lives to. And they allocated my time accordingly, giving me enough work to do to consume 40 hours a week. But I was taking 5 classes! WTF! Berkeley was especially bad this way. By noon each Monday I felt like I was a week behind the curve. For the…
A major flaw has been found that enables a man-in-the-middle attacks against SSL connections. Several other media outlets are reporting, but Kelly Jackson Higgins has a nice summary over at Dark Reading, and betanews has a much more detailed discussion. According to Marsh Ray at PhoneFactor:
Last week Verizon Business announced that they now offer web application vulnerability assessment software as a service. Specifically, they are reselling a full version of WhiteHat Security’s offering, customized for Verizon business customers.