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Launch of Pragmatic CSO

2007-01-06 07:40:22 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...Pragmatic CSO book manuscript 1. This book is a must have for any CSO 2. Extremely practical approach of spearheading security initiative 3. Teaches you to look at security from the business perspective You can buy this book at: http://www.pragmaticcso.com Mike Rothman says: So what's next? The Pragmatic CSO community will launch in...
 
Tags: pragmatic cso, cso, security, security initiative, tactical security goodies, pragmatic cso community, mike, mike rothman, security incite research
 
 
 
 
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Physicians and medics

2008-05-26 20:12:12 by JonesJ in RiskAnalys.is
 
...pragmatic, commonly-used course of treatment, but theyd be able to do so with a deeper understanding of the problem space, greater (but not perfect) certainty that the course of treatment would work, and a better ability to explain to me, the patient, why I had to swallow this bitter pill, undergo the knife, or have this long tube snaked into...
 
Tags: physicians, medics, mike, mike rothman, deeper knowledge, deeper, simple approach, approach, physician
 
 
 
 
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Decrypting and Restoring GPcode Encrypted Files

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2008-07-01 08:26:39 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...pragmatic solutions to the problem , with a new version of the StopGpcode tool released last week. More info It turns out that if a user has files that are encrypted by Gpcode and versions of those same files that are unencrypted, then the pairs of files (the encrypted and corresponding unencrypted file) can be used to restore other files on...
 
Tags: files, gpcode, original files, gpcode virus, gpcode ransomware, file, secure file deletion, computer virus, key
 
 
 
 
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Book Review: The Pragmatic CSO

2008-01-02 15:24:45 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
When I saw Mike Rothmans name on the San Diego ISSA meeting speaker list, I tried to be the first person in the room. Yes, there were more technical talks I could have attended, but why would I want to? If you have never seen or talked to Mike, he is gruff, funny, and knowledgeable about security. I consider Mike to be a friend, so it wasnt a...
 
Tags: book, book mike, technical book, security community, security, security business, mike, mike rothman, mike rothmans
 
 
 
 
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Censoring Web 2.0 - The Access Denied Map

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2007-12-03 10:31:55 by HASH0x89e8c58 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...pragmatic approach than having the censored bloggers figure out how to post the facts online - they'll simply forward them to the GVA And just as important it is to take advantage of the wisdom of crowds, whose collective intelligence can in fact act as an early warning system , it's also important to educate those who cannot freely express...
 
Tags: information online, online, anti-censorship, global anti-censorship network, online censorship, bloggers figure, global voices advocacy, bloggers, online activists
 
 
 
 
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DIY Fake MSN Client Stealing Passwords

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2008-01-17 10:06:24 by HASH0x8b6b58c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...pragmatic reality nowadays has to do with less IM spreading malware, and much, much more malware embedded trusted web sites Moreover, according to some publicly obtainable stats , IM spreading malware in general has been declining for the past two years, but how come? It's because of their broken and bit outdated social engineering model,...
 
Tags: msn, percent, restore msn, malware, data, msn messenger, email, email account, publicly obtainable stats
 
 
 
 
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Mujahideen Secrets 2 Encryption Tool Released

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2008-01-21 15:37:17 by HASH0x8b0f9c4 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...pragmatic ways to obtain the passphrase is what government funded malware coders are trying to figure out. Screenshots courtesy of the tool's tutorial
 
Tags: secrets, tool, encryption, secrets encryption tool, encryption keys, keys, digital, digital signature files, islamic
 
 
 
 
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Now Thats a Novel Way to Kill the FUD

2008-02-17 22:14:51 by mcurphey in Mark Curphey - SecurityBuddha.com
 
Static Analysis Tools Exposition (SATE). If these guys would do this on other tool classes I think we could breakdown some more security religion and get back to creating pragmatic solutions to real problems. Wow, the first two rants ever on my blog each within a few minutes, strange day
 
Tags: pragmatic solutions, strange day, security religion, tool classes, breakdown, minutes, blog, rants, guys
 
 
 
 
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Application Due Care

2008-02-18 08:55:12 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...pragmatic approach is to build application that is secure enough that poses risks that are acceptable to business (customer) this is what I would like to call "Application Due Care
 
Tags: application, application due care, development methodology, methodology, application runs, application exist, application security, development, secure application
 
 
 
 
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Security Incident Strikes and You are on the Hot Seat..

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