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Teaching How To Create Malicious Code

In universities around the world, a question has arisen about computer studies syllabuses: should students be taught how to create viruses and malicious code? There are …

Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 Beta 3 Released

Trustix team announced that Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 beta 3 (aka Lightning) is available for download. As this is a beta release, it is not intended for usage on production …

Unix Security: The FormMail Hack

Is your Web server being used as a Spam Mail relay? It could be, and it doesn’t even need a daemon listening on the SMTP port. How’s it done, and how do you …

Analysis of Remote Active Operating System Fingerprinting Tools

There are many tools today that are used for remote active operating system fingerprinting. They all have their own fingerprinting techniques. This paper gives an in-depth …

Antivirus and EFS in Windows Server 2003

The need to transmit secret or sensitive information has been around for a long time, and cryptography, in one shape or form, has been around for almost as long. The Spartans …

Gearing Up For July 1, 2003 – Senate Bill 1386 – How Does It Affect You?

On July 1, 2003, Senate bill 1386 becomes Civil Code 1798.82. In a nutshell, the law states that any person or company doing business in the state of California is responsible …

Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies

Ivan Arce, Chief Technology Officer of Core Security Technologies, sets the technical direction for the company and is responsible for overseeing the development, testing and …

Apache 2.0.46 Released – Security and Bugfix Release

The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the ninth public release of the Apache 2.0 HTTP Server. This Announcement notes the …

RSA Security 2003 IT Security Survey Presented

The Emmes Group, a San Francisco-based strategy consulting and market research firm, conducted an in-depth market research survey at the RSA 2003 Conference in San Francisco. …

Key Iterations and Cryptographic Salts

The following document discusses the use of key iterations and cryptographic salts to stop dictionary attacks in password based encryption (symmetric cryptography). One of the …

Palyh Worm Problems Could Easily Have Been Avoided

One frequently ignored aspect of corporate antivirus protection is the built-in file filtering facilities that such protection normally includes, and which represents a …

Interview with Dave Wreski, Founder and CEO of Guardian Digital

Dave Wreski is the founder and CEO of Guardian Digital, which he formed in May 1999 to solve the mounting security issues related to enterprises world-wide. With his vast …

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