Archive for ‘June 1st, 2006’

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Jun01

Security by Obscurity – Which definition is right? And does it work?

by Michael Farnum on June 1st, 2006 at 5:41 pm
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I just read this article by Mike Fratto, Editor at large at Dark Reading. When I started reading it, I was reminded of an article by Roger Grimes at InfoWorld (I originally read the article through a link at Martin McKeay’s blog). What I am seeing here are two differing definitions of security by obscurity. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun01

Some more status on the VA records issue

by Michael Farnum on June 1st, 2006 at 5:34 pm
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An article from Darkreading.com. Vet

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Jun01

Katrina lessons learned

by Michael Farnum on June 1st, 2006 at 4:05 pm
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I was involved in a group discussion today about disaster recovery and business continuity (put on by NOREX, a consortium that my organization belongs to and one I would definitely recommend). One of the lessons people learned from the disaster was amusing (and very scary). Basically, the lesson learned was subterfuge. Let me ‘splain. Many […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun01

Symantec on a roll, tries to kill ScriptLogic

by Michael Farnum on June 1st, 2006 at 3:48 pm
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Take a look at this knowledgebase article from ScriptLogic. The May 31st AV definitions that came from Symantec “lists the following Desktop Authority and ScriptLogic Enterprise software modules ‘incorrectly’ as malware: slclient.exe, slagent.exe, slserver.exe. The Symantec software may remove these files from your systems and render Desktop Authority or ScriptLogic Enterprise inoperable.” Oops… Vet

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