Polls
Loading ...Books
Blog Search
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Dragan on Security on Second Round Candidates of the Cryptographic Hash Algorithm Competition Selected
- Tweets that mention Poll: Do You Use Any Security Precautions On Your Mobile Phone? | Dragan on Security -- Topsy.com on Poll: Do You Use Any Security Precautions On Your Mobile Phone?
- Tweets that mention New Version of CrypTool | Dragan on Security -- Topsy.com on New Version of CrypTool
- Dragan on Security on CrypTool
- Tweets that mention What’s Wrong With Secure Software Development?Dragan on Security | Dragan on Security -- Topsy.com on What’s Wrong With Secure Software Development?
Featured
Categories
- Books, Magazines and Journals (28)
- Conferences, Events (25)
- Cryptography (41)
- Database Security (6)
- Education and Training (11)
- Fun (15)
- General (45)
- Hardware Security (9)
- Internet Security (42)
- Intrusion Detection / Prevention Systems (10)
- Malicious Software (23)
- Mobile / Cellular / Bluetooth (15)
- Operating Systems and Application Security (58)
- Penetration Testing (1)
- Secure Programming (13)
- Security (195)
- Compliance (1)
- Polls (17)
- Privacy (32)
- Review (3)
- Security Research (39)
- Software Security (13)
- Threats, Vulnerabilities, Attacks (19)
- Tools and Utilities (14)
- Uncategorized (1)
- VoIP Security (4)
- Wireless Security (19)
Archives
- January 2012 (1)
- October 2011 (3)
- September 2011 (1)
- February 2011 (1)
- January 2011 (1)
- September 2010 (1)
- August 2010 (2)
- July 2010 (1)
- June 2010 (4)
- May 2010 (2)
- April 2010 (1)
- January 2010 (1)
- December 2009 (2)
- October 2009 (1)
- September 2009 (1)
- July 2009 (2)
- June 2009 (2)
- May 2009 (1)
- April 2009 (3)
- March 2009 (1)
- January 2009 (5)
- December 2008 (2)
- November 2008 (1)
- October 2008 (4)
- July 2008 (3)
- May 2008 (4)
- April 2008 (3)
- March 2008 (9)
- February 2008 (4)
- January 2008 (7)
- December 2007 (8)
- November 2007 (9)
- October 2007 (18)
- September 2007 (12)
- August 2007 (17)
- July 2007 (5)
- June 2007 (16)
- May 2007 (21)
- April 2007 (12)
- March 2007 (4)
- February 2007 (12)
- January 2007 (17)
- December 2006 (23)
- November 2006 (62)
- October 2006 (23)
- September 2006 (7)
- May 2006 (2)
- March 2006 (2)
- February 2006 (1)
- January 2006 (6)
- December 2005 (3)
- November 2005 (14)
- October 2005 (26)
- September 2005 (14)
- August 2005 (10)
Monthly Archives: October 2005
How ATM Fraud Nearly Brought Down British Banking
Very interesting story about phantom ATM withdrawals could be read here. It says: This is the story of how the UK banking system could have collapsed in the early 1990s, but for the forbearance of a junior barrister who also … Continue reading
Posted in Security
Leave a comment
The Story of Snort: Past, Present and Future
Martin Roesch, the creator of Snort, the de facto standard for intrusion detection/prevention, presents the story of Snort that covers seven years of development that made this tool one of the most important security software titles ever developed. During his … Continue reading
Posted in Security
Leave a comment
My Newest Book: Operating Systems
My newest book just came out from printing. See more details on my web site or on publisher’s. Note: This book has been written in Serbian language.
Posted in General
Leave a comment
Teaching Secure Programming
A very interesting article with this title appeared in IEEE Security & Privacy, September/October 2005 (Vol. 3, No. 5) pp. 54-56. It says: The function of academia is not to teach programming techniques, but to teach concepts, principles, and methods … Continue reading
Posted in General
Leave a comment
Does Blizzard Entertainment Use Spyware to Verify EULA Compliance?
There are voices and interesting posts that claims yes, they do! If true, that is scary. Rootkit post is here. Blizzard responds here. Look also at this. Also, famous Bruce Schneier talks about it in his Security blog and number … Continue reading
Posted in Security
Leave a comment
Should Developers be Accountable for Security Holes?
Security expert Howard Schmidt wants coders to be held responsible for vulnerabilities in their code, but others say their employers should be held to account. Read full story here.
Posted in Security
Leave a comment
Anti-Virus Engine Malformed Archives Virus Detection Bypass
Two Secunia reports: Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine Malformed Archives Virus Detection Bypass, read here. fRoGGz has reported a weakness in Kaspersky Anti-Virus scan engine, which can be exploited by malware to bypass certain scanning functionality. AVG Anti-Virus Engine Malformed ARJ Archive … Continue reading
Posted in Security
Leave a comment
Small World Phenomenon and Computer Viruses Spreading
The small world phenomenon (also known as the small world effect) is the hypothesis that everyone in the world can be reached through a short chain of social acquaintances. The concept gave rise to the famous phrase six degrees of … Continue reading
Posted in General
Leave a comment
BEA WebLogic 24 Vulnerabilities and Security Issues
This is really huge number of security issues reported: 24 vulnerabilities and security issues have been reported in WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express, where the most critical ones potentially can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated privileges and … Continue reading
Posted in Security
Leave a comment
New Worm Naming Scheme Aims To Cut Confusion
This is probably good idea: The US Computer Emergency Response Team and major security vendors are looking to simplify a system which now has infections going by multiple names, each given by a different vendor. Read more here.
Posted in Security
Leave a comment