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15 Dec 2010This woman “did not have a plan B”, do you?
Watch this intense video of the psycho at the Florida school board meeting firing at the superintendent who supposedly signed the papers leading to his wife losing her job.Shows that you've always got to have an escape route. Be it with information security, driving down the road, or attending a meeting such as this.Of course, this was a situation in a government school building where only the criminals can have ...
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13 Dec 2010
Metrodome collapse video: nothing’s really secure
Check out this video of the Metrodome collapsing over the weekend. Let this be a reminder that no matter:how much engineering goes into a systemhow much attention to detail the contractors pay during constructionhow much insurance coverage you havehow detailed and "water tight" your contracts arehow many fail-safe features are available "just in case"...that bad things can and will happen. Be it in a building or on your network there's ...
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10 Dec 2010
Canon’s digital camera image originality not so original
How's this pic for an attention grabber?!Well, the folks at Elcomsoft have done it again. This time they've discovered a vulnerability in Canon's Original Data Security system demonstrating that digital image verification data can be forged. Apparently Canon has yet to respond.Why is this a big deal? Well, it's impactful for the media, for forensics investigators, and for those of us in infosec as digital images are used in many ...
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09 Dec 2010
The WikiLeaks lack of security responsibility & mental disorder connection
Last week I wrote out some talking points in preparation for a TV interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the WikiLeaks issue and what businesses can do to keep their information secure. At the last minute they ended up not doing the segment so I thought I'd post my perspective here:The leaks are not the problem – it’s the choices and all the events to lead to information being ...
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08 Dec 2010
Are terrorists hanging out at Wal-Mart or something?
Our Imperial Federal Government is at it again with Homeland Security's new "videos" coming to a Wal-Mart near you. Do they have "intelligence" on Islamic terrorists casing our local Wally World parking lots or something. OK, probably not...they're likely just trying to get the word out to the dumb masses.Unbelievable stuff people...Let's just sit idly and let this government intrusion nonsense continue in support the Islamic terrorists' ultimate goal....
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06 Dec 2010
Unbelievable #s in the new Billion Dollar Lost Laptop Study
I spent last Thursday in San Francisco at a press briefing held by Intel's Anti-Theft Technology group regarding the new Ponemon Institute Billion Dollar Lost Laptop Study. Larry Ponemon's study found that businesses are losing billions of dollars through lost and stolen laptops - something I wrote about three years ago...and a problem that's been around even longer.Malcolm Harkins (Intel's CISO), Anand Pashupathy (GM of Intel's Anti-Theft Services), Larry Ponemon ...
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29 Nov 2010
The best way to survive an accident
In life and in business I truly believe there are no accidents, just bad choices. This reminds me of a Lexus commercial I saw a while back that touted how safe their vehicle was. The announcer said "The best way to survive an accident is to avoid it in the first place." Regardless of what you believe about accidents, we do have to look at information security this way. Such ...
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23 Nov 2010
Windows and Linux management tips and tricks
From Windows to Linux - desktops to mobile devices - here are some recent pieces I've written for TechTarget that you may be interested in:Devise a Windows XP end-of-life strategy before migrating to Windows 7Troubleshooting Windows 7 with built-in tools and online resourcesSecuring the new desktop: enterprise mobile devicesCommon Linux Security policy management gaps...
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23 Nov 2010
Stop all Wi-Fi deployments!
A study in the Netherlands has found that Wi-Fi radiation will eventually result in the death of parts of tree leaves. Yep, take those access points and put them 20 inches from trees and let the killing being. Seriously!?Who's putting their access points that close to trees? Why are people even studying something like this? Apparently the "global warming" crowd is up to it again...I'm just glad those were Dutch ...
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19 Nov 2010
Just how much control are we willing to have forced upon us?
It's been an interesting and truly scary news week in the "good old" U.S. of A. Think about this stuff folks:A Democrat congressman in charge of the House Ways and Means Committee with jurisdiction over taxes gets reprimanded for not paying taxesA judge is busted for buying drugs to use with a stripperSan Francisco banning circumcision and toys in Happy Meals And, of course, TSA minions doing things like giving ...
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