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I just read a blog post (no need to direct traffic there with a link) that included the following content: This week, I had the opportunity ...

Volume 13 Issue 2 of IATAC's IA Newsletter features an article titled Apples and Oranges: Operating and Defending the Global Informatio...

If you haven't seen Shodan yet, you're probably not using Twitter as a means to stay current on security issues. Shoot, I don'...

It's 2007 and some people still do not know the difference between a threat and a vulnerability. I know these are just the sorts of pos...

Three weeks ago I wrote about Vulnerability-Centric Security regarding the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, the US Army'...

The vehicle pictured at left is a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, the US Army's replacement for the Hummvee. I read about this...

Today I read this new Cisco advisory containing these words: Cisco routers and switches running Cisco IOS® or Cisco IOS XR software may be ...

The image at left is from the first issue of an Intel marketing magazine called Premier IT . I like it because it shows many of the terms I...

The second of the three security principles listed in my first book is: Many intruders are unpredictable. I think the new Adobe Acrobat R...

Brian Krebs posted an excellent article titled Internet Explorer Unsafe for 284 Days in 2006 . Brian writes: For all its touted security i...

Sometimes I read configuration guides that advise installing anti-virus products on servers. Since I don't run Windows servers in produ...

As I continue through my list of security notes, I thought I would share a few ideas here. I recorded these while seeing Ron Gula discuss v...

At ShmooCon one talk discussed a somewhat obvious and not that exciting (to me) feature of Windows wireless networking. I don't conside...

Thanks to Tom Ptacek , I learned of a truly lame SANS poll questioning the responsibility of the Metasploit ie_xp_pfv_metafile component. ...

I just received notice of the updated Microsoft Security Advisory on the WMF fiasco. It states: Microsoft has completed development of the...

One of the criticisms of open source software is that there is no one to blame when a customer needs a problem solved. For example, if an o...

Thanks to a heads-up from "yomama" in the #snort channel, I learned of this advisory from Tim Shelton: "A vulnerability was ...

In preparation for my career as an Air Force intelligence officer, I studied history at the US Air Force Academy . Since then I have enjoye...

Last week I posted comments about several misuses of the word "threat" in the latest SANS twenty most critical Internet security ...

Back in January I noted that SANS was not using the terms "threat" and "vulnerability" properly in its call for help on...