Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Vulnerability testing process template
http://www.infosecwriters.com/text_resources/pdf/GYhan.Network.Security.Testing.Process.pdf
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Interesting take on Mac vs PC argument
If you follow Information Security at all or have been part of a PC vs. Mac discussion at any level, you’ve probably come across the timeless question of:
What’s more secure, Mac or PC?
Well, there’s an analogy from renowned security researcher Charlie Miller that elegantly captures the answer in a single sentence:
Mac OS X is like living in a farmhouse in the country with no locks, and Windows is living in a house with bars on the windows in the bad part of town.
In short, having a secure operating system and being safe are two different things. Exposure matters. So even though Windows is technically more secure, people using it are still less safe than if they were to use OS X.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Seamless mode in virtualbox
Interesting article on makeuseof.com called
VirtualBox’s Seamless Mode: Combine Two Operating Systems Into One Desktop
Seems like an interesting way to protect a windows box from the Internet if you browsed via a version of firefox in Linux.
Interesting Nessus article
http://blog.tenablesecurity.com/2010/03/value-of-credentialed-scanning.html
Interesting article on the benefits of using credentials when doing a Nessus scan. If only everybody read it........
Interesting article on the benefits of using credentials when doing a Nessus scan. If only everybody read it........