Monthly Archives: October 2006

Book: The Security Development Lifecycle

After very good and successful book “Writing Secure Code”, written by Michael Howard and David LeBlanc, book “The Security Development Lifecycle” by Michael Howard and Steve Lipner came out. I’ve liked these books. Details at: http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/8753.asp for The Security Development … Continue reading

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Is It Possible To Steal An Election By Hacking The Vote?

It seems yes according ArsTechnica. Interesting article can be found here.

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Google and Your Privacy

Google already knows more about you than the National Security Agency ever will. But if you try to find more about Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the two former Stanford geeks who founded the company that has become synonymous with … Continue reading

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At 30, Crypto Still Lacks Usability, Experts Say

Government controls held back cryptography in the past, but today, it’s usability that blocks adoption, a panel of experts said Thursday. Read full article here.

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Anti-Virus Software Is Ineffective!?

Stealth malware researcher Joanna Rutkowska recently demonstrated a way to infect Windows Vista with a rootkit and introduced Blue Pill, a new concept that uses AMD’s SVM/Pacifica virtualization technology to create “100 percent undetectable malware.” Hardware virtualization, in her opinion, … Continue reading

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