LinuxSecurity Contributor - Benjamin D. Thomas
Benjamin D. Thomas
Articles From Benjamin D. Thomas
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Mobile security tips to keep users out of trouble
12 February 2007
A start-up (Bios) password on a laptop provides nothing more than token security: many brands have w
General Security
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Steal This Download
11 February 2007
Investigative reporter Kim Zetter spent a year probing the life of David Thomas, a high-tech grifter
General Security
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Study: Weak passwords really do help hackers
08 February 2007
Left online for 24 days to see how hackers would attack them, four Linux computers with weak passwor
General Security
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PHP Security from the Inside
08 February 2007
Stefan Esser is the founder of both the Hardened-PHP Project and the PHP Security Response Team (whi
General Security
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Attack seriously slows two root servers
07 February 2007
A denial-of-service attack apparently overwhelmed two of the thirteen root domain name servers early
Network Security
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The Psychology of Security
07 February 2007
Security is both a feeling and a reality. And they're not the same.
The reality of security is ma
General Security
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Mitnick to write Autobiography
06 February 2007
After seven-year wait, reformed hacker Kevin Mitnick will finally begin work on his autobiography fo
General Security
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WIFI Liberator Toolkit
06 February 2007
Wifi Liberator is an open-source toolkit for a laptop computer that enables its user to "liberate" p
Wireless Security
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How Prevalent Are XSS Vulnerabilities?
01 February 2007
How Prevalent Are Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities? Based on a recent experiment, I wasn't
General Security
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Evaluating Security Tools
31 January 2007
All companies face the challenge of evaluating security tools that they will procure, but knowing wh
General Security
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Stompy session analyzer tool released
30 January 2007
Michal Zalewski, an independent security researcher, announced the availability of Stompy, a free to
Network Security
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Honeynets: Trapping attackers and naming names
28 January 2007
The Web Honeynet Project, an independent group of Honeynet researchers from Securiteam and the ITOSF
Intrusion Detection