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July 2006 - Posts

Microsoft Live Labs Photosynth - A photo collection as an entry point into the world

Found something very cool on our research pages... Microsoft Photosynth! What's the security part? Absolutely no idea (so far), but as a passionate photographer, I found the idea amazing and the realization cool! Well, perhaps the idea of "collecting" Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 30, 2006 10:13 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Understanding EFS

EFS has been around for quite some time within a Windows environment, but it has grown up a bit in Windows XP and Server 2003. EFS, Encrypting File System, is an excellent way to help protect data that is stored on a server or desktop. http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Understanding-EFS-Windows-2003.html Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 30, 2006 9:52 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Google Source Code Bug Finder

This is a pretty interesting web-site: It contains Google quiries looking for vulnerabilities in publicly available source code. The list however is still rather short but I could think that this will be growing: http://www.cipher.org.uk/index.php?p=projects/bugle.project Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 27, 2006 12:13 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Microsoft Private Folder 1.0

Microsoft has released a new tool to protect private information on the desktop. With Private Folders the user gets a password protected folder on Windows XP. Download . http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/offers/Details.aspx?displaylang=en&countrycode=USA&offerid=441c2998-248b-49cf-b084-f3a237b58f71 Read More...
Posted Monday, July 17, 2006 9:57 AM by chsecblo | 9 Comments

Windows FLP released - The better alternative to Win9x or WinMe...

Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs is based on Microsoft Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 (SP2), enabling you to upgrade to the security and stability of the Microsoft Windows XP platform. This eases the transition to Windows Vista Enterprise when Read More...
Posted Monday, July 17, 2006 9:50 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

From a "normal" hack to a governmental affair

It is unbelieveable but this story is not about how to secure a system but about what happens if you don't - and the hackers simply modify your system... http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71363-0.html Roger Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 13, 2006 8:49 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Microsoft Threat Analysis & Modeling v2.0 - RTM

I wrote already about this tool - it RTMed now and is ready for download. You can find it here . At the moment we are discussing about flying those guys in and running some workshops about the way we do threat modelling and this tool. Woudl there be interrest Read More...
Posted Friday, July 07, 2006 10:20 PM by chsecblo | 109 Comments

Why Phishing Works...

If you haven't read "Why Phishing Works" (850 kb PDF) - written by Rachna Dhamija, J. D. Tygar, and Marti Hearst - stop what you're doing now and go get it... http://people.deas.harvard.edu/~rachna/papers/why_phishing_works.pdf Very frustrating... ;-) Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 05, 2006 1:05 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments
 
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