Interview with Matt Conover (Shok), w00w00 Hacker

Matt Conover is a member of w00w00 Security Development, that with 30+ active members, is currently the largest non-profit security team in the world. So here it goes: How and …

Online Bank Security: Cover Your Assets!

Banks are secure. We all take this for granted. You can see the security; Strong walls, locks, alarms, cameras, vaults, security guards-¦ most of it is visible (physical) …

Online Security: What’s your approach?

In the rush to get online, many companies consider security as an afterthought. The hurry to develop an online presence causes them to overlook the obvious… they could …

Passwords – The Weak Link

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. In the security world, that weak link is the human element, and it manifests in the poor management of user passwords. As our …

Code Red: As Bad As It Gets?

If you haven’t heard about Code Red by now you must have been in hibernation! This most recent worm has fueled the old debate on “Full Disclosure”. Many …

Risk e-Business

Well, it’s finally happened. I had my first close encounter with real life crackers! A good friend of mine recently went to work for a small Internet startup company (I …

A Comment on Bugtracking

On November 20, 2000, I was sent an e-mail by someone who called himself Zorgon. It read: CGIForum is a free forum. We can set `thesection’ parameter to view files on …