The irony of today's, obviously not working loan system, has left a 22 years old Chicago student in debt of $412,000. A very scary event, that I feel could have been prevented if the loss was reported, and the bank giving the loans was somehow aware of the social status of the "borrower" :)In case you are interested in knowing more about identity theft, go through the following :ID Theft : When
Tuesday, 10 January 2006
Monday, 9 January 2006
Malware - future trends
Posted on 09:15 by Unknown
I'm very excited to let you know that, I have finally managed to release my "Malware - future trends" publication. Basically, it will provide you with an overview of the current trends, the driving factors behind the scenethe scene, and some of the trends to come, from my point of view.As factors contributing to the rise and success of malware I have pointed out :- Documentation and howto's
Wednesday, 4 January 2006
How to secure the Internet
Posted on 04:22 by Unknown
I recently wondered, are there any existing government practices towards securing the entire Internet?So I went though the U.S National Strategy to Security Cyberspace, to find out what is the U.S up to given it stillmaintains "control" of the Internet. What is the Internet's biggest weakness? No, it's not a sophisticated term, its a common word called design.A fact that is often neglected as the
Security quotes : a FSB (successor to the KGB) analyst on Google Earth
Posted on 03:38 by Unknown
"Lt. Gen. Leonid Sazhin, an analyst for the Federal Security Service, the Russian security agency that succeeded the K.G.B., was quoted by Itar-Tass as saying: "Terrorists don't need to reconnoiter their target. Now an American company is working for them." A great quote, and I find it totally true. The point is, not to look for high-resolution imagery, but to harness the power of OSINT, improve
Keep your friends close, your intelligence buddies closer!
Posted on 03:11 by Unknown
Too much power always leads you to the dark side!Cryptome has yesterday featured a excerpt from "State of the War : The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration" shredding more light on what the NSA used to be before 9/11 and how things changed at a later stage. In case you really want to find out more about the entire history of the NSA, go though "The Quest for Cryptologic
What's the potential of the IM security market? Symantec thinks big
Posted on 02:18 by Unknown
Yesterday, Symantec, one of the world's leading security, and of course, storage providers aquired IMlogic, a leading provide of Instant Messaging security solutions. How sound is this move anyway? Doesn't Symantec already have the necessary experience in this field?IMlogic has never been a build-to-flip company. Dating back to 2002, it has managed to secure important customers, Fortune 1000
Happy New Year folks!!
Posted on 01:50 by Unknown
Dear friends and visitors,Happy New Year and sincere apologies for the lack of updates on my blog recently. It's not that I have somehow stopped brainstorming on how to put my knowledge into neat posts, rather, I didn't have the time that I wanted to provide an in-depth overview of they key topics I had in mind :-)I wish you all the best in 2006, thank for your feedback on my ideas, and keep
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