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How to prepare for the CISSP

Posted October 6, 2013 - 4:12 pm

The CISSP is a valuable certification, but it takes a lot more than just your many years of experience to prepare for it. You will likely have to learn about a lot of technology and processes that you’ve never worked with, some of it not especially current and all of it a lot less vendor-specific than you’ve ever imagined.
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Microsoft's Security Essentials isn't the best antivirus program, according to Microsoft

Posted October 4, 2013 - 3:16 pm

Microsoft advises Windows users to use something else
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What’s an unemployed spook to do? [CARTOON]

Posted October 4, 2013 - 6:00 am

The government shutdown has forced the NSA to furlough a lot of people. What’s an unemployed spook to do?
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What to do after your email account is compromised

Posted October 3, 2013 - 4:40 pm

Here is what I tell people who want to know what to do next, after their email has been opened up and sorted through.
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Breaking Bad(ware): Micro-targeting hits the spam world

Posted September 23, 2013 - 2:15 pm

A new spam run targeting fans of the cult show Breaking Bad proves that for spammers (and other business folk) we are the sum of the niche groups we align ourselves with.
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Security: Book Review -- The Practice of Network Security Monitoring, Richard Bejtlich, no starch press, July 2013

Posted September 22, 2013 - 4:35 pm

If you work in cyber security or incident response, you MUST read this book. It is the best book ever for preparing yourself and your staff for handling inevitable network intrusions.
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How to build a better password: Be less predictable

Posted September 20, 2013 - 11:36 am

When users are forced to include both upper case and lower case, as well as numerals and special characters, what do they do? They meet those requirements in the ways that are easiest for them to remember. But there is a better way.
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Fingerprint scanning + smart kitchen appliance = trouble [CARTOON]

Posted September 13, 2013 - 6:00 am

Fingerprint scanning is about to go mainstream; here's one potential upside (or downside)
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How to protect your Wi-Fi network from snoopers...including Google

Posted September 11, 2013 - 2:16 pm

A lawsuit against Google for snooping on Wi-Fi networks is moving forward, and it should raise this question for you: Just how safe is your own network against snoopers? If you've got a small wireless network you use for business or home, here's how you can protect yourself against break-ins and snoopers.
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Apple's fingerprint scanner for the iPhone: awesome innovation or just a gimmick?

Posted September 10, 2013 - 4:18 pm

The new iPhone 5s comes with a magical Touch ID. Will it be any good?
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Have a two-factor authentication backup plan and sleep better tonight

Posted September 10, 2013 - 6:00 am

Two-factor authentication is great security when it works. Here's what to do when it doesn't
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Windows 7 has 6 times more security threats than Windows 8, according to Microsoft

Posted September 9, 2013 - 12:04 pm

Microsoft's infographic points out a few reasons the company thinks you should move to Windows 8. Especially if you're using Windows XP.
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Can the NSA force password management app developers (e.g., LastPass) to give up your data?

Posted September 6, 2013 - 2:27 pm

With all the PRISM and, now, decryption controversy, it's not paranoia to wonder this
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When friendly 'from' names become enemies

Posted September 5, 2013 - 11:55 am

How friendly email from names, smartphones, and social media create a perfect opportunity for social engineering scams.
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Secure email is dead

Posted August 28, 2013 - 7:00 am

Recent revelations about wide ranging and warrantless government surveillance don’t mean that email is dead – just that you can’t ever trust it again!
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The $1 million a year software developer

Posted August 28, 2013 - 6:00 am

The unfortunate story of a Wall Street programmer who went to jail for code theft also demonstrates how one man became a million dollar developer
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Tread lightly around Mark Zuckerberg [CARTOON]

Posted August 23, 2013 - 6:00 am

The Zuck wants the rest of the world to have access to Facebook - er, the Internet
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IPMI: The most dangerous protocol you've never heard of

Posted August 19, 2013 - 7:00 am

Another week, another terrifying presentation about security holes in IPMI – a widely used technology for remote management of servers. But will IT administrators heed the warning?
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Forrester: Cloud hit from NSA could be more like $180 billion (but probably not even close)

Posted August 15, 2013 - 8:00 am

Using the same reasoning behind a recent report that predicted $35 billion in losses for U.S. cloud companies, Forrester said the downside could be closer to $180 billion -- but since the premise is wrong, losses will likely be insignificant.
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Next up: The Jamming wars

Posted August 14, 2013 - 7:00 am

Personal privacy is going to turn from a "right" to a "fight" in the next decade, as individuals take up (digital) arms against government- and private sector snooping on their personal lives.
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Infographic: How to keep your emails, browsing, and other Internet usage private

Posted August 12, 2013 - 11:02 am

Use these tools and services to keep your data safe from the prying eyes of Big Brother or others
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Black Hat 2013: Rise of the (smart) machines

Posted August 5, 2013 - 9:35 am

Don’t let all the light and heat over the NSA’s PRISM program fool you. The big story at this year’s annual Black Hat and DEFCON conferences was the myriad of ways that intelligent machines – from televisions to automobiles to medical devices – are creating new privacy and security risks.
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Can you guess the top ten sources of people's passwords?

Posted August 2, 2013 - 1:07 pm

Hint: People choose what they know
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iOS app provisioning during member center outage

Posted August 1, 2013 - 12:00 am

While most of the services related to the Apple Developer Portal outage have been restored, there is still one component left dark on the live status page that can cause you some problems. Xcode Automatic Configuration.
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How to hide updates, photos from your Facebook profile

Posted July 29, 2013 - 12:26 pm

If just untagging something on Facebook isn't enough, consider 'hiding' photos and updates that you don't want anyone to see.
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