BlackBerry Firewall guide

BlackBerry Firewall guide A few months ago I wrote for Informit.com and had my buddy Seth Fogie publish my article that I wrote on the BlackBerry Firewall. You can find the article here: http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=security&seqNum=348 [...]

Authentication Proxies: Secure or Not?

Authentication Proxies: Secure or Not? A while back I wrote on cached credentials and proxy authentication in regards to spyware. Well I rewrote the paper and cleaned it up a bit. I then had informit.com publish it for me. to see it check out the url below.  This one includes the .net code to make [...] [...]

Fun with Poison Ivy

Fun with Poison Ivy Poison Ivy is a remote access Trojan (Tool) that can be found at the following URL: http://poisonivy-rat.com and a support forum can be found here http://ratforge.net/forums/ . Please note that these are Trojans and www.digitaloffensive.com nor any of its staff are responsible for any use or misuse that you do with [...] [...]

CACHED CREDENTIALS, PROXY AUTHENTICATION and SPYWARE OH MY!

CACHED CREDENTIALS, PROXY AUTHENTICATION and SPYWARE OH MY! Recently a client of mine and I had a long winded debate about the dangers of not protecting machines from spyware and other malware. The client swore up and down that since they had an authenticating proxy that required the windows cached credentials to access the internet [...] [...]

The IRS has partnered up with China to help you get a tax bonus!

The IRS has partnered up with China to help you get a tax bonus! As some of you know my day job has me providing security guidance to a large user base that vary in their technical skills. Every day we get several requests that come in asking us weather something is a scam or [...] [...]