Security, networking & systems

Musings - Geek speak elucidations

Some Un-jolly Tidings...

2008-12-31 19:49
With the holidays here, there are many not-so-jolly “traditions” that are percolating through the internet. Specifically, we are focusing on the social engineering attacks frequently referred to as a confidence trick or as a con. A con is the basis for a number of online or computer...
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In whom do we trust?

2008-11-21 13:40
It’s one thing when private and personal information is breached through accident, theft, or the occasional cracker hacking the systems. While damaging, these occurrences can be defended against and the risk can be mitigated and managed through various means. That being said, it is quite another...
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Hunting the Elusive Email...

2008-11-06 10:20
Litigation is an unpleasant fact of life for many businesses and it now has serious Information Systems implications. E-Discovery (Electronic Discovery) rules shine a very bright spotlight on your Information Systems policies and procedures, and how well they are implemented. The policies,...
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Rants - Tech savvey explications

IE 0 Day Exploit

2008-12-12 19:27
Microsoft reported a new "zero-day exploit" that affects most versions of the Internet Explorer browser. A zero-day exploit is a security vulnerability that is being exploited before the software vendor or public know that the issue exists. This particular exploit attacks flaws within Internet...
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Spoofed NDR issues

2008-04-14 13:05
We've seen a rash of NDR (non-Delivery Response) floods happening to our clients. In all cases, it appears that the spam being NDRed is spoofed, but we are receiving reports from these users that they are being black listed on spam filters. Is anyone else seeing this problem? Thanks, -J-
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Welcome. This is an area dedicated to thoughts, comments, discussions, and musing on network/computer security, privacy, and technology... or anything else that looks interesting. The idea is to provide analysis, commentary and geekspeak translations of news, events, and happenings in the security and technology arenas.

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