A study from a year ago but just as valid today. Actually, over the past year, IE got much worse. There were many exploits and unpatched holes in the browser. One of the best things you can do for …

Rob McKenna is a good friend of the Security community here in Washington. Go get ’em! –Washington AG Alleges Spyware Act Violations (16 & 14 August 2006) Washington State Attorney …

Get this: The list of top terrorist targets from the Department of Homeland Security is seriously braindead. It includes 1,305 casinos, 234 restaurants, an ice cream parlor, a tackle shop, a flea …

Here’s a description of how to open a common Master brand lock in about 10 minutes. The design makes the 40^3 possible combinations collapse to 121. It’s a physical metaphor for bad …

This was the most troubling one: Airport Security Oversights | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source Sept. 3, London to New York: A few Muslim people may have slipped through with their …

U.S. Cryptographers: ‘FrpX-K5jE-Oc4n-e5Dn’ | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source WASHINGTON, DC—In a carefully phrased, 128-bit encoded announcement that has challenged U.S. …

So, there happen to be these unwritten rules of style that change all the time that nobody seems to tell you about and it’s hard to ask and for many, harder to know you should ask. And there are …

Nice proof of concept code that can read passport data posted to BUGTRAQ. The “key” is comprised of data on the passport itself so you can remotely decrypt someone’s data only if you …

James A. Donald had a great rant to the Anti-Fraud mailing list about how patents just don’t work, at least for their intended purpose of furthering public knowledge. The theoretical …

This is an article from a year ago that showed how each vendor was able to respond to key virus outbreaks. They also show the data from the previous year. I personally recommend F-Secure’s …