When you use a workstation (PC, laptop or thin client), it’s important to lock it when you are away for a while or funny things may happen. Usually, the screen is automatically locked after a configurable inactivity period. To unlock it you need to type a password or, on some
Category: Software
New VMware Workstation Feature: Unity!
VMware Workstation 6.5 is out! One of the new features is a display mode similar to the “seamless” mode in VirtualBox! For those who are not aware of this feature, it allows you to “hide” the guest machine main screen encapsulated in a windows and open applications directly on the
Google Chrome Flagged As Dangerous in Germany
So much has already been written over the new Google browser (Chrome) that I did not write anything about it on this blog until now. The “BSI” (Federal Office for Information Security in Germany) warned users about the new Google toy. They recommend to not use the browser in professional
iTunes Allergic to Security Searches?
Today, I was looking for some applications related to security on the App Store in iTunes. I searched for the following keywords: “lock“, “password” or “scan“. All of them returned the same error: I tested on a second iTunes installation. Same issue?!? Any other search request works perfectly.
iPhone + Keepass = iKeepass
Happy owner of an iPhone and eavy user of Keepass, I was looking for some application which performs the same job: keep an encrypted container of passwords. If you check on iTunes App Store, there are several applications “keepass-alike” but it’s not convenient to maintain two databases (duplicate information). But…
VirtualBox Developers are Amiga Nostalgic?
I’m playing with VirtualBox and got a Windows XP crash during the installation process. I read the virtual machine log and found the following line: 00:01:14.946 Changing the VM state from ‘RUNNING’ to ‘GURU_MEDIATION’. This error is very close to the famous “Guru Meditation” coming from the Amiga world! Do
OpenVAS… a fork of Nessus
OpenVAS (Open Vulnerability Assessment System) is a free alternative to the well-known Nessus vulnerability scanner. With the latest Nessus version, the licensing model changed and the latest plugins are only available to paying customers. Based on Nessus 2.2, OpenVAS is deployed in the same way: a server is installed to
nBox – Packet-to-Disk Recorder
NMon provides a new appliance ‘nBox Recorder‘ or ‘The Packet-to-Disk Recorder‘. The goal is simple: lot of security analyzis are based on packet captures. This box just performs a simple but critical tasks: It captures the traffic and stores it under the pcap format. Then? Just take your time to
Google Encryption Toolkit
Google released a interesting toolkit for all developers: KeyCzar. Data encryption is a requirement in most of modern applications. Developers have to be “security minded” (it’s also our goal as security professional to perform a continuous awareness to security). But cryptography, if badly implemented, can lead to enormous security breaches.
The Monitoring Pyramid
I found this pyramid in a document written by Groundwork. It resumes perfectly how to deploy a monitoring solution in the best way. This post is completely independent of the monitoring tool, choose the best one to meet your expectations. Often, when a company decides to implement a monitoring/reporting tool,