Security 2007 - A look ahead

January 1st, 2007

First of, I want to wish all our readers, supporters and contributors a happy new year and all the best for 2007!
In the past I’ve challenged myself in predicting what kind of technologies, threats and solutions will make it big in the future. Until now I’ve only shared that with my friends and associates. This […]

Most Secure OS Now Available For Free

December 11th, 2006

Despite what others might be claiming what is supposed to be the most secure operating system, the people who are charged with protecting the most sensitive and critical information, are still largely deploying multi-level secure operating systems such as Trusted Solaris.
Starting today you can download (for free – registration required) Trusted Solaris Extensions as […]

Attack Of The Hack Robots

December 11th, 2006

Some people call it “a hacker in a box”, “DOS attack in a box”, or “vulnerability torture chamber”, the official name is Mu-4000. An appliance produced by one of Silicon Valley’s hottest startups. Mu Security, today announced an important enhancement for their Security analyzer.
What the automobile industry has been doing for a long […]

Changing The Game Of Security Patching

December 8th, 2006

What if you could mimic the function of a patch on the network instead of rushing to test and deploy the actual patch right away? That’s what triggered the whole idea of inline patching. Blue Lane takes a whole new approach to the way we can respond to vulnerabilities that require immediate patching.

Changing The Way […]

Security People Use Firefox

December 5th, 2006

A look at the Hack Report’s web stats confirms two things that I’ve suspected for a long time a) Security (conscious?) people use Firefox (64%) instead of IE (26%) and b) Firefox users are much faster when it comes to upgrade to a newer version. My guess is that a lot of this will […]

To Skype or Not to Skype…

November 30th, 2006

So I’m a happy Skype user. I can answer my “phone” anywhere in the Internet-connected world. I can get a phone number in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, or a foreign country. There is call forwarding, video calls, voicemail, instant messaging, SMS messaging, file transfers, conference calls, and for a limited time I can […]

 
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