Archive for December, 2011
The Web Application Hacker’s Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws
The highly successful security book returns with a new edition, completely updatedWeb applications are the front door to most organizations, exposing them to attacks that may disclose personal information, execute fraudulent transactions, or compromise ordinary users. This practical book has been completely updated and revised to discuss the latest step-by-step techniques for attacking and defending [...]
CompTIA Security+: Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-201 Study Guide
CompTIA Security+ SY0-201: Get Certified, Get Ahead by Darril Gibson presents a comprehensive and all-inclusive approach for studying, preparing, and mastering the core competencies needed to pass the CompTIA Security+ SY0-201 exam. Learn from an expert in the field with over twenty years’ experience in the IT arena. Over the years, author Darril Gibson has [...]
Facebook tries to appease frustrated developers (Emil Protalinski/Friending Facebook Blog)
Emil Protalinski / Friending Facebook Blog:Facebook tries to appease frustrated developers — Summary: Developers this week complained about two separate Facebook issues. The first was in regards to the Javascript SDK and the second was about the Python SDK. Facebook responded to both. — Two different developers posted … internet – Techmeme Search
Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking
The first book to reveal and dissect the technical aspect of many social engineering maneuversFrom elicitation, pretexting, influence and manipulation all aspects of social engineering are picked apart, discussed and explained by using real world examples, personal experience and the science behind them to unraveled the mystery in social engineering.Kevin Mitnickâone of the most famous [...]
Bid for Same-Day Delivery Taps the Smartphone Boom (Amir Efrati/Wall Street Journal)
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:Bid for Same-Day Delivery Taps the Smartphone Boom — Numerous start-ups have tried to go after the Holy Grail of e-commerce—delivering things to people’s homes and offices on the same day they ordered them—and have failed. — Postmates Inc., a San Francisco Internet start-up that launched … internet – Techmeme [...]
Ahead of I.P.O., S.E.C. Pressed Groupon on Accounting (Evelyn M. Rusli/DealBook)
Evelyn M. Rusli / DealBook:Ahead of I.P.O., S.E.C. Pressed Groupon on Accounting — Ahead of Groupon’s highly anticipated initial public offering in November, the Securities and Exchange Commission repeatedly pressed the daily deals giant to defend its business model and its accounting measures, according to comment letters recently disclosed. internet – Techmeme Search
Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide
“The best guide to the Metasploit Framework.” —HD Moore, Founder of the Metasploit ProjectThe Metasploit Framework makes discovering, exploiting, and sharing vulnerabilities quick and relatively painless. But while Metasploit is used by security professionals everywhere, the tool can be hard to grasp for first-time users. Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide fills this gap by teaching [...]
UnThreat Internet Security 2012 – CNet
UnThreat Internet Security 2012 adds another layer of security by including the Web Guard and the RoadWarrior for advanced Internet and Network protection. Web Guard protects you while surfing websites with malicious or inappropriate content, blocks … “internet security” – Bing News
Manning hearing turns to computer security – Washington Post
Sydney Morning Herald Manning hearing turns to computer securityWashington PostQuestions about lax computer security and the judgment of his superior officers dominated the third day of a pretrial military hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning, the Army intelligence analyst charged with turning over government secrets to WikiLeaks. …Manning defence queries securitySydney Morning HeraldDefense in WikiLeaks case [...]
McAfee Predicts the Potential Security Threats in 2012 for Windows 8 – Windows 8 Beta
Windows 8 Beta McAfee Predicts the Potential Security Threats in 2012 for Windows 8Windows 8 BetaMcAfee a well known entity in computer security has released their predictions for the upcoming threats for the year 2012.The PDF which was released recently predicts the upcoming security threats for mobiles,embedded systems and the computer specific …New Wave of [...]
