Just like BBC’s botnet debacle which fueled a vivid discussion amongst security circles, debating if the exposure is good (i.e., raising awareness to the threat) or bad (i.e., not really ethical, everyone knew about the ability to rent a botnet), CBS’s 60 minutes had a 15 minute spot focusing on Conficker. Check it out here: [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2009’
Social aspects of web security – the March edition
It’s that time of the year again… March madness is engulfing us with news and pre-season activities, and everyone is out and about to see what we would be seeing in the coming months. Just as we have portrayed before, eCrime is a social animal just as well, and is not going to let the [...]
The great AV vs. AV debacle starts again?
It’s been a while since security vendors clashed on technology and made “bold” statements referring to the competition. Maybe is the recession, and in an attempt to grab some attention (and bolster sales), come statements such as “Heuristics are dead” (with a response from Sunbelt), and a direct jab at a competitor from Damballa. My [...]
It’s a browser! It’s an Operating System! It’s… brOSer?!
After looking into the security issues and requirements that Microsoft has been working on in terms of the future browser, and based on our earlier predictions on the matter, comes an interesting interview with Google’s Chrome Javascript head Lars Bak. Specifically check out the 3rd page of the article which discusses the ever increasing ambiguity [...]