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The Four Horsemen of CLeopatra's Barge

One of the more interesting session I went to yesterday was a talk by Chris Hoff called " The Four Horsemen of the Virtualization Apocalypse ." (If you've never read Hoff's blog, you should check it out at http://rationalsecurity.typepad.com/ .) I thought Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 9:36 PM by jrjones | 1 Comments

Black Hat : Got2 Luv the H8ers

So, this afternoon, I'm in the Microsoft booth at Black Hat when this guy comes up (badge hidden of course) and starts talking to some of my colleagues. Right away, it was pretty obvious that he was antagonistic. I will refer to him as "h8er" from here Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 6:07 AM by jrjones | 24 Comments

Live from the ?Configuresoft? Conference

I thought I'd share a quick story from Black Hat. So, I went Caesar's and headed back to the conference area to register and get my badge. As I neared the escalators, I started seeing a lot of folks with badges on that said "Configuresoft." I thought, Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 2:47 AM by jrjones | 1 Comments
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Exploitability Index - More Information for Customers

Yesterday at Black Hat 2008, along with some other stuff , we announced that we will be adding some new information to Security Bulletins - an "Exploitability Index" for each of the vulnerabilities addressed by the bulletin. Based upon talking with Microsoft Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:20 PM by jrjones | 1 Comments

Black Hat 2008, Here I Come...

Tomorrow, I set off for Black Hat 2008 in Las Vegas to join colleagues that are already there (see Defend the Flag: Roguery Abounds! , over on the new MSRC Ecostrat blog .) As always, I am excited to head over to this conference to see if anything new Read More...
Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 10:29 PM by jrjones | 3 Comments

Mac OS X Security - Reality Check #2

First, let me express a caveat. I don't really care for "hack the box" contests. If a machine doesn't get hacked, it does not mean it isn't breakable. If it does get hacked, it just shows us what we already know - any machine can be broken under the right Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:43 PM by jrjones | 1 Comments

Mac OS X Security - Reality Check #1

UPDATE: A colleague sent me a link to the source paper that the article discusses: http://www.techzoom.net/papers/blackhat_0day_patch_2008.pdf . As anyone who reads my blog knows, I like to shine a light on areas of common security misperceptions. I am Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:32 PM by jrjones | 2 Comments
 
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