IBM Given 10 Months to Entice US Air Force with Cloud Model
President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion 2011 budget proposal includes $79.4 billion in federal IT spending. It is becoming clear to governments around... more »
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IE Flaw makes Local Files Public, and it can't be fixed
Blackhat demoes a new flaw in Internet explorer that can make your private files public.
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Daily Dose - Sun Loses a Poet
Jonathan Schwartz, the now former Sun CEO, tweeted a haiku for his last day on the job. The creator of PHP had a lot more to say about Facebook's... more »
10 best IT jobs right now
IT professionals looking to find new employment or upgrade their current positions should investigate job opportunities that address growing demand... more »
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.htaccess is invisible - How to make it visible in FTP Program like CuteFTP , Filezilla
As all we know that .htaccess is very popular for redirecting URLS and making SEO Friendly URLS. Using htaccess , your url looks like static url and... more »
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Nexus 1.5.0 Highlights: Open Sourcing Nexus LDAP Integration
Sonatype announces the release of Nexus LDAP integration as an open source plugin. The capability that was once only available as a pat of Nexus... more »
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Is your Tomcat Secure?
Center for Internet Security has recently published hardening guidelines for Apache Tomcat. In this blog, I take a look at the guidelines and provide... more »
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20 .htaccess Hacks Every Web Developer Should Know About
Apache's .htaccess configuration file can be a very powerful tool in a web developer's toolkit if used properly. In this article I'm going to show you... more »
Windows hole discovered after 17 years - Update
Microsoft isn't having an easy time of it these days. In addition to the unpatched hole in Internet Explorer, a now published hole in Windows allows... more »
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Hole makes Every Windows PC on Earth, Hackable
Using Windows 3.1, 95, 98, ME, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista or Windows 7
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How antivirus software works: Is it worth it?
I frequently get asked whether antivirus programs are worth it. My typical response has been yes. Recently, I started wondering why?
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How to Secure REST and JSON
Here at Layer 7 we get asked a lot about our support for REST. We actually have a lot to offer to secure, monitor and manage REST-style... more »
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A Review of “24 Deadly Sins of Software Security: Programming Flaws and How to Fix Them”
I was thrilled to be able to read and review this book, since I had read most of the previous version “19 Deadly Sins of Software Security:... more »
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Web Security: Are You Part Of The Problem?
Reference to the most dangerous web vulnerabilities, and ways to protect from them.
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Google Gets Hacked, and is Shocked, Just Shocked, That Evil Exists in the World
I received some background information that the attack was via targeted malware that compromised Google employee PCs – basically, the botnet vector.... more »
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Daily Dose - Mozilla Shifting Extensions to Jetpack and Personas
Mozilla is shifting its extensions over to more developer friendly applications like Jetpack and Personas. CA is shifting to more cloud technology... more »
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StopForumSpam.com – Spotting spammers early and blocking them
The idea of StopForumSpam.com is simple – make it easy for people to report spammers on their sites, so others can block them. It’s fast, free, easy... more »
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Secure Coding Guidelines for the Java Programming Language
The Java platform has its own unique set of security challenges. One of its main design considerations is to provide a secure environment for... more »
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Attack on PHP Sessions and Random Numbers
Studying PHP's (5.3.1 and below) LCG (linear congruential generator, a pseudorandom number generator), I discovered that there are weaknesses that... more »
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MD5 Crack GPU (The fastest LGPL GPU MD5 password cracker)
Since lot of time I like cryptography and all things around cracking/hacking challenge. It is why I have thought about a new challenge: To crack MD5... more »
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Is Your Application Infrastructure Architecture Based on the Postal Service Delivery Model?
If it is, you might want to reconsider how you’re handling security, acceleration, and delivery of your applications before users “go postal” because... more »
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How To Modify The Host File In Windows 7 Or Vista
One way I stay protected from bad sites is that I use a modified host file. In Vista and Windows 7 you cannot just open the file in notepad and save... more »
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Encryption Code for 80% of the World's Mobile Calls Cracked
A German software engineer and encryption expert named Karsten Nohl told a group of hackers at the Chaos Communication Congress that he and a group of... more »
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ACLs in the Grails Spring Security Plugin
It has taken way too long, but the Grails Spring Security plugin finally has ACL support. It's not officially available yet, but people have offered... more »
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Cloud Security Recommendations
Only seven months after their first security guide, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has released a second document: The Security Guidance for... more »
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