January 12, 2008
Picked this up from RSnake’s site. Worth a look…this is part of a larger 20 minute documentary he says.
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The rantings of Craig Chapman, Computer Forensics Geek.
Barclays Bank in the UK is reportedly revising its security practises following the rip-off of 10,000 pounds from their own Chairman’s personal account by a fraudster.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;732567044;fp;16;fpid;1
Not surprisingly, Barclays have ‘accepted liability’ and also reimbursed the stolen 10,000 pounds into the Chairman’s account. But what if it were you or I, the plebs of the world, who had suffered this loss?
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January 9, 2008
Press Release/Announcement:
Security-Assessment.com Australia/Asia Pacific is now operating under Securus Global.
As has been reported in recent times, Security-Assessment.com New Zealand has been sold to Datacraft in New Zealand.
As I mentioned before, Security-Assessment.com Australia/Asia Pacific has not been sold out and our business operations, commitment to clients, our team and approach to the IT Security industry remain the same. It’s business as usual continuing to deliver the quality services we have become renowned for….but we are making a few changes.
The Security-Assessment.com Australia business, brand and name will now come under the Securus Global business as the specialist consulting services delivery arm of the business. http://www.securusglobal.com/
January 7, 2008
Yep, you heard that right. Background: one of few Windows systems we use cannot send any attachments with email. We try everything and narrow it down to McAfee’s product. Numerous emails to support were like talking to a brick wall…. but you got to love this comment from the McAfee dude (thanks Dec), who tells us that email is not intended for file attachments. Trust me, there’s no hidden context to this email. Gees….here’s me doing the wrong thing for the last 15 odd years. Check this out! (oh, and by the way, this is just one part of a large email trail to get the problem fixed…many more funny parts to it….Dec…you want to post them?)….BTW, we gave up in the end. 
January 5, 2008
The old adage, you get what you pay for I reckon comes back to haunt us security people more than many. It’s still more the rule than the exception so to speak in many organisations that IT security specialists don’t have a say or even better, the final say on what products or services are implemented into an organisation. We see it all the time.
Why did you buy that product or service? Response from IT Security Manager; “It was not our call in the end. We gave our strong recommendation but the CIO went with something else!”
Let’s call it how it is. Many CIOs and major decision makers/stakeholders outside of Information Security make a call on price vs. quality. They also make decisions on how well they have been “treated” and “sold” by sales guys. (Not saying our own IS guys don’t also fall into that category…but most times, many IS dudes don’t make the final call).
Let me expand.
January 2, 2008
You have to wonder about how successful such initiatives like this to filter “inappropriate” content to Australians is likely to be:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22989008-662,00.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/31/2129471.htm