Super Cookies, able to Stomp on your Privacy in a Single Bound

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Most of us know about cookie being used to track what websites or searches you have been performing in order to give us web based ads on top or off to the side of your web browsers. This has been going on for a long time and has become a norm for most search engines and others that make their living off of advertising.

“Rootpipe” Vulnerability

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A new critical vulnerability titled “Rootpipe” affecting the Apple Mac OS X operating system has been discovered courtesy of Swedish security researcher and consultant Emil Kvarnhammar (@emilkvarnhammar).

WordPress Security Plugin Vulnerabilities for Oct 30th

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WordPress Security Plugin Vulnerabilities for Oct 30th

SANS Cyber Defense Initiative (CDI) 2014

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SANS Cyber Defense Initiative (CDI) 2014 will once again bring together the nation's cyber defense community on December 10-19 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in DC

Internationally Renowned Security Expert Bruce Schneier to Keynote the 2015 ISSA-LA Information Security Summit on Cybercrime Solutions

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Bruce Schneier, one of the world’s leading experts on computer security and privacy issues, will deliver the keynote address at the Los Angeles Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA-LA) Seventh Annual Information Security Summit on June 4, 2015, at the Hilton Universal City Hotel in Los Angeles.

The Basics of Social Engineering

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What is social engineering, according to Merriam Webster social engineering is “management of human beings in accordance with their place and function in society” (www.merriam-webster.com, 2014). Social engineering is a non-technical form of intrusion that relies on human interaction in an attempt to get the victim to break normal security.

SANS Network Security 2014: Las Vegas, NV: October 19-27

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SANS Network Security 2014: Las Vegas, NV: October 19-27

2013 SouthEast LinuxFest – Kellep A. Charles – Conducting A Security Assessment

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2013 SouthEast LinuxFest - Kellep A. Charles - Conducting A Security Assessment

AppSec USA 2014 in Denver, CO on September 16-19

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AppSec USA 2014 in Denver, CO on September 16-19