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A Rapidly Changing Threat Landscape

By Kathryn Barrett
March 3, 2009 | Comments: 1
A Rapidly Changing Threat Landscape
We've heard it before: "gone are the days of script kiddies and teenagers out to wreak havoc just to show off." The late 1990s and early 2000s produced a staggering number of DoS attacks. Malware, the engine for the DoS attack, has progressed from simple programs that attack a single vulnerability to complex software that attacks multiple OS and application vulnerabilities. Read more of the following excerpt from Security Monitoring by Chris Fry and Martin Nystrom.

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O'Reilly Books for Barack--What Should We Send the White House?

By Sara Peyton
January 30, 2009 | Comments: 28
O'Reilly Books for Barack--What Should We Send the White House?
We can't help but feel concerned that Barack Obama, the most technologically-connected President ever, faces an out-of-date, inefficient technological platform. According to news accounts the executive branch's computer and technology equipment is a "jumble of disconnected phone lines, old computer software, and security regulations forbidding outside e-mail accounts." We know our books could help Barack and his staff sort out the wiring, upgrade the software, and create secure networks. That's why we want to send the new White House staff a box of O'Reilly books. And we want your input.

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Video now available - iPhone Forensics 101: Bypassing the iPhone Passcode

By Kathryn Barrett
September 17, 2008 | Comments: 1
Video now available - iPhone Forensics 101: Bypassing the iPhone Passcode
Last week, Jonathan Zdziarski, author of the just-released iPhone Forensics, delivered a much-talked about presentation on bypassing the iPhone 3G passcode, in which he revealed some little known "security" issues pertaining to that device. Most notable was the fact that the iPhone captures and stores screenshots of any place you visit on the web (using your iPhone, of course). The recording is now ready for viewing. Read on.

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Huge iPhone Security Risk? It's nothing new, says Jonathan Zdziarski

By Kathryn Barrett
August 27, 2008
Huge iPhone Security Risk? It's nothing new, says Jonathan Zdziarski
"There's a huge security problem in the latest iPhone 2.0.2," writes Jesus Diaz in a story on Gizmodo, "a very simple trick gives anyone full access to your cellphone private information in Mail, SMS, Contacts, and even Safari." But this is nothing new, says iPhone hacker Jonathan Zdziarski, author of the upcoming iPhone Forensics. "The iPhone passcode was cracked long ago," he explains, leaving the iPhone with certain inherent security flaws. Read more.

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