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Bad Behavior - Thoughts on the Malicious Insider

– Following every high-profile insider security breach, there is usually a slew of vendors who will triumphantly point out that, had they installed their product, the victim company would have avoided the whole painful problem. The adverse publicity, the implementation of new Draconian controls,…

Real VoIPsploits: Helping to Introduce Your Local SWAT Team

– Voice over IP is one of the many fast growing IT products and services field, as such this has laid the seeds for a new security industry. And as predicted, attackers are one step ahead of us in exploiting the vulnerabilities that are easily abused with this new infrastructure. We’re not going…

Wireless “Doom” Box

– 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…

Our End Users: The Weakest Link

– Hackers and professional criminals are like most people; they want to accomplish their goal in the easiest way possible. As we have become better at implementing technical controls, such as hardening servers, more aggressive patching, and deployment of a vast array of security devices /…