Tag: News
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CVE and the matter of “unique” ID numbers
Common Vulnerability Enumeration, now known as Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) is a vulnerability database (ignore their silly claim to be a ‘dictionary’) that the information security industry relies on heavily, unfortunately. Per MITRE’s CVE page, “CVE® is a list of entries—each containing an identification number, a description, and at least one public reference—for publicly…
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Security News Jumped the Shark, Then Beat It With a Rubber Hose
Anything strike you, the seasoned InfoSec professional, as odd about this batch of headlines? For over a decade, I have been speaking out against bullshit news articles when it comes to security and hackers. It got so bad in the past, I had to stop updating the ‘Media’ section of Errata, because so many articles…
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News Pundits, the Real Tragedy
windbags like Nancy Grace are saying she will *demand* answers about why there wasn’t a better response, why students weren’t told about the shooter, how they could have saved 31 lives if they had, and why [person|group] didn’t [act|react] to [incident|shooter|actions]. she is pointing fingers at the campus administration for not having a better incident…