Monthly Archives: April 2007

The Security Development Lifecycle Blog Started

Microsoft recently started The Security Development Lifecycle blog. There is also good book about SDL.

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Lecture about Economics of Information Security

The information security guru Bruce Schneier gave a joint BCS and London School of Economics public lecture as part of this year’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Interesting quotes: ‘Hacking has changed from a hobbyist pursuit to a criminal pursuit. There are … Continue reading

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Microsoft admits Vista failure!?

Sounds unbelievable but read: Microsoft admits Vista failure, Abandoning the Vista Ship and Commentary on Vista Security and the Microsoft Monopoly.

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Help Net Security OnLine Portal

Help Net Security is an online portal that covers all the major information security happenings. The portal has been online since 1998 and caters a large number of Information Technology readers specifically interested in computer security. Besides covering news around … Continue reading

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2006 Operating System Vulnerability Summary

This is long article but worth of reading:  OmniNerd – Articles: 2006 Operating System Vulnerability Summary. If you haven’t time to read complete article, read: Closing      While there are an enormous variety of operating systems to choose from, only … Continue reading

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BioPassword Authentication Scheme

Identity theft is a growing problem and fight against it is very important. One possible idea and question is: Can the speed at which user types be used to determine whether he/she is allowed to view bank account details or … Continue reading

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Security and Other Risks Associated With Google Adsense Program

Google AdSense program offers possibility for Website owners, who have high visibility and number of visitors, to earn money based on clicks on Google Ads. More details about Adsense here. However, on occasions it seems to me that this widely … Continue reading

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Book: Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista™

Michael Howard and David LeBlanc have written new book Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista™. Microsoft Web site says about this book: The definitive guide to developing more-secure software applications for Windows Vista Get the definitive guide to writing secure … Continue reading

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New Version of GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner

This is great news that many computer network and security administrators will welcome and which will make their life easier. By end of March 2007 GFI Software, well known company that develops network security, content security and messaging software, announced … Continue reading

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List of Free Security Apps for Mac, Windows and Linux

ITSecurity has published great and useful list of 103 free security apps for Mac, Windows, and Linux. This list is divided to groups for Antyspyware, Antivirus, Rootkit, Web utility, Intrusion Detection System (IDS), Virtual Private Network (VPN), Temporary files, Wireless, … Continue reading

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