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Thoughts on Security by Obscurity
This has not really been that normal a week for me, but at least another article made it into print. The June 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is headlined by an article I wrote with my friend Roger Grimes, Security Adviser for Infoworld , on Security by...
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Tue, May 13 2008 12:46 PM
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Does your AMD-based computer boot after installing XP SP3?
Last night WSUS deployed XP Service Pack 3 to the sole remaining computer running XP that I have. This morning, I came down and was greeted with incessant reboots. The computer booted, apologized for not being able to boot properly, asked if I wanted...
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Thu, May 08 2008 11:29 AM
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Phishing for a Tax Refund
What's wrong with this picture? If you answered "why would the IRS use a web server in Korea to ask for information about my tax refund" you are a winner! This is a phishing site preying on people who do not know that all you need to do...
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Sun, May 04 2008 11:30 PM
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Warning! Don't run Anti-Malware Software on Your Research Machine
I do not run any anti-malware software on my primary workstation. It's a habit I got into way back when I was doing penetration assessments. I showed up at the site, fired up ye olde laptop, and went to run some tool. ...went to run some tool. Hey...
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Thu, May 01 2008 2:20 PM
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