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.
Yet another reason to stop using Norton Antivirus. If you want good, free virus protection that doesn’t bog down your system’s resources, use AVG Free. I would recommend ClamWin, the open-source AV tool, but its realtime file scanner isn’t ready yet. It’s best to stay away from the big guys:…
Failed Redesigns is a well-written article by Joe Clark regarding the failure of web developers to use the tools at their disposal. It unabashedly mocks so-called professionals who choose to ignore Web Standards and crank out utter crap. Go boyee!
Punk Gets What He Deserves…Too Late Marcus Vick was kicked off the Virginia Tech football team today as a result of the blatant unsportsman-like conduct vs. Louisville I mentioned last week. The sad thing is, he was pulled over for drunk driving two weeks ago, and shouldn’t have been playing…
I got WordPress 2 installed, in case you haven’t noticed the changes. So far, I like the new look of the admin side, but I really haven’t noticed anything yet that blows me away. There are some things here and there that make writing posts easier, and things are a…
I’m going to be upgrading the software that runs this site (WordPress) over the next few days. Version 2 came out recently and it looks too cool to resist. You will likely see a default theme for a while until I can come up with my own. Pardon our dust.
So its 2006, and it has already been a long year. We have seen the worst Windows security flaw ever, which effects millions of people with fully patched and protected systems. You are most likely one of them. Oh, and there is no fix from Microsoft yet. This all but…
