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Why would anyone use standard WEP? Isn't it super easy to crack & sniff?

2007-01-19 16:01:12 by Editor in Endpoint Security: Translating Policy Into Reality
 
Using standard WEP is akin to using a pad-lock & chain for securing a bicycle. It keeps the honest people honest. The argument given that WEP is so weak that it's not worth using, isn't completely valid. Using the bike analogy, would you stop using a lock & chain simply because anyone with a set of bolt cutters can defeat them in a second?...
 
Tags: wep, standard wep, chain simply, chain, bike analogy, pad-lock, lock, completely valid, bolt cutters
 
 
 
 
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IT and Compliance: 10 Big Predictions for 2008

2008-01-02 08:00:00 by Editor in IT Compliance
 
Service-oriented IT processes and technologies will help managers bring the enterprise into line in 2008perhaps not a moment too soon. We can't shake the feeling that something big and very bad is lurking 'round the corner. Grab a security blanket and carefully read on for the hopes and horrors of 2008
 
Tags: security blanket, enterprise, technologies, round, processes, horrors, 2008perhaps, bad, moment
 
 
 
 
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Antivirus software -- who needs it?

2007-09-23 04:14:44 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...ity -- as a practitioner, a consultant, and an instructor/speaker -- for several years. I feel fairly confident in calling myself an expert. I don't run anti-malware on any of my own computers. Why not? It's simple: I know what to click and what to skip, what to visit and what to avoid. I have control over what I choose to open, what I choose...
 
Tags: curious question, question, question arises, choose, malware, experts, security experts, anti-malware, anti-virus software
 
 
 
 
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But What Does It ACTUALLY DO?

2007-12-20 13:02:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...ity Marketing: Marcus Ranum rants on what stateful firewalls "actually DO." He says One of the fun questions I used to ask my firewalls tutorial attendees (back in the day) is: What is a stateful inspection firewall? I.e.: what does it DO The answers are usually illuminating. Nobody seems to actually know." (more here I think if you are...
 
Tags: security product, security, stateful inspection, stateful inspection firewall, security vendors, marcus ranum rants, risk management, firewalls tutorial, stateful firewalls
 
 
 
 
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Student antics with cell phones, iPods means heartburn for school IT staff

2008-01-08 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Student antics with cell phones, iPods, and social-networking sites means heartburn for school IT staff charged with network security
 
Tags: student antics, cell phones, network security, staff, ipods, school, heartburn, sites
 
 
 
 
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Discounted Passes for IT Security World 2008 Anyone?

2008-01-09 10:02:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Just like before , I am giving out these discount passes for IT SecurityWorld 2008 , where I will be speaking about logs and other fun stuff . To get you4 50% discount use Registration code: OS08/SDIS About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: discount passes, discount, registration code, fun stuff, securityworld, org, you4, logs, os08sdis
 
 
 
 
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What If It Happened in 1979?

2008-01-16 22:23:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...it. I was about to say "hey, fun read!" but then thought better of it. So read " Timeline 9: "The Big D " - what if " the mid-east war escalated and the tensions between the superpowers grew. March 17, 1979 nuclear war broke out: Egyptian missiles with Soviet warheads struck against Israel ..." ( read it ) This is indeed one of the most...
 
Tags: soviet warheads struck, mid-east war, fun, egyptian missiles, alternative future, nuclear war, superpowers, hey, tensions
 
 
 
 
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Okay to Spam, Bad to Fight it in South Dakota

2008-01-17 21:19:46 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...it was just too amazing. So it turns out that in North Dakota one very technologically impaired judge felt that running a zone transfer, among other things, is illegal. David Ritz was attempting to shut down a spammer, using the normal tactics to find out who was running the server that youd expect, like looking at whois info, traceroute etc....
 
Tags: north dakota, judge, judge bob, giant leap backwards, district judge, cynthia rothe-seeger, zone transfer, public information, legal impunity
 
 
 
 
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Financial Ombudsman losing it?

2008-01-23 15:14:58 by Ross Anderson in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...ith an official from the Financial Ombudsman Service, after I coauthored a FIPR submission to a review of the service which is currently being conducted by Lord Hunt Our submission looks at three cases in particular in which the ombudsman decided in favour of the banks and against bank customers over disputed ATM transactions. We found that...
 
Tags: ombudsman, financial ombudsman service, service, submission, submission minuss, customers, bank customers, independent hunt review, fipr submission