Robert “RSnake” Hansen and Jeremiah Grossman were to present at OWASP AppSec NY 2008. Unfortunately, their presentation involving clickjacking was effectively canceled at the request of the vendor Adobe. In addition to Adobe, RSnake and Grossman have discussed the vulnerability with Microsoft and Mozilla. OWASP ended up having a clickjacking 20-Questions session [...]
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Posted in DHS, Einstein, GAO, News, Opinion, TIC on Sep 17th, 2008
Previously I posted, “The Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) Initiative?” and followed that post with “Law Makers Concerned Over Einstein Program” and “IDS/IPS: The Mark Twain of the Security World.” I wanted to provide an update concerning the plan and report on questions being raised concerning over the future role for the Department of Homeland [...]
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Posted in News on Sep 1st, 2008
Sometimes you come across a news item that makes you wonder if you entered a wormhole and was thrown back in time. The world’s largest custodial bank and one of the 10 largest asset managers, The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon), on February 27, 2008 was transferring computer tapes from the Shareowner [...]
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