There’s no I in Team – but there’s an I in Security

How many times have you heard the saying there’s no i in team? Must be hundreds of times – in sports, in movies, at work, practically everywhere. This is one of my favorite quotations, even because I believe that a successful result is never the outcome of the efforts put in by one person only.

In my opinion, in the technology world it should be quite the same but unfortunately this is not always the case. Vendors and developers should be more in touch with the users because it is in the interest of both, that the users are kept secured and that they are provided with the necessary tools to do this.

What has the Internet brought us to?

The Internet has been one of the most important ‘inventions’ in the history of man. Not only has it brought the world onto one platform but also changed the way that we think and act, but how long will this ever-changing world continue growing?

I think that only time will tell but from the looks of it, the Internet is here to stay and grow even bigger. The Internet has made an impact on research, studies, opportunities, communication, business, negotiation … you name it – the Internet does it. Have our ancestors ever thought that with a couple of clicks they can get in contact with someone across the globe? Definitely not! Sometimes I wonder what would they say if they had to be here now.

Critical Security Patch Released – Was it too late?

Its been since October 2003 that Microsoft have started the tradition of releasing patches for its software products every second Tuesday of every month. The most recent of the series was June 9th which saw a record release of patches.

Looking on the bright side, quite a few patches have been fixed through this group release, but my question would be – how many users were vulnerable and prone to attacks before this date? Last Tuesday’s release had no less than 10 security patches including one for a critical hole found in Internet Explorer 8. This means that before this, everyone using Internet Explorer 8 was an easy prey for hackers. And what tells us that there aren’t more of such holes?

Detecting intrusions and being prepared

Hacking has been one of the most popular subjects with the readers of this blog. With the issue being of worry to the vast majority of Internet users, I felt that it is time to start exploring some software products that would help you identify any intrusions into your system.

Going back to an article from last week entitled Are you being hacked? we started exploring the Foundstone Website which provides us with quite a few useful tools. In this article, we’ll be exploring a few of the most useful and simple tools and see how these can help us identify any wrongdoings that are happening on our system.