On my previous “Starbucks” post I discussed how their recent move to free wifi for all has really helped raise awareness of surfing securely when using free wifi hotspots. In the end I encouraged the use of VPNs as the most effective countermeasure in stopping malicious snoopers. To follow up on this post, I...
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I’ve been meaning put out a post ever since our failed book giveaway attempts last year (here, here, and here). Then over the weekend Richard Bejtlich (@taosecurity) put out a bunch of reviews on several infosec classics. I happened to have three of those so it looked like a great time to try to...
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It’s that time of the week again: The time where we take a look at what local security bloggers have been up to. Not a lot of blogs this week and history is made on our site as Richard Bejtlich gets all the top 3 spots with his blog post. If you can’t get enough...
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If you’re not already following some of our excellent NovaInfosec Twits and are wondering where to get the best NoVA-, DC-, and MD-related security tweets, look no further than this post. Published every Friday, our “Infosec Ramblings” post takes many of my security tweets/RTs from the past week and puts them into one easy...
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It’s that time of the week again: The time where we take a look at what local security bloggers have been up to. If you can’t get enough of the local security scene, check out our NovaInfosec Twits list for even more great security blogs and people to follow on Twitter. Also be sure to...
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If you’re not already following some of our excellent NovaInfosec Twits and are wondering where to get the best NoVA-, DC-, and MD-related security tweets, look no further than this post. Published every Friday, our “Infosec Ramblings” post takes many of my security tweets/RTs from the past week and puts them into one easy...
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The whole Starbucks thing seems to be getting me on a role in the wifi security arena. The recent deluge of free wifi security articles reminded me of an article Brian Krebbs wrote a while back called “Wi-Fi Street Smarts, iPhone Edition” about hotspot security. One of the pieces of advice was to remove...
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