June 12, 2006 Encrypted USB flash drives http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=14&tag=nl.e539 Yea, right. Fine for the monoculture, but what about us types for whom MS-Windows is not the ne-plus-ultra, not the first choice? Oh,…
May 30, 2006 Win either way AT&T leaks sensitive info in NSA suit http://news.com.com/AT38T+leaks+sensitive+info+in+NSA+suit/2100-1028_3-6077353.html The beauty of this is whether ATnT wins or looses, we in InfoSec come out ahead….
May 11, 2006 Laws won’t stop cybercriminals, say experts They won’t? Tell us something we didn’t know. (A follow-on to http://www.securityabsurdity.com/failure.php) Is this any different from the Canukistani Federal Gun Registry Boondoggle? You…
April 10, 2006 New twist on laptop theft We’ve all read about how the Big N-1 Accounting firms have had laptops stolen with financial & personal details of their client’s employees. Well…
March 20, 2006 It’s a crime to delete files Occasionally I pluck up enough courage to read the Risks Digest. I found this: http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/24.20.html#subj6 If you don’t read Risks Digest regularly you probably…
March 14, 2006 Better than Free Chocolate Bars Some while ago people were peruaded to give up their passwords in exchange for a chocolate bar. This goes one better With chocolate bars…
February 27, 2006 “Vendors that don’t understand security, except that it will make them money” That assertion is the title of this article: http://www.crn.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=180203279I think they used the wrong tagline! “Just about everyone is hawking security, secure networks, secure…
February 15, 2006 Gates says security boils down to four focus areas http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/021406-gates-keynote-rsa-security.html However its unclear what those four areas are from the article. The best quote I can find relating to it is: Gates then…
