General security

HIDS—A Simplified Design Construct

This article will briefly discuss the host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS) and an abstract approach that can be used to design an application firewal

QEMU Windows Guest: Bridged Networking

Bridged networking can be used when we want our guest virtual machine to get the IP address from our router and be able to see the host and all other machine

QEMU Windows Guest: Networking

There are different kind of backend networks that we can use with QEMU. In order to specify the backend network, we need to use the -netdev command-line opti

QEMU Windows Guest: Installing the Operating System

Now that we've created the image for our guest, we must continue with installing the operating system on it. In Virtualbox/VMWare, we usually select the CD-R

Security Predictions for 2014

As the year 2013 draws to a close, we decided to make some predictions for the most popular Security Trends in 2014. Here is what we think are the major poin

Unordinary Predictions for Information Security in 2014

Introduction The year is closing and it's time for prediction of the evolution of the security landscape in 2014. It's easy to predict an increase in the vol

Legality of DDoS: Criminal Deed vs. Act of Civil Disobedience

Introduction This article was inspired by two factors: 1) the petition filed by Anonymous on the White House's We the People website in the beginning of 2013

LAYER 7 DDOS ATTACKS: DETECTION & MITIGATION

Introduction: Initial Detection/Mitigation Challenges[pkadzone zone="main_top"] Before we go to the main topic of this article, let us take heed of two fact

Tracking user activities using web bugs

We live in a world where we're connected to each other by a mouse click and a few keystrokes. It's a revolution that changed the way we live our lives and ru

Human Factors in Information Security Management Systems

It is hard to accept that nowadays, organizations get along without having an astute and decisive information system. Providing a reliable and coherence info