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[2003-08-28] Are Ebook Security Programs All They're Cracked Up To Be
Ebook authors these days seem to be highly focused on ebook security. Stories run rampant through the 'Net about customers who share ebook files on the Internet and via email, buy your ebook and attempt to sell it themselves for a profit, and ask for a refund, but continue to use your ebook. These situations can result in thousands of dollars in lost profit for you.
[2003-08-20] Securing a Wireless Network
Last week, we talked about setting up your wireless network and the options that are available. For the home, home-office, or small office, wireless is a great alternative which offers a lot of benefits and flexibility.
[2003-08-14] Windows DCOM RPC Exploit
This is not a usual tutorial, but more of a "description of events" of the past few days. It began when Microsoft issued this bulletin.
[2003-08-07] Saving Our Bacon: Snort Security Holes and Strategies for Safe Network Monitoring
In April, a CERT advisory announced the discovery of two separate buffer-overflow vulnerabilities in Snort, a popular security-monitoring tool used for detecting suspicious network activities. This development was disturbing and ironic: system administrators install and run programs like Snort to improve security, and don't often consider the possibility that the tools themselves might be attacked and exploited to create entirely new security holes. It's therefore important to understand precisely what happened here, especially since the same mechanisms used against Snort could threaten other security tools.
[2003-08-05] Risk Metrics Needed for IT Security
Business leaders worldwide are becoming more aware of the importance of assuring the security of information assets. Information-security issues are among the hottest topics being addressed in trade media for organizational governance, executive, financial, audit, and IT leaders. Conferences covering the latest information-security issues, tools, and problems abound in both the public and private sectors.
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