The Ultimate OS X Hardening Guide Collection, (Mon, Feb 20th)
Many security professionals tend to use OS X systems. Maybe for the nice and shiny looks, or the Unix under pinnings that make it a great platform to run current tools. However, the operating system...
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View ArticleSimple Malware Research Tools, (Mon, Feb 20th)
A lot of people ask me what kind of tools I use for malware research. That's definitely a really broad question, because sometimes each malware may need a different approach. However, there are some...
View ArticleDNSChanger resolver shutdown deadline is March 8th, (Mon, Feb 20th)
The ISChas written a number of diaries about DNSChanger in the past, including this excellent diary by a number of ISC Handlers, so Iam not going to rehash the history. With the FBI's March 8th...
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View ArticleHow to test OS X Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper in Lion, (Wed, Feb 22nd)
While I started working on comparing various OS X hardening guides (see the prior diary from a couple of days ago), Apple announced one important new security feature in OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion). The...
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View ArticleApache 2.4 Features, (Wed, Feb 22nd)
The Apache Foundation released version 2.4.1 of its popular web server, including a number of interesting changes [1]. Among the features, I would like to highlight some of the security relevant...
View ArticleISC Feature of the Week: Handler Diaries, (Wed, Feb 22nd)
Overview Internet Storm Center features daily handler diaries with summarizing and analyzing new threats to networks and internet security events. Diaries range from 0day vulnerability announcements to...
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View ArticleBlackBerry PlayBook tablet Samba file sharing Vulnerability -...
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View ArticleCisco Small Business SRP 500 Series Multiple Vulnerabilities -...
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View ArticleFlashback Trojan in the Wild, (Fri, Feb 24th)
A Mac Trojan named Flashback released last year masquerading as a Flash Player installer appears to back under a new variant. A new variant of the Flashback Java Trojan known as Flashback.G is...
View ArticleDNS-Changer "clean DNS" extension requested, (Thu, Feb 23rd)
Brian Krebs published this request for extension by the FBI to continue to operate clean DNS servers for another 120 days. The ISC.org team has been running DNS servers that return valid results...
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View ArticleQOTD from securityburnout.org, (Tue, Feb 28th)
In the too good to pass up on category we find an article by Iain Thomson in El Reg regarding a survey of stress levels among IT security staff. Iain reports on Jack Daniel's (founder of the Security...
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View ArticleCOX Network Outage, (Wed, Feb 29th)
Based on submissions from users, and reports posted on twitter, COX appears to experience a major outage affecting it's data services. For VoIP customers, voice service appears to be affected as well....
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