A recent article by The Register almost makes you feel bad for social networking sites. In addition to their existing reputation for wasting time and ruining the grammatical aptitude of teenagers everywhere, social networking sites are now being accused of creating serious security threats for organizations in the form of spam, phishing, and malware...
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Who needs coffee when you have the best of this week’s local security bloggers at your fingertips? The featured blog post by Richard Bejtlich is sure to give you a jolt that’s espresso-worthy as he bashes the ISC’s take on incident response verses incident handling, and our favorite v-blogger Marcus J. Carey will have you...
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As if two weren’t enough, more worms made their way through Twitter this weekend. MORE MIKEYY WORMS: Twitter hit again with more worms over the weekend. http://tinyurl.com/ce2zmp #  So, what happens if you create Twitter worms that cause problems for everyone? Employment, obviously. TWITTER WORMER GET JOB: WTF… That’s all I can think to say. http://tinyurl.com/c8mtrb # If...
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NovaInfosecPortal is currently looking for a motivated college student who is interested in pursuing a career in the computer security field to participate in a summer internship. The internship requires a time commitment of 5-10 hours a week for a 3-month period between the months of May and August. While the internship is unpaid, it is...
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In the past few days I’ve come across of two articles that, according to their titles, seem to imply that the problem of software security is practically solved. In the article ”Software security: Software Security Comes of Age,” Gary McGraw discusses the numbers and stats behind general software security, the increased use of code scanning...
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So, it’s that time of the week again—the time where we spotlight the best posts by local security bloggers. This week there were some especially thought-provoking posts mixed with some humorous v-blog posts that are a must-see. If you have any recommendations for local security bloggers that we should keep our eye on, leave a...
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What had the Twittersphere all abuzz this week? The Twitter attacks, of course. TWITTER WORM: If u haven’t heard yet, Twitter’s been hit. Prob some type of JS attack. Go NoScript! http://tinyurl.com/cy6ey3 #commentary # ANOTHER TWITTER WORM: Teen has taken credit 4 both. Let’s open responsible...
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