Browsing Monthly Archive December 2012
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PHP Session ID’s – The Risks

In today’s article I want to address a very important topic. Namely, I want to talk about PHP session security. I know and understand that

December 31, 2012 Application Security, Hacking
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Sniffing Network Traffic on Android

Introduction There has been a lot of talk about how to connect your laptop though the Android network and use the bandwidth that you’re already

December 31, 2012 Other
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CompTIA A+ Training Kit (220-801 and 220-802) Excerpt

If you’re planning on taking the new A+ exams (220-801 and 220-802), you know that they cover an extensive amount of knowledge and will take

December 31, 2012 IT Certifications
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Lara Dodo, Regional Vice President, Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec, Robert Half Technology

Robert Half Technology is ideally positioned to provide customers with a wide range of technology staffing solutions for their project, contract-to-hire and full-time staffing needs.

December 28, 2012 Interviews
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The cyber attacks on Saudi Aramco, RasGas, and U.S. banks in the context of international law

Introduction When it was created, the Internet was launched as a classified military experiment, but nowadays it is a widely used tool that has a

December 26, 2012 Other
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Q&A: Interview with an IT Security Analyst

(Rebecca Turner is an IT security analyst, employed by a leading global services provider. Rebecca began her career in IT as a helpdesk technician and

December 24, 2012 Interviews
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Handy Devices Revolution: Handy Pentesting and Hacking Part III

And now is the time for the third article of the Handy Devices Revolution series! In the second article we talked about Arduino and Power

December 24, 2012 Hacking
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Cyberterrorism Defined (as distinct from “Cybercrime”)

Introduction Technology is developing at an extremely vigorous pace over the last couple of decades. There are many unknown terms that come along with this

December 21, 2012 General Security
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Mobile Security – Basic Challenges

“Data stored on the device is worth more than the device” Introduction The above quote might well apply to desktops and laptops as well. But

December 21, 2012 General Security
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How to Filter User Input: An Overview

If you make web sites, online apps, or even just your own personal blog, chances are that you’ve heard the phrase “Don’t trust user input!”

December 21, 2012 Other
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IT Continuity Planning

Today most organizations have committed resources, developed policies, procedures, and tools, and set their organization and IT infrastructure to maintain their critical business process (Business

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Can Festive Fraudsters Make Money on the Internet Before Christmas?

Pre-Christmas fever has slowly embraced us all. Everyone was happy to give donations to charitable organizations or throw a few dollars to help some children.

December 20, 2012 General Security
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Transfer mechanisms of personal data from EU to third countries

This Article explains the concept of transferring personal data from EU to third countries, what those third countries mean, the principles for making such transfers

December 19, 2012 Other
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Reverse-Engineering Arrays

Introduction Whenever we would like to reverse-engineer a function, we need to know exactly how the function is being called: its calling convention, number of

December 19, 2012 Reverse Engineering
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Nine Wishes for Your PHP Applications

When it comes to PHP, some 99% of amateur sites and 60-70% of all sites use the professional scripting language called PHP. But is it

December 19, 2012 Application Security
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Reverse Engineering Structures

Introduction In this part of the tutorial, we’ll take a look at how we can figure out a structure when reverse engineering a binary. First,

December 18, 2012 Reverse Engineering
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How to Safely and Wisely use jQuery: Several Key Issues

At the beginning of this article, I want to thank all those without whom this article would not exist. For starters, I’d like to thank

December 18, 2012 Application Security
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Physical Security: Managing the Intruder

No information security guide is complete without a chapter about securing physical access to information resources. After all, physical access gives even the moderately skilled

December 18, 2012 General Security, Other
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Virtualization Security

ABSTRACT Virtualization has made a huge impact in a very short time in the IT and networking worlds and has already provided huge cost savings

December 17, 2012 Virtualization Security
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Differences in Copyright Enforcement between the U.S. and China

Introduction China and the U.S. have signed the Berne Convention and the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement). These two

December 17, 2012 Other
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