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Why would anyone use standard WEP? Isn't it super easy to crack & sniff?

2007-01-19 16:01:12 by Editor in Endpoint Security: Translating Policy Into Reality
 
Using standard WEP is akin to using a pad-lock & chain for securing a bicycle. It keeps the honest people honest. The argument given that WEP is so weak that it's not worth using, isn't completely valid. Using the bike analogy, would you stop using a lock & chain simply because anyone with a set of bolt cutters can defeat them in a second?...
 
Tags: wep, standard wep, chain simply, chain, bike analogy, pad-lock, lock, completely valid, bolt cutters
 
 
 
 
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Antivirus software -- who needs it?

2007-09-23 04:14:44 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
In the newsgroups a few weeks ago, someone asked about which anti-virus software is best for experts. This is a really curious question. I've been involved in computer security -- as a practitioner, a consultant, and an instructor/speaker -- for several years. I feel fairly confident in calling myself an expert. I don't run anti-malware on any...
 
Tags: curious question, question, question arises, choose, malware, experts, security experts, anti-malware, anti-virus software
 
 
 
 
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Student antics with cell phones, iPods means heartburn for school IT staff

2008-01-08 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Student antics with cell phones, iPods, and social-networking sites means heartburn for school IT staff charged with network security
 
Tags: student antics, cell phones, network security, staff, ipods, school, heartburn, sites
 
 
 
 
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Discounted Passes for IT Security World 2008 Anyone?

2008-01-09 10:02:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Just like before , I am giving out these discount passes for IT SecurityWorld 2008 , where I will be speaking about logs and other fun stuff . To get you4 50% discount use Registration code: OS08/SDIS About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: discount passes, discount, registration code, fun stuff, securityworld, org, you4, logs, os08sdis
 
 
 
 
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What If It Happened in 1979?

2008-01-16 22:23:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Now, I like to label all sorts of things as " fun read, " but there is a limit. I was about to say "hey, fun read!" but then thought better of it. So read " Timeline 9: "The Big D " - what if " the mid-east war escalated and the tensions between the superpowers grew. March 17, 1979 nuclear war broke out: Egyptian missiles with Soviet warheads...
 
Tags: soviet warheads struck, mid-east war, fun, egyptian missiles, alternative future, nuclear war, superpowers, hey, tensions
 
 
 
 
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Okay to Spam, Bad to Fight it in South Dakota

2008-01-17 21:19:46 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
I saw this article today and I just thought it was just too amazing. So it turns out that in North Dakota one very technologically impaired judge felt that running a zone transfer, among other things, is illegal. David Ritz was attempting to shut down a spammer, using the normal tactics to find out who was running the server that youd expect,...
 
Tags: north dakota, judge, judge bob, giant leap backwards, district judge, cynthia rothe-seeger, zone transfer, public information, legal impunity
 
 
 
 
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When it comes to security, chaos may be your friend

2008-01-29 00:00:00 by Andreas M. Antonopoulos in Network World on Security
 
Viruses and other malware are getting better at evading antimalware systems despite the sophisticated behavioral-analysis systems that are used to detect them. This week a rogue trader in France was able to hide a growing loss until it reached $7 billion and was impossible to hide. What do these two events have in common? Both exploit the...
 
Tags: antimalware systems, systems, hide, rogue trader, evade detection, week, malware, exploit, billion
 
 
 
 
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IT events to attend in February

2008-01-31 00:00:00 by Network World Staff in Network World on Security
 
HelpDesk or Customer Support Advertisement Web based IT HelpDesk with Asset Mgmt or Customer support Software with Account & Contact mgmt
 
Tags: customer support software, customer support, asset mgmt, web based, contact mgmt, helpdesk, advertisement, account
 
 
 
 
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Forgotten IT chores may have led to bank meltdown

2008-02-04 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b3caa8 in Network World on Security
 
The huge losses reported by French bank Société Générale, apparently caused by a rogue trader with inside knowledge of the bank's procedures, don't necessarily point to an IT systems failure but rather to poor management of those systems, analysts say
 
Tags: systems failure, systems, poor management, bank, inside knowledge, huge losses, rogue trader, procedures, apparently