Securitybreaches

All it takes is one patch is missed, One computer not taken care of. Computers must be patched so that Zero-day exploits have minimal affects.  We discussed this on July 20th http://oversitesentry.com/why-security-news-scrutinized-to-nth-degree/ Let’s review:   After a vulnerability is introduced, an exploit hits the “wild” and then the clock starts ticking, the attackers(criminal hackers) and defenders(software … Read more

Richard Bejtlich has a new post (as of May 10) http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/ He set out a few excerpts of a 1978 book “Computer Capers” by Thomas Whiteside. To me the most interesting excerpt(2nd): “The difficulties of catching up with the people who have committed computer crimes is compounded by the reluctance of corporations to talk about the … Read more