Fighting-Spam.com » McKeay http://fighting-spam.com A Spam and Security News blog, Mashed with related videos, images, tweets and digg stories! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:55:12 +0000 en hourly 1 BHDC2010: Mary Landesman, Cisco http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/29/bhdc2010-mary-landesman-cisco/ http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/29/bhdc2010-mary-landesman-cisco/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:30:10 +0000 admin http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/29/bhdc2010-mary-landesman-cisco/
Cisco recently released the 2010 Midyear Security Report and I caught up with one of the principal authors, Mary Landesman, Senior Security Researcher at Cisco.]]>

Cisco recently released the 2010 Midyear Security Report and I caught up with one of the principal authors, Mary Landesman, Senior Security Researcher at Cisco.

]]> http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/29/bhdc2010-mary-landesman-cisco/feed/ 0 Headed to Vegas! http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/27/headed-to-vegas/ http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/27/headed-to-vegas/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:31:53 +0000 admin http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/27/headed-to-vegas/
Well, not quite; I have a few more hours of getting packed and work before I head to the airport, but close enough.]]>

Well, not quite; I have a few more hours of getting packed and work before I head to the airport, but close enough.

]]> http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/27/headed-to-vegas/feed/ 0 Help a man out! http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/22/help-a-man-out/ http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/22/help-a-man-out/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:45:46 +0000 admin http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/22/help-a-man-out/
Like many people in the security blogger community, Tyler Reguly pays for his blog and other community efforts out of his own pocket.]]>

Like many people in the security blogger community, Tyler Reguly pays for his blog and other community efforts out of his own pocket.

]]> http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/22/help-a-man-out/feed/ 0 Network Security Podcast, Episode 206 http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/21/network-security-podcast-episode-206/ http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/21/network-security-podcast-episode-206/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:29:10 +0000 admin http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/21/network-security-podcast-episode-206/
Zach couldn’t make it tonight, but Rich and Martin open the show with a call to our listeners for more email questions and topic suggestions. After answering a listener question last week, we realized it would be nice to engage with all of you a little bit more. But not too much… I mean we don’t want to touch you or anything. We also spend a little time talking about how we handle our connectivity and security while at Black Hat and Defcon, which happen to be next week. Network Security Podcast, Episode 206, July 20, 2010 Time: 42:38 Show Notes:s Millions of Home Routers Vulnerable to...]]>

Zach couldn’t make it tonight, but Rich and Martin open the show with a call to our listeners for more email questions and topic suggestions. After answering a listener question last week, we realized it would be nice to engage with all of you a little bit more. But not too much… I mean we don’t want to touch you or anything. We also spend a little time talking about how we handle our connectivity and security while at Black Hat and Defcon, which happen to be next week. Network Security Podcast, Episode 206, July 20, 2010 Time: 42:38 Show Notes:s Millions of Home Routers Vulnerable to…

]]> http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/21/network-security-podcast-episode-206/feed/ 0 It’s good, but it could have been so much better http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/20/it%e2%80%99s-good-but-it-could-have-been-so-much-better/ http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/20/it%e2%80%99s-good-but-it-could-have-been-so-much-better/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:54:55 +0000 admin http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/20/it%e2%80%99s-good-but-it-could-have-been-so-much-better/
I really wish I had the time to fully explore the idea, but there’s a certain amount of resonance between the criticisms Adrian Lane at Securosis levels against Visa’s guidance on]]>

I really wish I had the time to fully explore the idea, but there’s a certain amount of resonance between the criticisms Adrian Lane at Securosis levels against Visa’s guidance on

]]> http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/20/it%e2%80%99s-good-but-it-could-have-been-so-much-better/feed/ 0 Truncation and Tokenization guidance from the PCI Council http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/14/truncation-and-tokenization-guidance-from-the-pci-council/ http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/14/truncation-and-tokenization-guidance-from-the-pci-council/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:15:45 +0000 admin http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/14/truncation-and-tokenization-guidance-from-the-pci-council/
If you’ve been thinking about using tokenization or truncation to limit the scope of your PCI environment, you need take a few minutes to read the two documents Visa just released, Visa Best Practices: Tokenization and Visa Best Practices for Primary Account Number Storage and Truncation .]]>

If you’ve been thinking about using tokenization or truncation to limit the scope of your PCI environment, you need take a few minutes to read the two documents Visa just released, Visa Best Practices: Tokenization and Visa Best Practices for Primary Account Number Storage and Truncation .

]]> http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/14/truncation-and-tokenization-guidance-from-the-pci-council/feed/ 0 Network Security Podcast, Episode 205 http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/14/network-security-podcast-episode-205/ http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/14/network-security-podcast-episode-205/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:09:24 +0000 admin http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/14/network-security-podcast-episode-205/
Rich and Zach are still sweltering in their perspective heat waves, but Martin managed to nab an interview with Bob Russo, the head of the PCI Security Standards Council. We also cover a couple of stories and some honest to goodness listener mail! Network Security Podcast, Episode 205, July 13, 2010 Time:]]>

Rich and Zach are still sweltering in their perspective heat waves, but Martin managed to nab an interview with Bob Russo, the head of the PCI Security Standards Council. We also cover a couple of stories and some honest to goodness listener mail! Network Security Podcast, Episode 205, July 13, 2010 Time:

]]> http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/14/network-security-podcast-episode-205/feed/ 0 My “Letter to the Client” http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/12/my-%e2%80%9cletter-to-the-client%e2%80%9d/ http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/12/my-%e2%80%9cletter-to-the-client%e2%80%9d/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:08:55 +0000 admin http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/12/my-%e2%80%9cletter-to-the-client%e2%80%9d/
Last week another assessor friend of mine started a new blog, Fear Not the Assessor .]]>

Last week another assessor friend of mine started a new blog, Fear Not the Assessor .

]]> http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/12/my-%e2%80%9cletter-to-the-client%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 Network Security Podcast, Episode 204 http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/07/network-security-podcast-episode-204/ http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/07/network-security-podcast-episode-204/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:01:46 +0000 admin http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/07/network-security-podcast-episode-204/
Once again we have a wandering host; Rich has wandered off into the hinterlands of Denver (Boulder, I think) and is too busy to call in for the podcast.]]>

Once again we have a wandering host; Rich has wandered off into the hinterlands of Denver (Boulder, I think) and is too busy to call in for the podcast.

]]> http://fighting-spam.com/2010/07/07/network-security-podcast-episode-204/feed/ 0 The Network Security Podcast, Episode 203 http://fighting-spam.com/2010/06/30/the-network-security-podcast-episode-203/ http://fighting-spam.com/2010/06/30/the-network-security-podcast-episode-203/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:34:35 +0000 admin http://fighting-spam.com/2010/06/30/the-network-security-podcast-episode-203/
New show. Zach late. Show still good. Martin’s birthday. Mongo like. Network Security Podcast, Episode 203, June 29, 2010 Time: 32:57 Show Notes: The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace . Sen. Bond says DHS shouldn’t oversee cybersecurity . Why the disclosure debate doesn’t matter . Disclosure via court . Tonight’s music: All India Radio with Endless Night ]]>

New show. Zach late. Show still good. Martin’s birthday. Mongo like. Network Security Podcast, Episode 203, June 29, 2010 Time: 32:57 Show Notes: The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace . Sen. Bond says DHS shouldn’t oversee cybersecurity . Why the disclosure debate doesn’t matter . Disclosure via court . Tonight’s music: All India Radio with Endless Night

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