Around The Horn vol.1,7

Alert

Jan 11, 2009 (19 hours ago)
Caveat Emptor, (Sun, Jan 11th)

from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green
Jon dropped us a note pointing to an interesting article by Gene Spafford on the dangers of automati ...(more)...

Security News

4:01 AM (2 hours ago)
OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) Testing Guide v3 Released

from Darknet - The Darkside by Darknet
This project’s goal is to create a “best practices” web application penetration testing framework which users can implement in their own organizations and a “low level” web application penetration testing guide that describes how to find certain issues. Version 3 of the Testing Guide was released in last month in...Read the full post at darknet.org.uk

4:01 AM (2 hours ago)
Cisco Vulnerability Given ‘Write Once, Run Anywhere’ Treatement

from Darknet - The Darkside by Darknet
This is an interesting development in router security, Cisco bugs have been popping up now and then - not that often - but usually when they do they are quite serious. The problem with them was you needed so many variations unless you were just targeting one specific router, with that specific version of IOS and [...]Read the full post at darknet.org.uk


Jan 11, 2009 (18 hours ago)
How do you get started in Information security?

from SANS Technology Institute - Security Laboratory
This article considers getting started in computer and network security (physical or facilities security is out of the scope of this writing). This is an introduction; you may want to consider our introductory course if you find you are interested in learning more about security, intro to Information Security. -- Aurora Report says this is an older post but always a nice refresher.

Jan 11, 2009 (18 hours ago)
2005-08-25 - GIAC Honors Paper

from SANS Press Room
GIAC Honors Paper Computer Forensics Investigation Analyze an Unknown Image

6:30 AM (16 minutes ago)
National Academy calls for export restriction rethink

from Ars Technica by jonathan@arstechnica.com (Jonathan M. Gitlin)
The National Academy of Sciences has released a report on national security, export controls, and visa regulations, and it suggests that these issues need serious reform.

-- Aurora Report says nice to start out a little slow on a Monday , don't forget Microsoft Black Tuesday and Oracle Quarterly Patches are due out tomorrow.