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Banning function calls, assurance, and retrofitting

2008-03-18 19:48:00 by Security Retentive in Security Retentive
 
...choose to go several routes File defects against the old code for any use of a banned function, without investigating the specific use File defects against old code only after verifying that in the context you have a potential vulnerability Get a dedicated team together to just go and clean up old code Each of these approaches has its...
 
Tags: code review experience, code, security sensitive context, context, security critical context, unsafe context, static analyzer, file defects, rand
 
 
 
 
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America's Next Top Hash Function Begins

2008-11-20 02:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...choose a winner in 2011. Expect a final standard by 2012 My advice for software developers is to let the process run its course. While it's tempting to use the new cool algorithms in your designs, it's far too soon to trust any of them. This process is likely to result in all sorts of new research results in hash function security, and some...
 
Tags: hash function, sha, sha-3, algorithms, cool algorithms, sha family, nist held, unlike encryption algorithms, nist
 
 
 
 
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More on the necessity of antivirus software

2007-09-25 17:53:47 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...choose to open, what I choose to load, and what I choose to run." Do you have similar self-control If you're the security administrator for an organization, you should not make this tradeoff. Again, remember what I wrote about my own self-control; I doubt that anyone could make such a statement for everyone in their organization! Antimalware...
 
Tags: antivirus software, computers, client computers, similar self-control, control, involve tradeoffs, previous post, personal computers, post
 
 
 
 
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Antivirus software -- who needs it?

2007-09-23 04:14:44 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...choose to open, what I choose to load, and what I choose to run. And yeah, before the question arises, every four months or so I run a scan, and I've never gotten infected with anything Now don't think that I run totally naked (the other residents of my house probably would object, and I shudder to imagine how hot the laptop would feel then,...
 
Tags: curious question, question, question arises, choose, malware, experts, security experts, anti-malware, anti-virus software
 
 
 
 
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Adware Spyware Remover from Trend Micro systems

2007-08-01 19:22:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...choose a program to handle a specific or multiple threats such as viruses, Trojan, spyware and worms What makes spyware so dangerous is that it records certain information from a user, which can be read by the programmer later on. This individual can then use the credit card to make unauthorized purchases or steal money from the account ...
 
Tags: adware spyware remover, adware, spyware, computer, trend micro systems, computer industry, symantec unlike, symantec, software companies
 
 
 
 
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Web Site: Security and Trust

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2007-01-18 07:10:00 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
...choose to trust 4. Inspect the Issued by: field; ensure that it has the name of the Certificate Authority that you choose to trust. Certificate Authority is a trusted third party that issued the certificate to this organization 5. Inspect the Valid from: to field; ensure that the certificate is not expired If you trust the organization,...
 
Tags: web site, https, https web site, trust, offer trust, web site belongs, https url, https offers security, ensure
 
 
 
 
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VCsChoosing How to Invest

2008-08-04 10:23:13 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...choose failing companies 33% of the time or so. Interestingly he compares the selection process to the way investors choose their stocks I would guess that every one of you reading this blog have a stock portfolio with 5 to 10 individual stocks or mutual funds. There are more than 5,000 publicly listed companies to choose from, and another...
 
Tags: investors chose, chose, investors, editorial selection process, investors choose, companies, selection process, choose, mutual funds
 
 
 
 
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XSS Comedy III: Tax Cheats with Small Equipment

2008-11-12 16:52:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...choose to skip out on a primary obligation of citizenship that most of us choose to meet, and expect to magically turn $100,000 in tax debt into $999. Then there are the "businesses" who exploit these folks and willingly convince them of their "success" via the power of advertising, at which point my patience just snaps, as it did last night...
 
Tags: idr, idr choose, extenze site, extenze, variable, consistent variable, wankers, choose, tax relief
 
 
 
 
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What Does SHA1 is Broken Mean?

2007-12-12 07:35:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...Choose SHA1 In addition to SHA1 being secure in the example, there were a couple of other reasons I choose to use it instead of something like SHA256 (2 256 ). The first reason was that in the example, I was showing how to modify an existing application, by simply changing the value in the password field from a password to the base64 string...
 
Tags: sha1, choose sha1, sha1 protects, hash data, data, sha1 drops, hash function, hash, function
 
 
 
 
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Zune Killer App - Windows Media Center

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2007-11-26 21:55:40 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog