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Praetorian Prefect
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This blog is primarily a place for us to make and keep our notes in an orderly format on the news and events in the information security space. It provides a place for us to make some commentary and express ourselves on the issues of the day relative to information security. We’ll do our best to stay on topic, veering off only sometimes.
Recent Posts
Unu Gets Kaspersky (again)
Unu, a Romanian hacker (he who may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm) who we've talked about on the site before has been busy with his fifth demonstrated SQL Injection vulnerability on the web site of a well known ...
Fugitive Found Working at Homeland Security
Tahaya Buchanan, a 39 year old continued working for the Atlanta office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration services (USCIS), part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, while a fugitive wanted in Essex County, New Jersey for insurance fraud. I...
Six Bulletins in Last Patch Tuesday of 2009
Today marks the last Microsoft patch Tuesday of 2009, and Microsoft has released patches to six bulletins: MS09-071 – Vulnerabilities in Internet Authentication Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (974318) MS09-074 – Vulnerabili...
Pentagon Web Site Vulnerabilities Identified
A Romanian hacker has on December 6th identified input validation deficiencies in URL parameter handling leading to security vulnerabilities on a section of the official site of the Pentagon, http://pentagon.afis.osd.mil, the headquarters of the U.S....
Unu Cracks a Wall Street Journal Conference Site, Not WSJ.com
Unu did identify a Wall Street Journal branded web site that is vulnerable to SQL Injection attacks. But the site is not WSJ.com, is not on the same servers WSJ.com is on, is not a site hosted by Dow Jones-Teleratel but rather a conference site hoste...
James Lipton says “Don’t tweet your junk”
James Lipton's new public service announcements (PSA's) on texting (text messaging) for teenagers gives the concept a whole new meaning. The campaign "Before you test, give it a ponder" features videos of Lipton loaning his trademark beard to teenage...


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