This is a pretty interesting progression in the encryption field, I’m pretty sure most of us here will use some kind of key based e-mail encryption (PGP/GPG etc) and various different software based implementations. Or perhaps some of you already use something totally web-based like Hushmail, the story is that researchers in Germany have managed […]
Countermeasures
Security By Obscurity Not So Bad After All?
I’m sure you’ve been taught, as have I – that security through or by obscurity is bad (changing port numbers, removing service banners and so on). I’ve personally always used it, as an additional line of defence on my systems. As a hacker I know, the more information a system gives me straight off the […]
Google Patches 32 Chrome Browser Bugs & Releases Version 14
Google and their Chrome browser have really been stepping things up lately when it comes to security and browsing, we reported not along ago on Google Chrome To Protect Users Against Malicious Executables. Also since we reported on the Chrome bug bounty program back in February 2010 – Google Willing To Pay Bounty For Chrome […]
Agnitio v2.0 Released – Code Security Review Tool
It’s been a while since we’ve mentioned Agnitio, it was earlier this year in March: Agnitio v1.2 – Manual Security Code Review Tool. The author notified me of a new version that was recently released with quite a few additions. For those not familiar with it, Agnitio is a tool to help developers and security […]
WebsiteDefender – Ensure Your Website Security
WebsiteDefender is an online service that monitors your website for hacker activity, audits the security of your web site and gives you easy to understand solutions to keep your website safe. With WebsiteDefender you can: Detect Malware present on your website Audit your web site for security issues Avoid getting blacklisted by Google Keep your […]