September 2007 - Posts

Critical Infrastructure Protection - Live
Department of Homeland Security did a simulation what could happen if a hacker gains access to crucial parts of an electrical grid. The video was marked "Official Use Only" but seems to have leaked to The Associated Press. They then made themselves a Read More...
Posted 29 September 07 10:19 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Bluehat 2007 Fall Sessions
I am in Redmond at the moment for internal meetings. We have been able to align these meetings with the Fall Session of Bluehat. I already blogged about the summer sessions and would like to give you some insights and views on the Fall sessions as well. Read More...
Posted 27 September 07 09:05 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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CSI Report 2007 published
You surely know the CSI-FBI Security report. FBI now pulled off and CSI did the study themselves. If you are interested in it – it is free but you have to register: http://gocsi.com/forms/csi_survey.jhtml Roger Read More...
Posted 27 September 07 12:27 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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Security Progress at Microsoft (Interview with Scott)
I just stumbled across this interview with Scott Charney (Corporate Vice President Trustworthy Computing) which is very interesting to read: Q&A: Microsoft no longer a 'laughingstock' of security, Charney says Roger Read More...
Posted 21 September 07 09:45 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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How to explain a Botnet
Have you ever struggled with the need to explain what a Bot and a Botnet is? There you go. The solution is here: source: http://cgi.cs.indiana.edu/~markus/cartoon/comic.php?c=20070920 Roger Read More...
Posted 20 September 07 10:45 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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No, not security but ultimately cool
Well, I was thinking about whether I actually can post about this – it has nothing to do with security but… On the other hand – there was a famous artist (René Magritte) playing with these things. I do not know, whether you know this picture: Ceci n'est Read More...
Posted 19 September 07 06:50 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Attacks on your Reputation
There is definitely some risk in reputation-based systems: The Threat of Reputation-Based Attacks on Securityfix from Washington Post Roger Read More...
Posted 19 September 07 09:56 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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How likely is “Cyberterrorism”?
If I am honest: I am probably the wrong one to answer this question. I am a security guy and not a terror specialist and the last thing I want to do is add just another useless blog post saying that it is extremely likely that the terrorist will soon Read More...
Posted 19 September 07 09:53 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Mandatory Keyloggers in Cyber Cafes
It is pretty well-known that there is a high risk of keystroke loggers in Cyber Cafés. That they are declared mandatory in a country however is pretty tough stuff: http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?id=281251&op=view Roger Read More...
Posted 11 September 07 02:46 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Is this the Cyberwar?
This is a pretty difficult question to answer, isn't it? Let's just think of a few events that happened in the last few months, according to the press: December, 2006: China suspected to hack Navy site ( fcw.com ) May 2007: Denial of Service Attacks on Read More...
Posted 08 September 07 09:33 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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