CSIA 459

Article 4 from UMUC library

Article 5 from UMUC library

An article many of us have probably read, but an important one for my paper

The powerpoint for the fore-mentioned "monster".

A few of my sources are from universities in Norway or Amsterdam. Apparently password cracking is a big thing over there!

Dan, thanks for posting. This was a good article, not that I wasn't aware of the information in it, but it was just a good reminder, and something I can use to send around for some people to read who may be using some of the obvious techniques to secure thair passwords, such as "what was your first car", lol Facebook destroyed these types of questions/answer security forms.

Just a heads up for anyone living in Austin, TX.

This article talks about buying technology products from China and whether the US should. The supply chain is an important part of emerging technologies. As you worked on your bibliography - did you question where the technology comes from?

Interesting thoughts from DHS about the recently signed cybersecurity framework.

Be careful what you ask for -- NIST is now sorting through all the public comments related to the cybersecurity executive order and 185 days to get the framework publish.

A fun read about a former Google vulnerability. Of note is the "attacker's" use of Amazon Web Services to aid in cracking certificates.

Here is a recent article that discusses additional exploit kits besides the Blackhole kit discussed in the video.