General security

Breaking Software Protection - RSA

Introduction Hopefully you are familiar with Assembly language and have some little knowledge on how to use reverse engineering tools such as Debuggers, Disa

New Developments in Net Neutrality

Introduction Years of discussion on the right to have a free and open Internet have not yet solved the matter, and the issue is still a subject of heated deb

User Behavior Modeling with Mobile Device Sensors

Introduction The rapid diffusion of mobile technology and the convergence of numerous services that use the paradigms, including social networking, cloud com

Legality of Jailbreaking Mobile Phones

1. Introduction The term "jailbreaking" refers to circumventing security measures of a mobile operating system with the aim to install unauthorized software.

Privacy risks of beacons

On October 6th 2014, buzzfeed.com published a report stating that Titan, a company controlling a number of New York City's phone booth advertising displays,

How to Stop DNS Hijacking

You have (probably more than once in your life) keyed in a familiar domain name and ended up in an entirely different page that was not even close to what yo

Simple yet Effective Methods to Solve Java Security Issues

It is true that Java cannot take credit in being among the safest options to use online, due to the vulnerabilities that emerge within its applications on a

Aggressive Chinese IP Highlights Attribution Issues

Recently, the Norse DarkWolf Labs noted that the IP address 218.77.79.43 had jumped into the top quadrant for malicious activity. Investigation into the acti

The dos and don’ts of sharing sensitive business data

All businesses handle sensitive data of one kind or another. Whether this is confidential client information, financial details, or even employee addresses,

All about AGDLP group scope for active directory - account, global, domain local, permissions

Lately I've gotten a few questions from prospective clients about AD security group scope. I wanted to take a minute to give an overview of what group scopes