Spammers use religion as a hook
Most Sunday evenings I check my email and prepare for the week ahead. This evening I happened to look into my spam quarantine to check that there were no real emails there by mistake. As usual there were the usual spam emails selling me pills to enlarge certain parts of my body, reduce my weight, […]
Getting Started In Information Security
Rob Newby kicked off with his Seven Stages of Security Man and Andy ITGuy also posted his guidance on Why become an IT Security Professional. I often get asked on how to start a career in information security so I thought that I would chip in my €0.02 worth. This post though is aimed at […]
Mergers & Acquisitions and Security
The information security marketplace has been hotting up quite a lot over the past few months and looks like it will continue to do so into the near future. As we suffer more and more attacks the battle cry from many of the major vendors seems to be “Thar be gold in them there ills”. Mike Rothman, the […]
Free Web Application Security Testing Tool from Microsoft
One of the highlights of the RSA Europe Conference was meeting with a very interesting gentleman who works for Microsoft. Simon Rose Femerling works with the Microsoft Ace Team. We had some really interesting conversations about security, including research conducted in the hotel bar at 3 a.m. to try and determine the motivation of the average […]
Why Should I Care if Some Piggybacks my Wireless Broadband?
Further to my post regarding the recent Eircom WEP issue, WEP of Mass Disruption, a number of people asked me what is the worst thing that could happen if someone piggybacked on their wireless connection? I was about to write a post covering the issues myself but came across Robert McArdle’s Blog recently where he posted quite a […]
October Edition of Security Watch Newsletter Now Available
The October 2007 edition of our sister publication, the Security Watch Newsletter, is now available online. For those of you who do not subscribe to our newsletter, you may find it a useful read as we highlight issues and stories that may not be applicable to our Blog.
Cyber Jihad To Happen on November 11?
Darkreading reports a story it picked up from the Israeli news organisation, DEBKAfile, claiming that western intelligence sources have intercepted a message calling for a “Cyber Jihad” against selected western targets on the 11th of November. As of yet these reports have not been substantiated and the only source for the story is DEBKAfile. Despite this […]
Corporate Security Supplement in Irish Independent
The Irish Independent newspaper included a supplement on Tuesday the 23rd of October. The theme for this supplement was “Corporate Security”. I was quoted within two articles in the supplement; “Cell Phones Pose New Risks to Businesses” where I highlighted the threat mobile devices can pose to information security. “Policy is Paramount for Security”, in this […]
RSA Conference Europe 2007
Apologies for the lack of posts lately. I spend most of this week in London attending the RSA Conference Europe 2007. It was an interesting trip, more so as a result of the people I met and talked to rather than the trade show itself. The informal conversations with other security professionals has given me […]
Yet More Data Breaches in The Irish Civil Service Discovered
A recent Sunday Tribune article has brought to light a number of security breaches in both the Department of Foreign Affairs and also the Office of the Revenue Commissioners. These follows on foot of earlier disclosures of other breaches in the civil service which can I Blogged about here and here. This time the breaches relate […]