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• Is MS08-067 Wormable?

  A couple of weeks ago Microsoft released an out-of-band security update in bulletin MS08-067 . Looking at the type of vulnerability and the fact that the issue was already being exploited in the wild at the time, this was a good decision. If you have not already installed this security update, you should Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 04, 2008 7:14 AM from Jesper's Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Security Pontification, Security, Thinking differently

• Anatomy of a Hack 2008

  A few years ago I delivered a very popular presentation I called "Anatomy of a Hack." Well, actually, I called it "How to Get Your Network Hacked in 10 Easy Steps" but the marketing department at my previous employer thought that title was a bit, edgy, so they renamed it. The presentation, Read More... Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 3:46 PM from Jesper's Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Security, Thinking differently

• How Not To Build a Highly Available Web Site

  Here's what I just got when I went to http://www.technetmagazine.com : Here's the kicker: it's not TechNet Magazine that is down, nor even TechNet. It is Microsoft Live Sign-in, nee Passport. To get to TechNet it attempts to sign you in to Passport/Live sign-in. Accounts are apparently distributed Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:45 AM from Jesper's Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Thinking differently

• Thoughts on Security by Obscurity

  This has not really been that normal a week for me, but at least another article made it into print. The June 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is headlined by an article I wrote with my friend Roger Grimes, Security Adviser for Infoworld , on Security by Obscurity . It is another one of those point-counterpoint Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:46 PM from Jesper's Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Security Pontification, Thinking differently

• Quantum Security

  The May 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is out. It has an article in it that I have been wanting to write for a long time, called Quantum Security . In it I posit the argument that there are some fundamental laws of security, similar to the laws of physics, which we must not ignore in our risk management Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:37 PM from Jesper's Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Security Pontification, Thinking differently

• Help us Nellie! Please, help us!

  Apple clearly has a de-facto monopoly in the portable music player market, with upward of 70% of that market. It is busily working on monopolies in the music software and downloads markets and is behaving monopolistically in the PC market as well. Some of those market shares have certainly been helped Read More... Posted Friday, March 21, 2008 6:28 PM from Jesper's Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Thinking differently

• Help us Neelie! Please, help us!

  Apple clearly has a de-facto monopoly in the portable music player market, with upward of 70% of that market. It is busily working on monopolies in the music software and downloads markets and is behaving monopolistically in the PC market as well. Some of those market shares have certainly been helped Read More... Posted Friday, March 21, 2008 6:28 PM from Jesper's Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Thinking differently

• Theft-proof biometrics

  At last, there is a biometric authentication technique that cannot be stolen. Or, well, it can, but at least it won't work any longer. Drs. Philip M. Rodwell and Steven M. Furnell recently published "A non-intrusive biometric authentication mechanism utilising physiological characteristics of Read More... Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 1:56 PM from Jesper's Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Security Pontification, Thinking differently