Dec23
Technorati Tags: Apple,Software Update,iTunes How much more crap can Apple try to fool me into installing on my machine? Makes we want to uninstall QuickTime and iTunes. Are they trying to convert PC’s into Macs? Sheesh!! Vet
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Archive for ‘Sheesh’
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Jul23
OK, so the Matasano people accidentally let everyone know what the DNS flaw was. I posted my thoughts on that at my CW blog. But then I read Pete Lindstrom’s little post about the issue, and I just have to wonder what Pete is thinking. Pete says this: Here’s a thought: If you really want […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Mar04
My oldest son is a Lego freak. He absolutely loves the stuff. So my wife goes out on the Internet (usually Amazon) from time to time to look for some good deals on the latest Lego sets. One that my son has been looking at is the Mars Mission MT-51 Claw-Tank Ambush. So my wife […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Jan28
Man, am I getting hammered for my latest post over at Computerworld about the DDoS launched on the Church of Scientology! I really can’t engage in a lot of back and forth over there since it is not my personal site, so I will do it over here. For all you people slapping me around […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dec03
Put in an enterprise system BEFORE you become enterprise level
by Michael Farnum on December 3rd, 2007 at 6:41 pmI had a client call me right before Thanksgiving in emergency mode (one of the Dallas clients that I am starting to work with). Looks like he has a remote office that uses the local cable company as their ISP and connects back to corporate via a site-to-site VPN. I found out that they have […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nov06
Some interesting screen shots from IAH departure / arrival screens
by Michael Farnum on November 6th, 2007 at 12:45 amI was in IAH (Bush Intercontinental in Houston) today waiting for a plane to Denver, and I passed by the departure / arrival screens in Terminal E to check on my flight. Most of the screens were populated, but this was on the middle screens: Nice to see they are using the ultra-secure VNC. Makes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Oct03
I was going to write about this (and here), but I was actually working today and missed it until I got home. I knew something was going on when I came home and Outlook showed that it was downloading 312 messages (I normally get 50 – 60 in my personal email). Sheesh… [UPDATE]: A forum has now been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Aug03
OK, I am officially depressed. Here’s Richard Bejtlich’s impression of the state of security after one day at BlackHat: My overall impression from the first day of briefings can be summarized in this manner. Existing defenses are absolutely ineffective against current attacks. I am struggling to describe the importance of this insight. It does not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
May30
We should protect our kids from TV shows with stupid security
by Michael Farnum on May 30th, 2007 at 7:24 amI was driving the ol’ trusty minivan yesterday with the family. We were in the middle of a 7 hour drive, coming back from seeing my parents over Memorial Day, and the kids were watching a DVD of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward series. One particular episode starred a character that was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Apr05
A client called me at 8:30am yesterday in a panic because they have the Rinbot worm running around in their network. The client is actually a former employer of mine, and they still have much of the same hardware and software when I was there 6 years ago, which means Dell Pentium 3 400Mhz servers […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jan27
So Determina released an advisory about a bug they found in IE in Vista. They ran a simple ActiveX fuzzer against it, and it crashed. They were surprised that it worked, and so am I. However, that is not the whole story. When they mentioned the problem to MSFT, they came to the conclusion that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jan07
Since Alan posted his sadness at the Pittsburgh Steelers loss of coach Bill Cowher, I guess I can post my depressed state over the Cowboys loss to Seattle on Saturday. I am not going to write forever about why they lost or who is to blame (mostly because this is supposed to be an InfoSec […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dec05
CJ Kelly, a blogger at Computerworld, proclaimed yesterday that the Internet is safe from DDoS. She says: …maybe 5-8 years ago this was a possibility, but I don’t think it’s possible to do a large scale DDoS attack any more. Man, I am so happy to hear this news. You can’t fathom the relief at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oct23
I’ll be the first one that says TV shows and movies are hardly based on reality. But when they screw up something that is near and dear to me, I get very upset. For instance, I was in the Army and Army National Guard for over 7 years. Though I was never a career soldier, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Aug30
OK, let’s imagine you are an international company that has a product used by thousands of companies all over the world.  Hundreds of people call you daily to get support for your product. Your HQ is in Florida. You know a hurricane (actually, a Tropical Storm) is heading your way. In fact, you have had SEVERAL days of warning. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Aug14
Keyloggers on clients’ computers cause bank to get in trouble by press – HUH?!
by Michael Farnum on August 14th, 2006 at 10:44 amMartin McKeay posted a few days back about keylogging software on client’s of HSBC Bank. Bruce Schneier pointed out this article this morning about the same issue. Both came to roughly the same conclusion: this is ridiculous. Yes, there are things the bank can do to help with this, but come one, where is the personal responsibility for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Aug08
Politics can be fun, and it can be real ugly, and often both at the same time. And in this digital age, everyone has a chance to get involved, including script kiddies that have a political axe to grind. Go read the story here. But what got me about this whole deal was this quote […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Aug07
I am going to try to make this short since Treasure Hunters is about to come one, so here goes. I posted yesterday on my Computerworld blog about some stuff I wrote for a friend of mine on two-factor authentication. I checked back today to see if I had any comments, and I did (woo hoo […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jul19
InfoWorld posts article on rising number of SQL attacks – ooooook….
by Michael Farnum on July 19th, 2006 at 9:15 pmOK, I am usually fairly impressed by InfoWorld’s articles and other writings. I get the magazine, I subscribe to their news feed.  But this InfoWorld article read like it should be in the Times or something. They put a title of “Hackers Striking Databases in Record Numbers”, give us a couple of stats, and then go […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Jul18
So the question is this: who is to blame when a crime is committed? Do you convict the gun or the crook when he robs a bank? Do you convict the crowbar or the crook when he pries open the door to a home and steals the jewelry? Do you convict the brick or the crook […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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