Yearly Archives: 2009

Poll: Have You Used Penetration Testing Services?

I invite you to answer poll question “Have you used penetration testing services” on my blog and see how others voted. Continue reading

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IPS, Whom to believe: Gartner or NSS Labs?

An independent test and evaluation of 15 different network intrusion-protection system products from seven vendors showed none were fully effective in warding off attacks against Microsoft, Adobe and other programs. NSS Labs, which conducted the test without vendor sponsorship of any kind, also evaluated the 15 network IPS offerings for their capability in responding to “evasions,” attacks delivered in an obfuscated and stealthy manner in order to hide. In that arena, Juniper Networks and TippingPoint didn’t perform particularly well. Juniper IPS scored lowest at only 17% effectiveness. In that arena, the McAfee and IBM IPS held up particularly well. Continue reading

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RSA Security Conference

RSA Security Conference Europe 2009 has been held in period 20-22 October 2009 in Hilton London Metropole Hotel. RSA conferences are one of the most comprehensive forums in information security. Continue reading

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Second Round Candidates of the Cryptographic Hash Algorithm Competition Selected

NIST has selected the Second Round Candidates of the SHA-3 Competition recently. Following 14 second round candidates to continue in the competition: Continue reading

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Poll: Should We Teach Students How To Write Viruses?

Poll: should we teach students how to write viruses – What do you think in regards to this very controversial issue? Your opinions are welcome. Thank you for voting. Continue reading

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Virtual Steganographic Laboratory

Michal Wegrzyn informed me about new and interesting project on http://vsl.sourceforge.net/.  That is new steganographic tool. Name of tool is Virtual Steganographic Laboratory (VSL). It is a graphical block diagramming tool that allows complex using, testing and adjusting of methods … Continue reading

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Intesa Bank POS Terminals Insecure

Payment with credit or debit cards, at least in Serbia, at some of Intesa bank owned POS terminals is NOT secure. They print full credit card number on paper slip. Continue reading

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Wireless Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems

After quite some time of silence regarding my work on Wireless Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (WIDS / WIPS), I’m considering continuing that work. In past I have done research, published couple of papers on this topic at conferences and journals and also created concept, basic architecture and design of system and products. This possible “reactivating” of work is particularly pushed by recent interest of companies, organizations and institutions including commercial, government etc, and requirements of many production environments.

This is just brief description. If you are interested in more details or want to consider contribution or investment into this development send me e-mail. Continue reading

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Nokia 1100 Used in Online Banking Hack

Interesting article: Investigators replicate Nokia 1100 online banking hack – Network World. It says: Versions of the 1100 have firmware that can be modified in order to intercept SMSes, including one-time banking passwords. and An Ultrascan informant sold one of … Continue reading

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Which Antivirus Software Do You Use?

There is new poll on this blog. Question is “Which antivirus software do you use?”
Thank you for voting.
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