• SAFECode: Writing Secure Code – learning from each other

    During RSA Europe an industry forum called SAFECode ( S oftware A ssurance F orum for E xcellence in C ode) was announced " to identify and share software assurance best practices, promote broader adoption of such practices into the cyber ecosystem, and...
  • Are you ready for your users of the (near) future?

    Yankee Group Study Actually near future might be wrong: I am convinced that the future (with regards to the requirements) is already here. We sponsored a study with Yankee Group with the title Anywhere Access Technologies - Open Enterprise Networks...
  • More than 490’000 Database Server unprotected on the Web

    David Litchfield ran a scan on the Internet for the typical SQL Server and Oracle ports. It is unbelievable that he found approx. 490'000 servers on the Internet – unprotected and often un-patched. On unsupported version levels, on unsupported Service...
  • WabiSabiLabi and their view on ethics

    I commented on that already twice and I stated that WabiSabiLabi seems to have a different view on ethics than me. For those of you who do not know WabiSabiLabi, it is an online auction for vulnerabilities . We met the founder of this platform during...
  • I was visiting Nigeria – watch out!

    You know that I rarely did trip reports in the past. I am personally convinced that you do not want to read, what I had for breakfast in Barcelona. But this trip was different. When I told the people around me that I will be travelling to Nigeria I got...