Incapsula is calling on the InfoSec community to band together to help solve some of the most common problems we all face on the Web. We believe that, as a community, we can crowd source a solution to fight back to defeat the worst bots and also recognize and reap the often-overlooked benefits of the good bots. Their first tool to help in the fight is called Botopedia, a … [Read more...]
Sophos Threatsaurus makes malware and other threats easy to understand
Sophos has provided their 2012 Threatsaurus free for download. It is a glossary of common terms in data security presented at a casual level that makes it easy to understand and fascinating to learn. The 131-page book goes through security terms, security software and hardware, safety tips, and even a history of malware. … [Read more...]
Microsoft reduces password length to 16 characters on Windows Live accounts
Something struck me as a little funny yesterday when signing up for an Outlook.com account and my password was blocked for being too long. Outlook.com passwords are limited to 16 characters in length. Today, when I went to log into a Windows Live service, I got another message. Microsoft account passwords can contain up to 16 characters. If you've been using a password that has … [Read more...]
Mysterious power strip show up at your office? Could be a hacking device
Picture this scenario: A box arrives at the office from Amazon or an office supply store. It's addressed to the department manager. They open up the box and find a power strip inside, with an invoice - fully paid. The manager doesn't remember ordering it but there's been a lot going on. He asks around if anybody needed a power strip and somebody volunteers because they could … [Read more...]
Use Microsoft’s Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 3.0 for another layer of protection
Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit or EMET is a utility that implements security mitigation technologies to protect software from zero-day vulnerabilities. Protecting that time before antivirus definitions are updated and patches are released is a sweet-spot of mitigating problems. A vulnerability may be out there for a long time before it is even known about to … [Read more...]