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Security bulletins released–5.6.7/6.1.3

Joe Brinkman, February 2, 2012
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The 5.6.7 and 6.1.3 CE and PE/EE versions of DotNetNuke have been released. The release notes can be read @ DotNetNuke 6.1.3/5.6.7 Released . The 5.6.7 release only contains these one security fix (a...

Secure Web Browsing Using Lightweight Portable Security

Radical Development, January 22, 2012
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Stop for a moment and ask yourself just how safe to do feel when logging into your favorite social network site and at some point in time logging into online banking for example. I am not advocating t...

Secure Web Browsing Using Lightweight Portable Security

Radical Development, January 22, 2012
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Stop for a moment and ask yourself just how safe to do feel when logging into your favorite social network site and at some point in time logging into online banking for example. I am not advocating t...

Learning BackTrack 5: The Art Of Penetration Testing

Radical Development, January 19, 2012
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[easyazon-link keywords="backtrack" locale="us"]BackTrack[/easyazon-link] is an absolutely amazing Linux based penetration testing environment that is entirely dedicated to hacking. I must say tha...

Learning BackTrack 5: The Art Of Penetration Testing

Radical Development, January 19, 2012
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is an absolutely amazing Linux based penetration testing environment that is entirely dedicated to hacking. I must say that you should use common sense when you begin digging into the security tools p...

How to Reform Social Security To the Chilean Model

Peter Brombergs UnBlog, January 18, 2012
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Chilean Models Here's how they do social security in Chile according to Cato.org. Workers are given the choice as to whether they would like to stay in a pay-as-you-go plan (like we have in the U.S...

7 Fixes in January's Security Update

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | News, January 10, 2012
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As expected, Microsoft released seven security bulletins for this month....

DB2 security audit

DBA DB2, January 10, 2012
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The SYSIBM.SYSDBAUTH maintains user privileges on databases The SYSIBM.SYSPLANAUTH  maintains user privileges on plans The SYSIBM.SYSUSERAUTH   maintain  user privileges on the sys...

HTML5 Eyes that follow the mouse

The Code Project Latest Articles, January 9, 2012
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I made a cute flash movie of an elephant ages ago. Among other things the eyes of the elephant followed the cursor. Unfortunately subsequent flash security updates broke the functionality (if you want...

Microsoft Previews 7 Fixes for First Security Patch of 2012

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, January 5, 2012
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January's Security Update from Microsoft will feature six fixes for Windows and one fix for Microsoft developer tools, according to the company's advance notice....

ASP.NET Security Update

Joe Brinkman, December 30, 2011
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On Thursday 29th December 2011 Microsoft released an out-of-band security update to address an issue with asp.net . This is a relatively rare thing as Microsoft typically only releases security update...

ASP.NET Security Update Shipping Thursday, Dec 29th

ScottGus Blog, December 29, 2011
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A few minutes ago Microsoft released an advance notification security bulletin announcing that we are releasing an out-of-band security update to address an ASP.NET Security Vulnerability. The securi...

Security bulletins released–5.6.6/6.1.2

Joe Brinkman, December 23, 2011
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The 5.6.6 and 6.1.2 CE and PE versions of DotNetNuke have been released. The 6.1.2 release notes can be read @ DotNetNuke 6.1.2 Released . It contains two security fixes that resolve two low items. T...

Payroll Tax Cut Extension And You

Peter Brombergs UnBlog, December 20, 2011
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Why would Democrats want the two-month cut instead of the yearlong cut? Because they didnt want to give the issue up as a political boon. It allowed them to criticize Republicans for hypocritically op...

Microsoft's December Security Patch Laden with 13 Bulletins

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, December 13, 2011
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December's security update comes with 13 bulletins fixing a range of Microsoft products. The good news? Only three are rated critical....

8 key points to securing your SaaS applications

ASPAlliance.com - The #1 ASP.NET Community, December 6, 2011
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This article lists the technical and functional specifications allowing you to attain both strength and flexibility for your SaaS application. It will help you conceptualize the security of your appli...

SharePoint Security Podcast now online

Sahil Malik - blah.winsmarts.com, December 1, 2011
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SharePoint 2010 Training: more information Michele, Patrick, and I got tog...

Securing .Net Web Apps

Joe Brinkman, November 28, 2011
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From time to time I run across some great development resources on the web that are worth sharing. The below list of blog posts by Troy Hunt is a great starting point if you want to find out about the...

TADDM and DB2 discovery

DBA DB2, November 24, 2011
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For Tivoli  Application Dependancy Discovery Manager (TADDM)  to successfully discover DB2 instances, standardising OS and DB2 security access is the key, particularly for a large DB2 server...

Secure Development Series: OWASP Enterprise Security API

Radical Development, November 22, 2011
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Welcome to part two of the secure development series. If you missed Secure Development Series: Input Validation be sure to read it as well as it briefly introduced the importance of data validation. F...

Security Central

The Code Project Latest Articles, November 21, 2011
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Security Central is a role based application designed for Corporate Legal and Physical Security Departments....

Free Web Security Books, Whitepapers, and Reports

Radical Development, November 21, 2011
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The Shortcut Guide to Business Security Measures Using SSL This guide examines current information security threats to business and describes techniques for developing a security management strategy t...

Information Security: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Radical Development, November 20, 2011
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Summary The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has a demanding responsibility enforcing banking laws, regulating financial institutions, and protecting depositors. Because of the importance ...

DBA secrets to stress reduction

DBA DB2, November 16, 2011
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The current DBA trend is increased database management requirements and less DBAs to manage.   Many factors are responsible , such as : 1)      Global trends an...

Those Obstructionist Republicans

Peter Brombergs UnBlog, November 13, 2011
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Republicans stink. This, in a nutshell, is what Democrats are running on in 2012. Republicans are mean. They're obstructionists. They don't care about the elderly and they don't care about the middl...

Extending Asp.Net role based Security with Custom Security Module (Permission Based, Page Level Authorization)

The Code Project Latest Articles, November 9, 2011
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This project intends to Extend the default Asp.Net role based Security with Permission Based / Page Level Authorization. Access permissions to website resources (like "Folder/File.aspx") is stored i...

4 Security Bulletins Released by Microsoft in Light November Update

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, November 8, 2011
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Microsoft released its security update for November today with only four bulletins -- one item deemed "critical," two "important" and one "moderate."...

Cyber Warfare: Modern Day Threat Tactics

Radical Development, November 6, 2011
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The use of technology in both the public and private sectors comes at a cost in terms of risk and security. Countries adopt technology in every day facets of life and business whether it is financial ...

Microsoft Releases Temporary Workaround for Duqu Zero-Day Kernel Issue

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, November 4, 2011
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Microsoft today released a workaround, documented in Security Advisory 2639658, that will prevent the Duqu malware from entering a targeted system through a Windows kernel issue....

Security bulletins released – 5.6.4 / 6.1.0

Joe Brinkman, November 2, 2011
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The 5.6.4 and 6.1.0 CE and PE versions of DotNetNuke have been released. The 6.1.0 release notes can be read @ DotNetNuke 6.1.0 Released . It contains two security fixes that resolve one low and one m...

DropkicK–Deploy Fluently

Fervent Coder, October 23, 2011
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DropkicK (DK) has been in development for over two years and has been used for production deployments for over a year. Dru Sellers originally posted about DK back in 2009. While DK isnt yet as super e...

DropkicK–Deploy Fluently

Fervent Coder, October 23, 2011
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DropkicK (DK) has been in development for over two years and has been used for production deployments for over a year. Dru Sellers originally posted about DK back in 2009. While DK isnt yet as super e...

User Devices and Database Servers

DBA DB2, October 22, 2011
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In 2013 PC install base will be 1.78 billionSmartphone install base to be 1.32 billion in 2013By 2013, 505 million enhanced phones with advanced browsers in useMobile phones will drive more web access...

Microsoft's October Security Bulletin Addresses 23 Flaws

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, October 11, 2011
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Microsoft is keeping IT pros busy this week as it issues two security bulletins rated "critical" and another six rated "important," all addressing 23 assorted flaws....

Securing DotNetnuke Installs - Passwords

Shaun Walker, October 7, 2011
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Awhile back I released a tool called Secure My Install that was designed to help people take existing DotNetNuke sites and change the way that they store passwords to use a more secure process. Many p...

Government's Crosshairs On Cybersecurity for October

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Columns, October 4, 2011
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Celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month with these guidelines presented by the U.S. government. Plus: Google and Microsoft fling malware accusations; Redmond hogging credit for latest botnet ...

Weekly Links 2010_33 (50 for Web Devs & Other Geeks)

MS-Joe, September 29, 2011
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Software Developer Links of the Week. Bad managers: What your company should do Google – Downloads Extensions API Proposal Will Microsoft compensation changes help retain employees? Ubuntu Linux bets ...

Security Advisory for SSL/TLS Flaw Released by Microsoft

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, September 27, 2011
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In response to a new threat of attack caused by a flaw in the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 3.0 and Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0, Microsoft has issued Security Advisory 2588513, which contains a des...

My company owns no IT assets

DBA DB2, September 21, 2011
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What would you think if a Senior Executive stated our goal is to own no IT assets by 2014. ? This is a goal of many companies . If not a stated goal , it is on the agenda for conversations. Why? 1)&n...

Security Advisory Targeting Web Certificates Receives Update

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, September 20, 2011
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Security Advisory (2607712) got a re-release yesterday from Microsoft after the previously flawed update failed to include all blocked Web certificates from a Dutch certificate firm....

Adding some JPEG to your Netduino (as in serial camera)

MSDN: Coding4Fun, September 12, 2011
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Fabien Royer (aka. Mr. "Doing some really cool stuff with Netduino") takes us through adding a JPEG serial camera to a Netduino project. Think about some of the cool things you might be able to do i...

Next Week's Security Bulletin Has Important Fixes, Nothing 'Critical'

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, September 8, 2011
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This looks to be a lighter patch month, with no "critical" items making it into in September's Microsoft Security Bulletin....

Updates to the CacheAdapter Package

Glavs Blog, August 21, 2011
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Note: This post was originally going to detail the changes from 2.0 to 2.1, however in between the time of release and this post, I released 2.2 so this post will detail all the changes up to 2.2. In...

Weekly Links 2010_29 (50 for Web Devs & Other Geeks)

MS-Joe, August 16, 2011
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Software Developer Links of the Week. AntiSec Hackers Steal, Post Police Data Microsoft offers ‘mad loot’ Bluehat prize to entice security developers Some People Understand REST and HTTP 140 456 Email...

Single Sign-On (SSO) for .NET

The Code Project Latest Articles, August 5, 2011
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This article lists all the important points to take into account when creating a Single Sign-On system....

Microsoft Readies 13 Security Bulletins for August Patch Cycle

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, August 4, 2011
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The August patch from Microsoft will be thick with security fixes....

Microsoft: Security is a Two-Way Street

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Columns, August 1, 2011
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Partners and users are equally responsible for making a secure Microsoft experience; Plus: IE lacks the security chops of rival browsers; HTML 5 may not be as secure as Microsoft points out; More....

How To Disable the Java Security Manager

IKVM.NET Weblog, August 1, 2011
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Suppose you have a type safety vulnerability in Java, you could use it to execute native code, but you can also simply disable the SecurityManager: import java.io.*; import java.lan...

Weekly Links 2010_25 (50 for Web Devs & Other Geeks)

MS-Joe, July 29, 2011
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Software Developer Links of the Week. Symantec Compares Apple’s iOS and Android Security How to Create a Podcast RSS Feed in .NET Android for .NET Developers – Custom Dialogs and Local Sto...

Why the shortage of cloud architects will lead to bad clouds

InfoWorld: Web services, July 27, 2011
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Designing and building cloud computing-based systems is nothing like building traditional applications and business systems. Unfortunately, many in IT find that out only when it's too late. The comple...