DEAR DR. SECURITY: I am sending you this email in an unfortunate state of complete sobriety (given that it is after quitting time here). Should I over indulge however, Gmail has my inebriated back, so to speak. While adjusting my settings I came across this feature which can be enabled: Mail Goggles by Jon P Google strives to make the [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Greatest security breakthrough?
Posted: July 20, 2009 in general, securityTags: alcohol consumption, email, faculty-based security, google, Mail Goggles
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Simple things are the hardest
Posted: July 18, 2009 in general, securityTags: banking, fail, technology
My eldest son decided that he’d consolidate all of his banking with a single institution. Probably got some swell interest rates or maybe even a toaster for doing it. Whatever the incentive, he did it. As you might expect this involved moving money from one place to another, albeit electronically. So far so good, everything [...]
Abusing PDFs
Posted: July 8, 2009 in general, professional, securityTags: obfuscation, PDF, steganography
My last post was all about how to secure PDF documents. So it’s only fair that I point you to information to undermine that good advice. To be fair and balanced. And leave no good deed unpunished. Belgian security blogger and hacker extraordinaire Didier Stevens recently posted this entry all about hiding data in PDF [...]
