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Measuring Vulnerability

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2008-04-14 14:31:38 by JonesJ in RiskAnalys.is
...absolute terms (e.g., pounds per square inch), as well as know (through testing) what our resistance capabilities are in those same absolute terms. If we had this information AND assuming this information was precisely correct all of the time, vulnerability becomes a clear and simple binary consideration we will be or we wont be Stating the...
 
Tags: threat capability curve, capability, human capability, human threat capability, describe control strength, control strength, capability curve, threat community capability, control
 
 
 
 
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UltimateBet cheating goes undetected for almost 21 months

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2008-06-04 10:55:17 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Absolute Poker and UltimateBet, today released a statement confirming that cheating had gone on at UltimateBet by people who, according to the release, "worked for the previous ownership of UltimateBet prior to the sale of the business to Tokwiro in October 2006 Evan] Shouldn't an information security and risk assessment be conducted as part...
 
Tags: ultimatebet, tokwiro enterprises enrg, tokwiro enterprises, ultimatebet issues statement, ultimatebet prior, ultimatebet subsequently, ultimatebet immediately removes, ultimatebet servers, ultimatebet statement
 
 
 
 
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Say When - Trusting Log Timestamps

2008-03-23 04:05:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...absolute timing. Sequence of logged events is a critical fact! Miss the sequence and the whole house of cards goes But! Absolute time is also important! Can we be assured of both all the time? (hint: no So, when you look at logs next time and you see a timestamp there - start thinking about all this Technorati tags: logging , logs , log...
 
Tags: logs, windows event logs, syslog files, syslog, define logs, syslog-ng, system logs, syslog daemon, time
 
 
 
 
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Got a new lappie for back to school?

2008-08-16 16:52:20 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...Absolute Software. This service, valid for one year, helps ensure the recovery of your stolen Laptop within 30 days1. When your laptop is protected with this service, software installed on your laptop works behind the scenes to silently and securely contact the monitoring Center, and if stolen, report its location using any Internet...
 
Tags: laptop, dell laptop, service, laptops recovery service, laptop theft, recovery, recovery team, absolute software, software
 
 
 
 
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Thwarting a large-scale phishing attack

2007-06-11 11:35:00 by Niels Provos in Google Online Security Blog
 
...absolute;top:1px;left:1px;" href="http://myspacev.net">
 
Tags: myspace, myspace profiles, real myspace content, myspace account, attack, dummy myspace account, phishers move, phishers, lower-value sites
 
 
 
 
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WPF Layout Tips

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2007-12-20 08:38:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
...absolute positioning (such as the Canvas layout control does), WPF uses a pretty sophisticated negotiation model to figure out how each control will be laid out. WrapPanel, for example, asks each child element how much space it wants, and lays those children out in a wrapped fashion. Here's a simple example with two buttons One Two In the...
 
Tags: layout, image, simple image, control, net repeater control, wpf, infinite space, image stretches, space
 
 
 
 
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New faces and predictions for the New Year...

2008-01-22 22:11:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...absolute number, as that would be an indicator that the industry as a whole was improving. Unfortunately, I don't think this will be the case Adam Shostack My prediction for 2008: I believe that 75% or more of all privacy breaches will not involve an exploit, but will involve some other sort of operational security failure, such as lost or...
 
Tags: sdl team, team, sdl, sdl blog crew, cve, cve vulnerabilities, microsoft, single prediction, microsoft products
 
 
 
 
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Justice, in one case at least

2008-01-31 16:48:08 by Ross Anderson in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...absolute shipload of compensation from Egg
 
Tags: card, circuit card, transaction, john, bank, transaction code, bank statement, emv card, egg
 
 
 
 
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On Religion; Security One, Of Course

2008-02-05 07:26:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...absolute" security Follow the debate and decide About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: security, broad security trends, security measures, incremental increase, incremental, gradient paper, false sense, main centers, deployment efforts
 
 
 
 
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Overcoming Bias: The Affect Heuristic

2008-01-03 21:32:58 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
 
...Absolute numbers seem to resonate. Security professionals may be rational about security measurement and risk but we need to remember that we are often communicating this to people who arent