There were already devices activated by finger recognition (external disk [1], USB keys). Now, new toys are coming with… iris authentication! Rehobothtech proposes a new USB key with iris authentication to enable the devices! I just would like to know how to enable the device once plugged behind your notebook
Category: Security
SpamAssassin upgrade
On Saturday, I just upgraded my SpamAssassin to the latest release (3.2.1). For a few weeks, more and more bad emails were not properly tagged as “spam”. The upgrade went smoothly as usual but, a few hours later, my /var file system was fulfilled by the MTA logfiles. Thousands of
You have been infected!
Only “veterans” will remember “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968, Stanley Kubrick) where HAL said memorable quotes such “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.” or “It can only be attributable to human error.“. A new virus (BotVoice.A) actually spreading over the Internet use the Microsoft Vista speech feature
WordPress upgraded
One more time, a moderately critical security issue has been discovered in Wordress. This blog has been patched…
You said “SIEM”?
In my previous post, I talked about a “SIEM” environment. What’s behing this new accronym? SIEM stands for: Security Information and Event Management Today, IT platforms are very complex (exponential expansion, integration of mixed environments, worldwide deployed) and, in the same time, they must be reliable on a 24×7 basis:
RSA enVision CSE certified!
Yesterday, I successfully passed the RSA enVision CSE exam (aka 050-V336-ENVCSE01)! I attended a 3-days training in Amsterdam a few weeks ago and received a big student book. As usual with trainings like this one, the book was too light and lot of information requested by the exam was crearly
Gmail feature to fight spam
When you need to give your e-mail address on a non-trusted website (to be able to download a file or access some specific information), you never known how your address will be handled! Google Mail has a nice feature to catch unsollicited emails. If you have an address <foobar@gmail.com>, you
Fake Wi-Fi networks
I just read a news about fake Wi-Fi networks discovered in the North Station in Paris! What a nice place like a train station to steal personal information. While waiting for their train, businessmen are perfect victims. A SSID like “Orange”, “Cegetel” (or any big player on the wireless market)
*shing
The IT professionals are addicted to new terms and abbreviations. In security too. New terms are invented to describe new technics or potential issues. Everybody know “phishing” This time, I found those: Pharming – is the manipulation of DNS records to redirect victims. Smishing – uses SMS (Short Message Service)
Symantec Threatcon
The Symantec threatcon is a measurement of the global threat exposure, delivered as part of Symantec DeepSight Threat Management System (as defined on their website). I added a small PHP hack which grab the current status. Check on the right frame –>