Bloomberg reporter Michael Ray writes that a Pensylvania firm may have discovered evidence that could be used to prosecute Wikileaks under US law. Tiversa Inc., a company based in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, has evidence that WikiLeaks, which has said it doesn’t know who provides it with information, may seek out secret data itself, using so-called “peer-to-peer” networks, Chief Executive Officer Robert Boback claimed. He said the government is examining evidence that Tiversa has turned over. The aricle goes on to…
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Lenny Zeltser on Information Security — Information Security Isn't a Standalone Discipline
Posted on 20th December 2010It’s easy for infosec professionals to become comfortable in the world of information systems, firewalls, security patches, and intrusion detection. We sometimes forget that we’re part of an ecosystem that’s supposed to help the organization achieve its corporate objectives. As Michael Cloppert put it, we should be active participants “in technical innovation, architecture, and the engineering process, making sure requirements are met in a way that balances risk with cost.” via blog.zeltser.com I've been thinking about this quite a lot…
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ShareTool - remote access for any Mac application or service that uses Bonjour
Posted on 31st December 2009
When my MobileMe account came up for renewal, I let it expire. I did not need it. I had found cheaper and better alternatives. When Apple's $99 MobileMe service was released I was quick to register. With MobileMe I could access my mail, contacts, and calendar information in the “cloud” and keep everything in sync across my Macs, my iPod Touch (not iPhone for me as yet), and the web automatically. I could upload my photos to a web gallery…
Last year my friend had to deliver some distressing news to his wife. The external hard drive on which he had been storing their family photos failed. The problem had started a few weeks earlier when his wife mentioned that the hard drive was making some strange noises. My friend had planned on backing up the disk to DVD but being a busy IT manager he just never got around to it. At that time I remember thinking smugly to…
Being able to get a robust wireless network signal around my house was something that I struggled with for some time. My Comcast cable broadband connection came in through my garage and basement, so that is where I had placed my wireless access point (WAP). The cable coax connected to my broadband bridge which was then connected to my 802.11n Apple Time Capsule (TC) WAP. The problem was that the wireless signal was not strong enough to reach throughout my…
