TweetI have just finished with my 2nd SANS class: “Security Policy & Awareness.” I will say that it was good, but not as good as my first SANS class. Presentation Like my previous class, I took it OnDemand, meaning that I logged into the SANS website, and took it online, at my own pace. I [...]
Archive for December, 2008
SANS Security Policy & Awareness Class Review
Posted: 29th December 2008 by Josh in UncategorizedTags: SANS, Security Policy
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TweetSo today I got an interesting alert from OSSEC (a Host-Based IDS) on my web-hosting server: —————————————- Rule: 31115 fired (level 13) -> “URL too long. Higher than allowed on most browsers. Possible attack.” Portion of the log(s): 81.197.69.xxx – -16/Dec/2008:16:14:20 -0600] “SEARCH /\x90\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\x04H\ ——————————– As we can see, host 81.197.69.xxx tried to connect to [...]
Fraud Alert: VistaPrint.com
Posted: 27th December 2008 by Josh in UncategorizedTags: Fraud, VistaPrint
TweetTwo weeks ago I ordered some business cards off of VistaPrint.com. I had never used them, but they seemed to be a reputable company. I should have done a cursory google search, because a couple days ago, I was checking through my credit card statement, and I stumbled across a $14.95 charge from a vendor [...]