Release #22 of ActuSecu is out! Available here. Covered topics: Identity theft on the Internet, MD5 collisions and SSL certificates vulnerabilities, Conficker, FreeBSD telnet and Microsoft XML exploits and malicious RSS feeds.
Month: March 2009
Wi-Fi @ Hospital
For a few days, I spend my time between home and the hospital. My wife has undergone surgery (nothing critical, it was planned). Personally I hate hospitals and spending hours over there “offline” is a pain. Luckily our hospital offers sells Wi-Fi access to the patients. On a pure business
Bye-bye Acrobat Reader!
It’s decided! I get rid of all my Acrobat Readers! My primary environment is Linux but I also use Windows operating systems (virtualized or running on separated hardware). And today, you can’t life without a PDF reader! I looked for an alternative. My PDF reader is now Foxit. To make
Yubikey: One Time Password vs Static Password
I received my Yubikey a few days ago! Very good service from Yubico. Living in Belgium, the key was sent from Sweden (three business days to be delivered, tracking number, safely packed, etc). For those who never heard the word “Yubikey”, a small introduction. The Yubikey is a very simple
Map of Surveillance Societies Around the World
This is not recent map (2007) but interesting… Notice the colors of the United States and France! The map is here: http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-559597
Safe Syslog Data Storage
Logs are important in your security policy. Each devices in your infrastructure generate events and write them to log files. Log files are stored locally and can be reviewed via the tool provided by the device manufacturer. However, it quickly becomes a pain to manage if you’ve hundreds or thousands
Free Caribbean Cruise? Really?
I’m excited! I received my first phishing call today 😉 I received a call from a hidden number, picked up the phone and heard a message in English saying something like: “Congratulations! You just have won a free Caribbean cruise! To reclaim your prize, press 9. That’s the nine-key on
We Have Spare Time in IT?
Source: eviljaymz.com/
Google Toolbar Breaks Juniper Network Connect on Linux?
I was fighting with my corporate SSL VPN setup (based on Juniper) for a while and finally found the cause of the problem: the Google toolbar! Juniper proposes a “network connect” mode: “Network Connect is a software package from Juniper Networks that interfaces with its Secure Access hardware and provides
Garry McGraw @ OSWAP Belgian Chapter Meeting
Back from the second OWASP Belgian Chapter meeting! This event had only one speaker but which one: Gary McGraw himself. What a wonderful speaker! He knows his topics and is able to keep the audience aware with a typical sense of humor. I liked! Gary is the author of several