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DecaffeinatID: A Very Simple IDS / Log Watching App / ARPWatch For Windows

2008-06-19 00:37:16 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
...simple ARP Watch like application for Windows. In a short matter of time, feature creep set in. DecaffeinatID is a simple little app that acts as an Intrusion Detection System (more of a log watcher really) to notify the user whenever fellow users at their local WiFi hotspot/ LAN are up to the kind of "reindeer games" that often happen at...
 
Tags: simple, decaffeinatid, simple arp, intrusion detection system, feature creep set, coffee shops, windows, short matter, reindeer games
 
 
 
 
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Simple SNMP scans yield network data

2008-03-05 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473a30 in Network World on Security
 
System administrators have long been wary of the security implications of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), but a recent experiment by "ethical hacking" group GNUCitizen has shown that many SNMP-enabled devices are left unguarded and may be prone to giving away sensitive information
 
Tags: snmp, recent experiment, sensitive information, security implications, system administrators, shown, prone, ethical, devices
 
 
 
 
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Writing simple scripts and functions in Windows PowerShell

2008-03-24 09:16:55 by David Aiken in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
In the last of our four-part series on working with Windows PowerShell, this screencast explains how to write simple commands and utilize functionality with Microsoft's scripting language
 
Tags: windows powershell, simple commands, screencast explains, four-part series, language, functionality, microsoft
 
 
 
 
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Password policies. Once again.

2007-09-04 22:14:00 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...simple passwords at least 15 characters long. Forget about complexity rules that force people to write down passwords. A simple 15-character passphrase (think short sentence) is easy to remember, quick to type, and far stronger than any short complex password. A passphrase like this will withstand any kind of automated password attack,...
 
Tags: account, enable account lockout, password, account lockouts, disable account lockout, 42-day default expiration, default, expiration, password expires
 
 
 
 
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The First Step on the Road to More Secure Software is admitting you have a Problem

2008-02-21 14:26:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...simple, he (and the entire senior management team for that matter) recognized Microsoft faced a problem that needed solving; the company needed to shore up the security of its products. So Bill sent his memo to get the ball rolling Now let's go back to Jeff's recent analysis. Cover up the Mac OS X and Linux stats for a moment so you can only...
 
Tags: vulnerabilities, reduce security vulnerabilities, fewer security vulnerabilities, security vulnerabilities, source security bugs, bugs, major microsoft products, microsoft products, security
 
 
 
 
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Is Risk-Based Security Really Possible?

2007-07-26 20:42:00 by Bryan in practical risk management
 
...simple, we'd all use ALE to plan our security strategies. But ALE is fundamentally wrong for for information security. I'll concede that ALE can be useful as a simple conceptual model for risk because it requires us to think about both of the factors that generally influence risk: Likelihood and Impact. But literal use of ALE for information...
 
Tags: security, information security, information security decisions, security management, security breach, breach, risk, wrong, ale hopelessly wrong
 
 
 
 
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Models and Reductionism - Reducing Clouds Into Streams

2008-04-14 01:17:58 by Greg Reemler in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...simple problem sets is an interesting, and sometimes valid,approach to complex event processing. Transformations can be useful, especially when well defined For example, CEP was evisioned as a new technology to debug relatively large distributed systems,discover hidden causal relationships in seemingly disconnected event space. This discovery...
 
Tags: complex event, complex, software tools, software, cep, cep products, reduce complex, cep software, reduce posets
 
 
 
 
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Clouding and Confusing the CEP Community

2008-04-20 11:16:38 by Greg Reemler in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...simple (we hope). referencing the invited keynote at DEBS 2007, Mythbusters: Event Stream Processing Versus Complex Event Processing In a nutshell. (these examples are in the PDF above, BTW The set of market data from Citigroup (C) is an example of multiple event streams The set of all events that influence the NASDAQ is an event cloud Why...
 
Tags: event cloud, event, event relationship, event data, event stream, event types, event streams, streamof market data, market data
 
 
 
 
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Passport Canada web site suffers serious breach

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2007-12-05 11:51:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...simplest of attacks is ludicrous That data included social insurance numbers, driver's licence numbers and addresses Also available were home and business phone numbers, a federal ID card number and even a firearms licence number Mr. Laning, 47, an IT worker at Algonquin Automotive, informed Passport Canada of the breach last week and the...
 
Tags: passport canada, information, personal information, passport application information, application, breach, passport application site, passport canada spokesman, significant security breaches