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McAfee S.P.A.M. experiment and more ridiculous HackerSafe failures

McAfee S.P.A.M. experiment and more ridiculous HackerSafe failuresI get slammed for pronouncing the name wrong, but McAfee is the bestMcAfee is the only true voice on security. I have never once seen a computer with their AV software installed that has be overrun with viruses. If this is...

Tags: SECURITY, McAfee Inc., HackerSafe

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

McAfee's HackerSafe: "Um... we go in like a super hacker"

McAfee's HackerSafe: "Um... we go in like a super hacker"congrats on your first customer.She obviously didn't get the PR memo right, it's [i]uber[/i] hacker.@McAfee: Maybe you should put some shorts on or something, if you want to keep fighting evil today.

Tags: Hacking, HackerSafe, hacker, McAfee Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-16

McAfee's HackerSafe: When all else fails, rebrand it!

McAfee's HackerSafe: When all else fails, rebrand it!It doesn't surprise me.McAfee and all the security companies are failing miserably at times to keep up with the cracker community. Simply put, they don't have 1 thousandth the required resources to mitigate the cracker community, and that is assuming they actually...

Tags: Firewalls, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, McAfee Inc., HackerSafe

Discussion threads 2008-05-12

More bad news for McAfee, HackerSafe certification

More bad news for McAfee, HackerSafe certificationSpeaking of Payment Card Industry...Do you know that [url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=941]PCI security standard endangers wireless LANs[/url]? :)This is similar to problems...with financial auditors be paid by the company they are auditing. The auditors don't like issuing qualified opinions on financial statements prepared by the company signing...

Tags: Quality, Financial accounting, McAfee Inc., HackerSafe, certification, almighty

Discussion threads 2008-05-01

More bad news for McAfee, HackerSafe certification

Dan Godin posted a great article that was picked up by The Register a couple days ago about continued challenges for McAfee's newly purchased HackerSafe division.  I find the article interesting as HackerSafe uses a scanning tool that probes for web application security flaws... of course, tools are limited in...

Tags: McAfee Inc., Security, Certification, Vulnerability, XSS, HackerSafe, Godin, Goodin, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Additional Resources

McAfee SiteAdvisor blocks SANS

Showing you just how much they understand about security, McAfee blocked the SANS website, sans.org, as well as giac.org and sans.edu, with their SiteAdvisor application, listing it as a "bad" site. Interestingly enough, SANS sites are some of the best sites to go to for security related...

Tags: McAfee Inc., McAfee SiteAdvisor, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-30

2008 Pwnie Award nominees announced

Well, after getting 134 nominations, and spending countless hours pulling out nominees, the judges for the 2008 Pwnie Awards have announced the final nominees to be voted on.  From the site: The final list of nominees for the nine Pwnie Award categories is ...

Tags: Attack, Flaw, Lifelock, Nathan McFeters, Nominee, Security, Vulnerability, XSS, XSS Flaw

Blog posts 2008-07-21

PCI-DSS 1.1 points to outdated OWASP Top 10

OK, I'm not going to freak out about this too bad... I've already pointed out enough problems with PCI, but I did find it morbidly entertaining.  My good friend Jeremiah Grossman pictured at right blogged today about the PCI-DSS 1.1 section 6.5, which covers "prevention of common coding vulnerabilities in...

Tags: XSS, PCI, Security, Storage, Hardware, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-02

News to know: Microsoft; Yahoo; Google; IT contractors

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught. Dennis Howlett: Powerset’s smarts are Microsoft’s gain Paul Miller: Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much? Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Team Management, 3G, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-07-02

McAfee S.P.A.M. experiment and more ridiculous HackerSafe failures

Stay with me here readers, I'm stringing two stories about McAfee together here, a little out of the ordinary, so I hope it makes sense.  If you aren't interested in the tech details of which there are very little, please do read for a good laugh. Network World reported...

Tags: McAfee Inc., Organize-It, PCI, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Marketing Research, Storage, Hardware, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-01

E-trade, Schwab, Google fall victim to "Office Space/Superman 3" attack

A great example of an attack where Web Application Firewalls WAFs, simple scanning tools, HackerSafe certifications, and PCI (it might through some financial controls I'm not aware of) are not going to help you stay secure was posted by Kevin Poulsen over at the crime blog at blogs.wired.com.  Poulsen's article states: ...

Tags: Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., Bank, Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Attack, Poulsen, Financial Services, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Facebook vulnerable to critical XSS, could lead to malware attacks

Facebook vulnerable to critical XSS, could lead to malware attacksComputer science at Cal Tech should be able to fix itLet's use our country's high minds to solve these problems that the software writers,manufacturers and Government can't.What I thinkthat you, Danchev, and others are completely misfocused adolescents, to distribute this sort...

Tags: SECURITY, malware, XSS, vulnerability, flaw, Facebook

Discussion threads 2008-05-23

More Snake Oil: LifeLock spokesperson's stolen ID leads to lawsuits

Can you remember being a kid, when your parents first told you what your SSN was?  I remember mine telling me to never give it to anyone.  Of course, then as soon as I got my first job as a caddy at the local golf course I had to give...

Tags: Lawsuit, Advertisement, LifeLock, Identity Theft, Government, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-22

McAfee partner isn't McAfee secure

McAfee partner isn't McAfee secureI don't know about all of you...but I think that certification image is pretty sexy. So the McAfee HackerSafe logo offers you passable increased business due to customers feeling more secure? HA! My cert covers that and sex appeal! Where you at...

Tags: Quality, McAfee Inc., McAfee Secure

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

McAfee partner isn't McAfee secure

I was over reading Russ McRee's blog today, and I've got to say, if McAfee's HackerSafe (or whatever they're calling it now) doesn't die off soon, then he'll be able to write a novel about their trials and tribulations. Apparently, McAfee authorized distributor Winferno.com is not HackerSafe......

Tags: McAfee Inc., Video, Russ McRee, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-20

News to know: Microsoft-Yahoo talks (again); OLPC; Gmail themes; Firefox 3.0

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft: We don't have to buy Yahoo outright; Is it joint venture time? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft and Yahoo: A new deal in the works? BoomTown: Microsoft to Buy Just Yahoo's Search Business? NYT: In Reversal, Microsoft Proposes...

Tags: Google Gmail, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-19

McAfee's HackerSafe: "Um... we go in like a super hacker"

Updated 05/16/2008 2:00 p.m. CST: I officially have my first customer for the "Nate McFeters Safe" certification and Jeremiah Grossman and I have signed up another member for Scanless PCI, as noted security researcher Russ McRee has purchased our certifications, see http://holisticinfosec.blogspot.com.  God is good and created YouTube for laughs...

Tags: Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-16

News to know: HP's to buy EDS; AMD; XP SP3; iPhone; Spam attacks

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: HP bidding for EDS; Deal would ramp up services. Dennis Howlett: HP to take out EDS: does it make sense? AMD rejiggers management; Forms central engineering group Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Integrate Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 and Windows Media...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Nokia Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Attack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Podcasts, Data Centers, Homeland Security, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-13

McAfee's HackerSafe: When all else fails, rebrand it!

Not to beat a dead horse, that's already been beaten to death time and time again, but... Update 05/12/08: Russ McRee has actually just posted a story about "Why PCI DSS is Doomed". Came across this page on McAfee's site about their "McAfee Secure", "McAfee...

Tags: Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-12

News to know: Sun; Microhoo; Vista; Linux security; Spigit

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Sun plans layoffs following weak quarter; Blames U.S. economy Nate McFeters: Multiple Linux flaws show that Linux also has kernel issues More bad news for McAfee, HackerSafe certification Steve Ballmer's defining hour Mary...

Tags: Security, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Linux, Virtualization, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-05-02