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Fear Not: Hacks, Attacks and Cracks written by Russell Handorf
Mr. Handorf is the Senior Security Analyst at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. He serves on the Board of Directors for the FBI’s Philadelphia InfraGard Chapter, which has more than 800 members locally.
He has consulted for the US Federal and State Governments, companies and educational institutions where he performed security audits and assessments of their clients, infrastructure and networks. He was CIO and Director of Research and Development for a Philadelphia based wireless broadband solutions provider.
He teaches at Drexel University’s Goodwin College, conducts technical reviews for InfoWorld and serves as net control for the Philadelphia Amateur Radio Emergency Service. In his spare time, he is completing a Master of Science degree in Information Security.
VAR does it come from? CISCO Hardware Espionage
May 6, 2008 – 6:00 am
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When an organization looks at the threats to their infrastructure, they generally categorize them into two main headers: internal and external. And when they think about the internal threats they generally consider the rogue employee as the highest threat, and outsiders being their competition. I…
Lessons from “Don’t copy that floppy” ’90s Video Still Relevant
April 25, 2008 – 6:00 am
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How many people remember the name of a short movie that is supposed to fight software piracy back in 1992 called “Don’t copy that floppy”? For the ones that do, the bad music, rhymes and situations have probably scarred us for life. Interestingly, there is a new message that one can take…
No Tech Hacking
April 4, 2008 – 6:00 am
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I recently had the privilege of bring a special contributor, along with a few other brilliant security folks, of Johnny Long’s latest book: No Tech Hacking. All of us in the security profession are familiar with the concepts, and have used them from time to time without realizing it. So what…
Wireless “Doom” Box
March 28, 2008 – 6:00 am
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Please excuse me for a moment while I change into my “used cars salesmen” motif: “Welcome to the Wonderful World of Disposable Devices. You can reprogram these with relative ease and leave them behind to conduct the crime for you!” Hmm, I guess I’ll stick with the day job. Anyways, this…
Wi-Fu! Attacking the 802.11 Client
March 17, 2008 – 6:00 am
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Wi-Fu! More than just a statement, it reflects you wireless security skill set from knowledge and practical experience. This covers everything from using the tools out there to profile and attack your wireless network, to checking the security of your client devices yourself. If you feel your…
