The HeartBleed Vulnerability: The Next Step for Users

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On Monday, April 7, 2014, the information security community received news about a vulnerability in the OpenSSL (Open Secure Socket Layers) cryptographic library called the “Heartbleed” bug that can allow hackers the ability to collect passwords, credit cards numbers, private keys and other data on servers that operated the software.

Cuckoo Malware Analysis by Digit Oktavianto and Iqbal Muhardianto: A Review

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I had the opportunity to review and conduct some interesting hands-on examples from Packt Publishing’s “Cuckoo Malware Analysis” by Digit Oktavianto and Iqbal Muhardianto. This book was divided into five intuitive chapters consisting of:

Windows XP Support Ending, What does that mean to you?

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Support for Microsoft’s popular operating system, Windows XP will end on April 8, 2014, 12 years after it was introduced to PC users.

SANS Security West 2014 – Emerging Trends in Cybersecurity – is coming up on May 8-17

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SANS Security West 2014 is a vital event for information security professionals looking to stay on top of industry trends, to acquire certifications, and to learn and immediately apply new cybersecurity skills.

Microsoft Ending Support for Windows XP and Office 2003

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Microsoft Ending Support for Windows XP and Office 2003

SANS 2014 Salary Survey is open and we need your input before April 1st

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SANS is resurrecting its salary survey! Our 2008 survey was the most widely read paper for several years in the highly-trafficked SANS reading room.

Meetup’s Service Outage

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Our website and our apps are widely accessible. Unfortunately Meetup is still not available in all locations. We made substantial changes to our infrastructure in order to end the attack. It takes a while for changes of this size to be distributed across the Internet, and that happens over time.

EC-Council Update: 2/25/14 07:00

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DNS Propagation is still in process around the world however major DNS providers have updated to the new data. With respect to our release yesterday, our Internal Response team has been closely monitoring our third party vendors.

New free online software security training courses

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The Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code (SAFECode) is a non-profit organization exclusively dedicated to increasing trust in information and communications technology products and services through the advancement of effective software assurance methods.