There's much alarm in the security community over new anti-hacking laws President Obama plans to float in his State of the Union address next week.…
For the last few years I've been praising Microsoft for taking great strides to improve security. This morning, I'm tempted to take it all back.…
Attackers are using Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) devices to launch massive DDoS assaults, Akamai's Prolexic Security Engineering & Research Team (PLXsert) warned this morning…
Akamai’s Prolexic Security Engineering and Research Team (PLXsert) is tracking the spread of Spike, a new malware toolkit that poses a threat to embedded devices,…
Back in May,  my good friend Eric Cowperthwaite caused a stir with a blog post about security breach victims getting demonized for failing to prevent break-ins. Other industry…
Included in all the tweets and Facebook postings about the 13th anniversary of 9-11 yesterday was this from friend and co-worker Martin McKeay: Never forget 9/11…
Thanks to the efforts of Attrition.org, we've known for years that LIGATT Security and Gregory Evans can't be trusted. That article includes a long list…
If you look closely, the 1996 Tim Burton film "Mars Attacks!" offers us a few security lessons. Let the following clip play as I run…
Growing up in Revere, Mass., taught me some very simple lessons about information security. Note: When people hear the name Revere, they think of these…
I've long been a fan of "The West Wing," which follows the drama of fictional president Josiah Bartlet and his senior staff. The series launched…