Monthly Archives: June 2010

Threatsaurus from Sophos

Sophos, one of world leaders in IT security and data protection, issued “Threatsaurus, the a-z of computer and data security threats”. Free PDF is here.
Whether you’re an IT professional, use a computer at work, or just browse the Internet, this book is for you. We tell you the facts about the threats to your computers and to your data in simple, easy-to-understand language. Continue reading

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What’s Wrong With Secure Software Development?

Despite a wealth of security knowledge and developers’ access to advanced tools, many software security risks remain. Analysts say that vulnerabilities arise because many software developers do not understand how to build security into their code… Continue reading

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Security Impact of Cloud Computing

Interesting paper titled “Understanding Cloud-Computing Vulnerabilities” appears in IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine (June 2010 issue). Authors of article are Bernd Grobauer, Tobias Walloschek, Elmar Stöcker, from Siemens (Munich, Germany). It touches topic which is very hot topic nowadays because of increased importance of cloud computing and many discussions and different views of its security advantages and drawbacks. Continue reading

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New WordPress Version and Theme

This blog has new look now. With change to the newest version of WordPress 3.0, I decided to change theme as well. As with every new thing, it will need some time to fine tune all small bits, plug-ins and other details. I hope you’ll like this theme even more than previous and continue to read my blog as before. Continue reading

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