Tuesday | 7 July, 2009
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Stories about: Black Box

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    Better than locks: A security approach to 'free' 02/06/2008 08:07:57

    In January, Kevin Kelly wrote an essay entitled "Better Than Free" that explained which concepts held value on the Internet. This generated a lot of interest, mostly around the question of how best to make money out of these concepts. As a career security guy, I found myself wondering how on earth my field will respond -- how does security need to adapt to support business models based on these values? When we're used to locking everything down, how do we respond when people start calling for openness?
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    White hats and black boxes 14/06/2007 15:17:56

    Jeremiah Grossman wants you to know that firewalls and SSL encryption won't prevent a hacker from breaking into your e-commerce website, compromising your customers' data and possibly stealing your money. That's because most website attacks these days exploit bugs in the Web application itself, rather than in the operating system on which the application is running.
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    Defence puts IT innovation on display 30/05/2007 16:18:16

    The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), part of the Department of Defence, has opened display showcasing Australian defence technology achievements at the Wollongong, NSW Science Centre and Planetarium.
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    Big brother appliance sniffs out fraud 28/11/2005 08:05:47

    Terms like firewall, IDS, and deep packet inspection may be indicative of today's network security landscape, but tomorrow's may also include 'big brother' style appliances that log all user activity in an attempt to counter internal threats.
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    The looming threat of pharming 22/06/2005 14:09:50

    Security experts call it the soft underbelly of the Internet, and hackers, having drawn first blood, are ripping at it with new enthusiasm.
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    Do you know where your company's vehicles are? 20/11/2003 10:00:18

    Quick: Can your company track where its trucks or sales cars are at the moment? Do you know how much gas they're using, which ones may need new brakes, and how their drivers are performing on the road?
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    Anatomy of an attack: a race against time 20/03/2001 11:51:00

    It begins with a shiver, a vibration almost too faint to be sensed. My attention is pulled from the meeting I'm in by the security problem I know is occurring on our live network.
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