Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
I used to joke about the client that once told me their management mandated “double encryption” on all financial information after a breach. In their case, they were encrypting their database and backup tapes. Not that there isn’t a valid reason to encrypt databases and backup tapes, but the way ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
I recently found myself in an airport terminal with a laptop and time to kill. Not knowing what the WiFi options were, I let Windows XP search for available wireless networks. As you can see below, one of the networks was called "Free Public WiFi". If this happens to you, ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
The question of how much RAM you really need is discussed roughly once every two years, and with every launch of a new Windows version. While there are so-called sweet spots at any given time, factors such as the operating system and popular applications have an influence on the ideal ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
It's long been assumed that Microsoft has built in various "backdoors" for law enforcement to get around its own security, but now reader Kevin Stapp writes in to let us know that the company has also been literally handing out the keys to law enforcement. Apparently, they're giving out special ...
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
Wireless networking technologies are a rich playground for hackers -- both ethical penetration testers and malicious attackers. There are many avenues of attack, ranging from attacking the infrastructure, the clients, or the actual traffic through man-in-the-middle sniffing and manipulation. Rich Mogull covered the wireless “Evil Twin” attack in his recent ...
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