Category Archives: General

GTECH to Acquire Sports-Betting Solutions Provider Finsoft Limited

News: GTECH to Acquire Sports-Betting Solutions Provider Finsoft Limited. Why is this on my security blog? Because I am CEO of BEG Finsoft, Belgrade branch of Finsoft Limited (see here). See also press release on GTECH Web site (here).

Share
Posted in General | Leave a comment

Software that Does Security Profiling of People

This is area in development and it makes many people concerned. Are science methods and software mature enough to do it properly and not to hurt anyone? It seems as experiment, but actually it is in use and can cause … Continue reading

Share
Posted in General, Security | Leave a comment

The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics

Might be a little bit outdated but still interesting stuff: The Computer Ethics Institute is a nonprofit research and policy study organization made up of the Brookings Institute, IBM, The Washington Consulting Group, and the Washington Theological Consortium. They have … Continue reading

Share
Posted in General | Leave a comment

The Vulnerability Disclosure Game

In earlier post on this Web site, I wrote about dilemma to disclose or not to disclose security flaws publicly. This disclosure game is becoming hotter and hotter at present time. Recently I’ve read four interesting articles at CSO online. … Continue reading

Share
Posted in General, Security | 2 Comments

Security Flaws: To Disclose Or Not To Disclose?

If you are a security researcher or enthusiast and you’ve found vulnerabilities and / or security flaws in hardware or software products, are you going to disclose it to public audience? Probably you think it should be done as soon … Continue reading

Share
Posted in General, Security Research | Leave a comment

Problem of Separating Data Ownership and Device Ownership

Nice essay on Wired.com by Bruce Schneier.

Share
Posted in General, Security | Leave a comment

McAfee List of Security Predictions for 2007

McAfee published 10 security predictions for next year. This is list: The number of password-stealing websites will increase using fake sign-in pages for popular online services such as eBay. The volume of spam, particularly bandwidth-eating image spam, will continue to … Continue reading

Share
Posted in General, Security | Leave a comment

Biometric Security and Fake Fingerprints

Is biometric by fingerprints secure? It seems it is not anymore – see this.

Share
Posted in General, Security | Leave a comment

3 Metrics to Gauge Security Spending

Baseline columnist Paul Strassmann offers some insight on the topic and suggests three ratios to gauge security returns. The discussion goes beyond the worst-case scenario approach where you try to predict lost revenue from a security attack to cook up … Continue reading

Share
Posted in General, Security | Leave a comment

Linux Kernels: 2.6 versus 2.4 on the Ext3 Filesystems

Title of this post is title of our paper to be presented at IPSI 2006 conference. Paper authors are: Borislav Djordjevic, Dragan Pleskonjic, Marko Caric, and Nemanja Macek. This conference will take place in Bled, Slovenia, November 30 till December … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Conferences, Events, General | Leave a comment