When suffering from compliance fatigue, you may have only one option to getting the funding you need to do your job
Continue reading "Time To Deploy The FUD Weapon?"
Is Visa's program to eliminate the requirement for assessments in lieu of EMV (chip and pin) transactions the death knell for PCI? Not yet, but the writing is on the wall
Continue reading "PCI: Dead Man(date) Walking?"
Sabu's traitorous ways reminds us of the sage advice to keep your friends close and your enemies closer
Continue reading "Keep Your Friends Close, Especially If They Are Anonymous"
Kaspersky Lab's public request for help on an unsolved mystery surrounding Duqu serves as a case study about the power of technology evangelism
Continue reading "Doing Tech Evangelism Right"
Shockingly the responsible disclosure debate rears its head once again, and amazingly enough some vendors still don't get it. Guess we'll never learn
Continue reading "Disclosure Clouded By Obscurity"
What security folks need to learn from RIM's rapid and accelerating downfall...
Continue reading "Looking Over The RIM And Into The Chasm"
Limited government support of intellectual property helps, but not the strong protections in SOPA/PIPA
Continue reading "A Firsthand Piracy Experience"
As we look towards 2012, it's time to have more fun at work. Integrating some fun, games, and contents into your security program may pay dividends.
Continue reading "Work And Play In Security"
HDMoore's Law and those leveraging tools like Metasploit will make many security professionals go the way of brick and mortar retailers.
Continue reading "Security Ostriches And Disintermediation"
Concerns over the legality and ethics of security organizations that profit from their sinkhole operations
Continue reading "Sinkholing For Profit"
McAfee's Nitro Security Merger creates a better company and stronger security suite.
Continue reading "McAfee + NitroSecurity: SIEM Merger Done Right"
Israeli case brings to light that these risks are in actuality threats
Continue reading "Eavesdropping Trojans Used In Cell Phone Spying Case"
Intel kills passwords by 2025 and makes them obsolete 10 years earlier.
Continue reading "Intel Demonstrates Potential Password-Killers"
If Oracle wants to bitch about anything, they should bitch about how things get done in the halls of government. Veracode is only trying to accelerate its growth.
Continue reading "Don't Hate The 'Playas' -- Hate The Game"
Leaks largely cost HP the ability to protect their valuation this week. This showcases how important securing a company’s voice is.
Continue reading "HP's Biggest Problem: Securing Its Message"
The haters came out of the woodwork regarding Defcon Kids. What are they scared of?
Continue reading "Judge Thyself"
McAfee’s Shady Rat report indicates the bigger problem is the related cover-up.
Continue reading "McAfee Finds A Shady RAT -- But I Smell Something Worse"
Suggesting plans for the coming massive security backlash from a privacy breach using News Corp as the example
Continue reading "Murdoch Kills 'News of the World': The Coming Security Backlash"
Simplicity never scales. It's time to admit security is hard, and to stop blaming the victims for being human.
Continue reading "Simple Isn't Simple"
The attackers are changing (again), but security fundamentals remain the same. We still suck at them.
Continue reading "Low And Slow, Persistence, Loud And Proud, And The Fundamentals"
LulzSec and Anonymous may be doing the world a favor by showcasing how secure critical systems are and how easily they can be breached.
Continue reading "Are LulzSec, Anonymous The Pissed-Off Canary In The Coal Mine?"
apple's new headquarters appears to be very secure
Continue reading "Apple And Building For Security"
We seem to have a problem in the security space. Telling the truth, which makes the crisis communications a pretty valuable skill moving forward.
Continue reading "The Truth Will Set You Free"
Avoiding Sony's Suicidal Security Mistakes
Continue reading "Sony A Poster Child For Self-Destructive Security"
crimeware installation lifecycle
Continue reading "Today's Crimeware Life Cycle"