Weekend Reading
I Was a Cybercrook for the FBI
For 18 months beginning in April 2003, Thomas worked as a "paid asset" for the FBI running a website for identity and credit card thieves from a government-supplied apartment in the tony Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle.
From bedrise to bedrest, seven days a week, he rode the boards and forums of his and other carding sites using the online nickname El Mariachi. He recorded private messages and IRC chats for the FBI as "carders" schemed to, among other things, sell stolen credit and debit card numbers, defraud the George Bush and John Kerry campaign sites, drain hundreds of thousands of dollars from bank and investment accounts, sell access to Paris Hilton's T-Mobile account and run phishing scams against U.S. Bank and the FDIC. He did it all while battling denial-of-service attacks against his site and dodging attempts by his old partner Taylor and other carders to track his whereabouts and out him as a fed.
Take a look HERE.
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Windows XP Events and Errors Message Center
Learn how to use the Windows XP Events and Errors online reference search page and the Event Viewer to get more information about the error and event messages generated by Windows XP Professional. Find detailed message explanations, recommended user actions, and links to additional support and resources.
Try it HERE.
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Evaluating Security Tools
All companies face the challenge of evaluating security tools that they will procure, but knowing where to start can be a daunting task. While there's no perfect way to ensure that a product meets your needs a little due diligence is essential. Fortunately, various resources are available to assist.
Take a look HERE.
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Bill Gates Brags About Apple's Latest Ads
On the morning of the launch of the Vista operating system earlier this week, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates talked with NEWSWEEK’s Steven Levy about the new version of Windows—and the one after that. He also shared his views on those Apple television commercials in which the Mac is represented by a hip guy and the PC by, well, a dweeb.
Read more [and watch the Apple video] HERE.
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To DMZ or not to DMZ?
It has been a long standing idea that a DMZ is a best practice when it comes to designing and implementing a corporate network. It's even required by some regulations (see article listings below). The argument not to use a DMZ has been gaining ground in discussions around the security community. The argument basically goes that once you break a system in the DMZ, they now have the keys to the kingdom. So network admins should secure every system as though it was internal and require proper authentication to gain access. That doesn't mean that you have to get rid of the DMZ, but maybe the DMZ is a crutch not to secure all systems properly. Take away the crutch, and you'r forced to do it correctly.
Read more HERE.
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The Trouble with Vista
At least 80% of the changes in Windows Vista are positive. Microsoft took the extra time to smooth over some of the speed bumps noticeable in the prerelease builds of the OS. You can't fault the software giant for lack of effort with Vista's development process.
Microsoft stopped focusing on end users and now seemingly makes many decisions based on these two things: 1. Avoiding negative publicity (especially about security and software quality) 2. Making sure the largest enterprise customers are happy
Read more HERE.
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In Touch With Security's Sensitive Side
Schneier says the goal of his talk at RSA is not to discuss security technologies or tactics, but to explain how people think, and feel, about security. "A lot of the time at RSA, we are just puzzled why people don't secure their computers, and why they behave irrationally. Psychology has a way of explaining this," he says. "If we in the [security] industry expect to build products, we need to understand our customers."
Read more HERE.
For 18 months beginning in April 2003, Thomas worked as a "paid asset" for the FBI running a website for identity and credit card thieves from a government-supplied apartment in the tony Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle.
From bedrise to bedrest, seven days a week, he rode the boards and forums of his and other carding sites using the online nickname El Mariachi. He recorded private messages and IRC chats for the FBI as "carders" schemed to, among other things, sell stolen credit and debit card numbers, defraud the George Bush and John Kerry campaign sites, drain hundreds of thousands of dollars from bank and investment accounts, sell access to Paris Hilton's T-Mobile account and run phishing scams against U.S. Bank and the FDIC. He did it all while battling denial-of-service attacks against his site and dodging attempts by his old partner Taylor and other carders to track his whereabouts and out him as a fed.
Take a look HERE.
==================================================================
Windows XP Events and Errors Message Center
Learn how to use the Windows XP Events and Errors online reference search page and the Event Viewer to get more information about the error and event messages generated by Windows XP Professional. Find detailed message explanations, recommended user actions, and links to additional support and resources.
Try it HERE.
==================================================================
Evaluating Security Tools
All companies face the challenge of evaluating security tools that they will procure, but knowing where to start can be a daunting task. While there's no perfect way to ensure that a product meets your needs a little due diligence is essential. Fortunately, various resources are available to assist.
Take a look HERE.
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Bill Gates Brags About Apple's Latest Ads
On the morning of the launch of the Vista operating system earlier this week, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates talked with NEWSWEEK’s Steven Levy about the new version of Windows—and the one after that. He also shared his views on those Apple television commercials in which the Mac is represented by a hip guy and the PC by, well, a dweeb.
Read more [and watch the Apple video] HERE.
==================================================================
To DMZ or not to DMZ?
It has been a long standing idea that a DMZ is a best practice when it comes to designing and implementing a corporate network. It's even required by some regulations (see article listings below). The argument not to use a DMZ has been gaining ground in discussions around the security community. The argument basically goes that once you break a system in the DMZ, they now have the keys to the kingdom. So network admins should secure every system as though it was internal and require proper authentication to gain access. That doesn't mean that you have to get rid of the DMZ, but maybe the DMZ is a crutch not to secure all systems properly. Take away the crutch, and you'r forced to do it correctly.
Read more HERE.
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The Trouble with Vista
At least 80% of the changes in Windows Vista are positive. Microsoft took the extra time to smooth over some of the speed bumps noticeable in the prerelease builds of the OS. You can't fault the software giant for lack of effort with Vista's development process.
Microsoft stopped focusing on end users and now seemingly makes many decisions based on these two things: 1. Avoiding negative publicity (especially about security and software quality) 2. Making sure the largest enterprise customers are happy
Read more HERE.
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In Touch With Security's Sensitive Side
Schneier says the goal of his talk at RSA is not to discuss security technologies or tactics, but to explain how people think, and feel, about security. "A lot of the time at RSA, we are just puzzled why people don't secure their computers, and why they behave irrationally. Psychology has a way of explaining this," he says. "If we in the [security] industry expect to build products, we need to understand our customers."
Read more HERE.
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