A site I was recently monitoring disappeared these days, so I feel it's about time I blog on this case. I have been talking about the emerging market for software vulnerabilities for quite some time, and it's quite a success to come across that the concept has been happening right there in front of us. Check out the screenshots. The International Exploits Shop I came across to looks like this :It
Tuesday, 7 March 2006
The Future of Privacy = don't over-empower the watchers!
Posted on 06:45 by Unknown
I blog a lot about privacy, anonymity and censorship, mainly because I feel not just concerned, but obliged to build awareness on the big picture the way I see it. Moreover, I find these interrelated and excluding any of these would result in missing the big picture, at least from my point of view. Some posts I did, worth mentioning are : "Anonymity or Privacy on the Internet?", "China - the
Monday, 6 March 2006
5 things Microsoft can do to secure the Internet, and why it wouldn't?
Posted on 10:21 by Unknown
In my previous post on Internet security, I was just scratching the surface of "How to secure the Internet", and emphasized that plain text communications, insecure by design, and our inability to measure the costs of cybercrime, are among the things to keep in mind.Now, If I were asked about monocultures, "ship it now, patch it later" attitudes or slow reactive approaches, I would quickly ask is
Data mining, terrorism and security
Posted on 09:53 by Unknown
I've been actively building awareness on what used to feel like an unpopular belief only - Cyberterrorism, and also covered some recent events related to Cyberterrorism in some of my previous posts.Last week, The NYTimes wrote about "Taking Spying to Higher Level, Agencies Look for More Ways to Mine Data", and I feel that avoiding the mainstream media for the sake of keeping it objective is quite
Anti Phishing toolbars - can you trust them?
Posted on 06:04 by Unknown
A lot of recent phishing events occured, and what should be mentioned is their constant ambitions towards increasing the number of trust points between end users and the mirror version of the original site. The use of SSL and the ease of obtaining a valid certificate for to-be fraudelent domain is a faily simple practice. Phishing is so much more than this, and it even has to do with buying 0day
February's Security Streams
Posted on 04:44 by Unknown
It's about time I summarize all my February's Security Streams, you can of course go through my January's Security Streams as well, in case you're interested in what was inspiring me to blog during January. The truth is - you, the 4,477 unique and 580 unique visitors returning during the entire February, and as this blog is melting down due to its audience and content, thanks for your time! As a
DVD of the (past) weekend
Posted on 04:12 by Unknown
Hi folks, as I've been down for a couple of days, I'm actively updating my blog, so watch out for some quality posts later on and apologies for the downtime. Thanks for the interest and the questions received whatsoever!So, after the "Lone Gunmen", and "The Outer Limits - Sex And Science Fiction Collection" it was about time we go beyond cyberspace with the second part of the "Lawnmower man" a
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