Will Chatham is the Security Assessment Engineer for Arbor Networks. Since Netscape 2.0, he has worked in a wide array of environments including non-profit, corporate, small business, and government. He started as a web developer, moved into Linux system administration, and ultimately found his place as a security professional. Having most recently conquered the OSCP certification, Will continues to hack his way into various things in an effort to make them more secure.
Secunia, a computing security clearinghouse, has issued a warning regarding a new, zero day vulnerability in the Internet Explorer web browser. This includes Internet Explorer 5, Internet Explorer 6, and Internet Explorer 7 on fully patched Windows XP systems. Attackers can craft web pages in such a way to use…
We here at Geekamongus are by no means partial to one operating system over another. We love Macs, we love Linux, we love Solaris, and we love those other guys. Seriously, in no way do we ever intend on taking sides, and articles such as this one are not to…
The other day I had an old client forward me an email from their credit card processing company, saying that the server upon which their website was hosted failed their PCI Compliance security check. I had never heard of this and was wary that it might be a service they…
Google says the recent GMail account breeches were due to typical phishing scams, not a vulnerability in GMail itself. With help from affected users, we determined that the cause was a phishing scheme, a common method used by malicious actors to trick people into sharing their sensitive information. Attackers sent…
I’ve been following the story about the domain name hijacking of MakeUseOf.com the last few weeks with interest. All signs are pointing to the domain thief having cracked the MakeUseOf.com Gmail account in order to retrieve their GoDaddy.com password and transfer the owenership of the domain. This is not good…
In light of the latest wireless vulnerability found, which can break “WPA” using “TKIP” for encryption, I thought I would advise everyone to review your home wireless setup. The subject of securing your wireless (or wired) networks at home could be talked about for hours on end, and depending on…
