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  • New Guidance on the SQL Injection Attacks

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    We just published yesterday two new pieces of guidance for the latest SQL Injection attacks, which I want to make sure you saw it: Preventing SQL Injections in ASP SQL Injection Attack – which is a great piece of work pulling the different views...

  • Microsoft Advisory for Safari Flaw

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    I posted yesterday on the Safari flaw ( Why Apple has to fix the Safari flaw ) as Apple did not acknowledge that this is a security vulnerability. Unfortunately we had now to release an advisory for this as we started to see that the bad guys could use...

  • The latest SQL Injection Attacks

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    Well, there was quite some chatter over the last few weeks with regards to the massive defacements we saw based on SQL Injection Attacks. So, what was really new? Close to nothing. Well, this is not completely true. The new thing we have seen with these...

  • Why Apple has to fix the Safari flaw

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    Remember me talking about Is Security Research Ethical? I made a statement in there when it comes to responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities: And then, what does the vendor do with it? Does the company act on it? Now, we can debate on what a vulnerability...

  • How to sell security

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    I just read this essay by Bruce Schneier: How to Sell Security . This is definitely a must-read in my opinion. Not that it really tells you how to sell it but it helps you to understand the "mechanics" about it. Roger

  • How to Hack Windows Vista

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    No, no. For sure. I am not going to give you advise how to hack – but look at this video: http://www.offensive-security.com/movies/vistahack/vistahack.html . I am always amazed about these kind of videos, which still surprise people. If look years back...

  • Two Important Whitepapers on Windows Server 2008

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    If you are planning to implement Windows Server 2008, there are two paper recently published that could help you with it: Active Directory Certificate Services Upgrade and Migration Guide Configuring and Troubleshooting Certification Authority...

  • Researcher at Microsoft Research wins ACM award for Privacy Protection

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    I just read this article on Cryptography Expert Wins ACM Award for Advances in Protecting Privacy of Information Retrieval . This is really cool to see that research with do at Microsoft Research not "only" leads to advancements in our products but to...

  • SANS Commits $1 Million to Fight Cybercrime in Developing Countries

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    You know that I criticize SANS from time to time. Especially when it come to their handlers, I am convinced that they are creating the problem rather than solving it. This time I have to say that I am impressed as they are helping developing countries...

  • Adding additional File Formats in Office 2007 SP2

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    We just announced that we will add support for additional file formats in Office System 2007 SP2. Just read more on Open XML, ODF, PDF, and XPS in Office Roger

  • Is Security Research Ethical?

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    Shoaib's blog actually pointed me to a pretty interesting article called Face-Off: Is vulnerability research ethical? - Security Experts Bruce Schneier & Marcus Ranum Offer Their Opposing Points of View . Not surprisingly Bruce says "yes" and Marcus...

  • Analysis of the Estonian Attacks

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    I just read a paper on the political analysis of the Estonian Attack. If you are interested reading my post on my other blog (as the analysis is not really technical but interesting) there you go: Analysis of the Estonian Attacks Roger

  • You know about PDOS?

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    Well, I know DOS, I know DDOS, but I never knew PDOS until today: there seems to be a new way to attack systems using the firmware update mechanism and generating a Permanent Denial of Service (actually damaging the hardware)…. I was involved in a...

  • Security Risks of Virtualization

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    One fact strikes me pretty often: Companies have the problem that they have legacy software running on legacy operating systems (e.g. NT4) running on legacy hardware. This is a severe problem as you all know. Now, these companies look into virtualization...

  • Learnings on Publishing SharePoint on ISA Server

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    Here Blogging on MOSS 2007 (SharePoint) I talked about the way I use SharePoint and a Codeplex application to build a blog. Shoaib was so kind to let me know that the links of the RSS feed point to the internal server rather than the public URL. If you...

  • Storm coming back?

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    I just read first reports that Storm is coming back as we speak. This is frightening but shows the power and possibilities of the criminals as well. I have no information yet how bad it looks like, just read the following report: The Storm Worm would...

  • Selling Vulnerabilities and Ethics

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    Shoaib just blogged on Hacking & Security Community - Ethical or Unethical? . To start with: I do not claim that I know all about ethics and that there is only one view on ethics but I have a clear view on certain things. I blogged on this theme...

  • The Best Security Blogs on the Web

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    Well, this is not what I am claiming to have…. This is what I am looking for. At the moment, I am monitoring/reading the following security-related blogs (sorted alphabetically): Microsoft BitLocker™ Drive Encryption Team Blog Chief Security Advisor...

  • Schneier on US Customs Notebook Searches: Do not follow the rules

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    I just read this article by Bruce Schneier on what to do about US Customs searches: Taking your laptop into the US? Be sure to hide all your data first So, if you look at part of his recommendations, they are: You're going to have to hide your data...

  • Support for Law Enforcement and COFEE

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of chatter about a tool we provide in a Beta version to Law Enforcement called COFEE: Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor. Let me give you some information on COFEE and put it into the proper context...

  • Bug Hidden for more than 25 Years

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    Wow, this was impressive: A Swiss Developer posted on Saturday a blog that he found a bug which remained hidden for more than 25 years: When seekdir() Won't Seek to the Right Position . BTW: It is in BSD, where the code is available to everyone and...

  • More of a third of software is stolen

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    BSA just released today a new piracy study and there are some remarkable facts in there: The worldwide weighted average of piracy rate is 38% The median piracy rate in 2007 is 61% Think about the second point for a second: This means that in half...

  • Opening a File (Dilbert)

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    Ever tried to open a file? Roger

  • How a Botnet looks like

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    If you would like to know a little bit more on botnets and how they actually look like, there is a researcher who actually draw a map of one: What a Botnet Looks Like Roger

  • The Debate on Security Metrics

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    Recently I was sitting on a panel which was pretty heterogeneous: There was a representative from IBM (actually from former ISS), customers, a representative from the Open Source community (who actually, during his presentation always said how bad our...
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