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Editor's note: the post below by Anup Ghosh first appeared on the Invincea blog and is republished here with the author's permission. bg Prediction 2012: Hackers Will Find New Fertile Ground to Pharm Posted by Anup Ghosh on November 29, 2011 Invincea is on record that the year 2011 will go down as the year the fundamental underpinnings of Internet security fell. In fact, it is the bloodiest year on record for Internet security. Not only did we … [Read more...]
On Friday, 16 December, Michael Howard hosted a webinar for FedCyber on the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL), Howard is Microsoft’s Principal Security Architect with nearly 20 years of experience in the field and literally wrote the book on SDL, a topic that keeps growing more relevant. This year, the federal government put into policy with the National Science and Technology Council’s strategic plan for federal … [Read more...]
A very interesting (OK, it was pretty cool) vulnerability in the TCP stack of Windows Vista and above (including 32-bit and 64-bit versions and Windows Server 2008) was recently announced and patched. This vulnerability is of particular note not just because of the wide range of products that it affected, but because of how the vulnerability worked. Microsoft published this in its advisory on the vulnerability: "A remote code execution vulnerability … [Read more...]
On Friday, December 16th, 2011, FedCyber.com will host a webinar featuring one of the great champions of secure code, Mr. Michael Howard. For more information and to register for this event see: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/551297622 More on the webinar: FedCyber.com is pleased to announce a special opportunity to interact with Mr. Michael Howard, author of the Security Development Lifecycle process improvements and lead security … [Read more...]
This week's Android/Windows/iOS/MacOS application of the week is Dropbox. I use Dropbox all the time, for both work and play. The premise behind Dropbox is configurable cloud storage that is yours to use and share, as you see fit. You can mount it to your Windows PC and use it as an additional drive, use the mobile client to access files, or use it entirely from the browser. Additionally, the most recent Dropbox update for Mac, offers Lion support, … [Read more...]