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Monday, March 31, 2008
Cut the FUD! An Intelligent Consumer’s Guide to Identifying Real Risks
A quick perusal of any daily news site turns out a healthy dose of articles such as “Cell-phones more dangerous than cigarettes,” “Man-Made Global Warming will Cause all the Oceans to Swallow all Land by 2020,” “Credit Crisis will Cripple All Global Economies Until we Move Back Into Caves.” OK, so the last one is an exaggeration, but it illustrates a point. The news media understands that few things on Earth motivate humans stronger than fear. Unfortunately, security professionals work in a risk-based environment where the fear mongers seem to thrive as if it were their natural habitat.
If one ...
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Friday Note: Hackers Unite - CanSecWest 2008
Mikko Varpiola from Codenomicon and our very own Dr. Nate Kube are taking the stage at CanSecWest 2008. Their presentation, Fuzzing WTF? What Fuzzing Was, Is, and Never Will Be, is sure to spur additional debate on this topic! For those of you in attendance, I hope you get the chance to catch their presentation.
As one of the foremost security and hacker conferences in Canada, it’s great to see all the major players congregate in our fine city. One side note: it also helps us to find and interact with the best talent in the security/hacker industry, so if ...
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Wurldtech on the road; catch our latest presentations at upcoming events
In an effort to keep everyone informed on our latest speaking engagements, here is a list of upcoming conferences and topics. I encourage you to check out the conference links to learn more about the agendas and highlights, as there are a number of well recognized industry thought-leaders scheduled to appear at each event. Event: CanSecWest 2008 (http://www.cansecwest.com) Date: March 26 to March 28, 2008
Location: Marriott Renaissance Harbourside, Vancouver, BC
Topic: Fuzzing WTF: What Fuzzing Was, Is and Never Will Be
Presenter: Dr. Nate Kube, CTO, Wurldtech Security Technologies, Inc.
Presenter: Mikko Varpiola, Founder and Security & ...
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Friday, March 14, 2008
Effective Offensive and Defensive Capabilities
Effective security involves having both a solid offense and a solid defense. One without the other is completely ineffective. A solid defense is usually what organizations excel at: network architecture, firewalls, policies, procedures, and other protection mechanisms. A solid offense comes in active action to identify and resolve additional security risks, and active monitoring and incident response. Unfortunately this is where many companies fall down.
Drawing from a military analogy, any military commander knows when working against a hardened position, your first actions are to conduct reconnaissance, and then to probe the defenses (through small scale attacks) for weaknesses. Once ...
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Friday, March 14, 2008
Friday’s Note: The Air Force Steps Up To the Plate
Although a few weeks have passed since this story originally came out, I thought I would bring it to the attention to our readers. Last month (Feb. 11, 2008), Marty Graham of Wired wrote the article, “Welcome to Cyberwar Country, USA”, which highlights the Air Force’s new Cyber Command. Cyber Command is dedicated to fighting the next frontier of the military battlefied, cyber space. Interesting indeed. This move certainly signifies that governments are stepping up to the plate and realize the importance of staying ahead of the game. To read the entire artilce, please see: http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/02/cyber_command?currentPage=all
It is also worth ...
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