September 13, 2006 - #115

Good Morning:
I'm optimistic today because my boy McGruff is coming to help with our little cyber crime education problem (here [0]). We could certainly use the help. I also refer to a bit of security history as well (here [0] and here [0]) because we always need to remember where we've been, as it's instructive in where we are going. And given what we know about how attack vectors have evolved since Sobig, we need to bone up fast because there will be lots of new stuff coming at us in the near term. But it's not really new, is it? It's the same old crap with a few minor nuances. We know how to defend against the old crap, so we should be on our way to defending against the new crap, no? Told you I was optimistic today.

In blog-land, Shimel is upset with me yet again (here [0]). Can you imagine what a saint my wife is? I seem to be able to annoy folks consistently only interacting with them via email once or twice a week. Imagine having to deal with me every day, in close proximity? Yep, better go get her flowers or something. 

I also need to highlight what may be the best quote from a blog piece I've ever seen. "You see lying is like crack- a short term high, but in the end you’ll end up naked in front of a dumpster with a crack pipe in an uncomfortable orifice." The Mogull is talking about why you should come clean when something goes wrong (here [0]), but the images that flow through my mind when reading that quote are disturbing. And that's how I know it's a great quote.

Have a great day.

Technorati: Information Security [1]

Top Security News

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060912/sftu065.html?.v=73 [2]
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http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2006/091106edit.html [3]
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http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192700775
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http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securitynews/spn-45-20060911EvolutionoftheHackerThreat.html
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http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=6831 [6]
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Top Blog Postings

http://www.stillsecureafteralltheseyears.com/ashimmy/2006/09/todays_rothman_.html
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http://ddanchev.blogspot.com/2006/09/email-spam-harvesting-statistics.html [8]
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http://securosis.com/2006/09/12/liars-always-lose-eventually-or-why-lying-is-like-crack/
[9]Link to this [9]

http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/3427
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http://securityincite.com/blog/mike-rothman/symantec-and-juniper-a-tale-of-two-drunks [10]

Deals aplenty: Verano/eDMZ, AT&T/USi, Apptix/Mi8
Looks like Monty Hall is back with a vengeance. Another day, another 3 deals - but only one is really security related, though all have security implications. Check out my snippets on all of the deals in TDI format - just so you weren't lonely during the day.
http://securityincite.com/blog/mike-rothman/deals-aplenty-verano-edmz-at-t-usi-apptix-mi8 [10]

Read yesterday's Daily Incite
http://securityincite.com/TDI-2006-09-12 [10]