Dogbert the Security Consultant Strikes Again: Online Storage of Passwords

Posted on March 6, 2008. Filed under: Auditing, General | Tags: , , , |

Ok maybe I need to rethink associating all Online Password Storage groups in the same realm as Dogbert. Think think think think…hmmmm….NOPE!
A nice aspect of the blog that I put out for me is the backend shows me where a referral comes from and recently one came from http://www.notsorelevant.com/2008-01-30/is-giving-away-passwords-cool-again/ while the information with in the [...]

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Concerns: More on Password Cracking

Posted on March 5, 2008. Filed under: Auditing, General | Tags: , , |

I was talking with a coworker the other day about password cracking and I wanted to write up another post regarding that conversation and Michael Coates comments on a previous article that I wrote.
http://secauditor.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/what-is-more-important-password-expiration-complexity-or-something-else/
There are two main areas that must be looked at anytime an organization enters into password cracking. First is the [...]

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What is more important password expiration, complexity or something else?

Posted on February 21, 2008. Filed under: General | Tags: , , , |

I was holding a conversation today about password expiration and I have decided it isn’t so much about the password strength or the time between password changes. Looking at it passwords are a primary method used to control access to resources. Because authenticated access is seldom logged, a compromised password is a way to [...]

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Utilizing winexe to create a backdoor

Posted on February 15, 2008. Filed under: Computer Forensics | Tags: , , , , , |

On Thursday of this week I was fortunate enough to work along side a colleague of mine as we were conducting a forensic investigation. We had retrieved a active laptop and wanted to conduct a live memory dump of the system. Unfortunately there was a password on the screen saver and we didn’t [...]

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