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The Summer Storm
Symantec Security Response - By: Silas Barnes, 2008-08-18
Seventy-seven megabytes of network traffic, 356 spam emails sent and 10,082 unique IP addresses contacted. All in just under 60 minutes.

Disaster Recovery Drills Aren't Just For IT
Emergent Chaos - By: arthur, 2008-08-18
A forgotten step in business continuity plans: not just plan but practice, practice, practice.

Security Professionals and Social Networks
Symantec Security Response - By: Kevin Haley, 2008-08-15
Security professional understand the risks of social networks better than anyone. So, given the concerns they may have, do they actually use social networks? Earlier this year we surveyed 87 security administrators in order to find out.

I'm Certifiably Wrong
Emergent Chaos - By: adam, 2008-08-15
Responses to "Certifiably Silly" and what the certificate authority model is broken.

Another Round of Peacomm Infections Underway
Symantec Security Response - By: Sean Hittel, 2008-08-14
The Peacomm network has definitely turned out to be a survivor. With infections dating back to January 2007 and a peer-to-peer structure largely unchanged in about a year, Peacomm continues to infect new hosts.

Black Hat Review - Conclusion
Symantec Security Response - By: Anthony Roe, 2008-08-14
A wrap up of the Black Hat Briefings which took place in Las Vegas in August.

Certifiably Silly
Emergent Chaos - By: adam, 2008-08-14
Paying the security tax of SSL certificates does not necessarily mean you are safe.

Black Hat Review - Day 1
Symantec Security Response - By: Anthony Roe, 2008-08-13
The first day of the Black Hat conference briefings was far from bland: Beginning with a cynical keynote speech about how computers and people spawn systemic risk, and ending with a packed talk by Dan Kaminsky titled "DNS Goodness."

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2008
Symantec Security Response - By: Robert Keith, 2008-08-12
Microsoft's most recent patch is one of the largest releases in a while, with 11 bulletins covering 26 vulnerabilities. Seventeen of the vulnerabilities are client-side issues rated "critical;" the remaining nine are rated "important."

That's an address I haven't used in a very long time.
Emergent Chaos - By: adam, 2008-08-12
I got a letter from BNY Mellon, explaining that they lost my data. The most interesting thing about it, I think, is where it was sent, which is to my mom.