by John Pescatore | November 8, 2010 | 2 Comments
Back when VLANs first came out, there was much ballyhooing of the end of firewalls because VLAN switches would build in firewall functionality. There were similar predictions of the end of 3rd party encryption products when Microsoft built the Encrypting File System into Windows 2000, and the death of the desktop security market when Microsoft built [...]
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by John Pescatore | November 5, 2010 | Submit a Comment
When I was in elementary school, we had to choose a country and write a report about it. I decided to find the country with the smallest entry in the encyclopedia* so I could write the shortest possible report. I narrowed it down to East Timor, Bhutan and Burma. I chose Bhutan over Burma because [...]
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by John Pescatore | November 3, 2010 | 3 Comments
Network World has a nice piece on ESET’s analysis of the Boonana malware. Boonana is a good example of advanced threats causing significant damage today: It does not rely on missing patches or vulnerability in software – it exploits user’s trust in social networks and their willingness to click on links. It uses a Java [...]
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by John Pescatore | November 2, 2010 | Submit a Comment
Would printer bombs (or holiday card Anthrax) get through your mailroom security? USPS Handbook on Mailroom Security My October 2001 Research Note “Mailrooms Should Be a Strong Line of Defense Against Terrorism“
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