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Whitepaper on Malware to Attack Databases

Cesar Cerrudo of Argeniss Information Security has put out a new whitepaper (.pdf format), Data0: Next generation malware for stealing databases , describing how malware could be crafted to steal information out of databases. For the most part, it stays at a high-level, however, Cesar does give a few...

Posted to K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security (Weblog) by bkelley on 11-23-2007
Tool: KeePass Password Safe password manager/vault

Some time ago I was looking for a password vault and came across some recommendations for KeePass . KeePass is open source and free. It's a nice password manager and some of the features I like are: Strong encryption of the password database The ability to use a password, key file, or the combination...

Posted to K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security (Weblog) by bkelley on 10-31-2007
Structuring the Blog Better

For a variety reasons, including personal/family concerns and workload, I've not been able to write as often as I'd like. That doesn't just include the blog, but also writing articles. It's been a long while since I've written an article for SSC . I want to get back to writing at least monthly, if not...

Posted to K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security (Weblog) by bkelley on 10-28-2007
Volunteering

I've spent my spare time the last few weekends helping a non-profit called Fast Forward here in the Columbia, SC area. I don't post this here to blow my own horn but rather to point out the need many non-profit organizations have for quality IT support. Most non-profits operate on a limited budget meaning...

Posted to K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security (Weblog) by bkelley on 05-21-2007
Thoughts from The Cuckoo's Egg

The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll has been around for a while, having been published in 1989. It details how a system administrator (a trained astronomer who had to find something else to do) tracked a malicious hacker through his system and numerous others including defense contractors and unclassified...

Posted to K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security (Weblog) by bkelley on 04-06-2007
New Review: NGS Software's Typhon III

I recently had the opportunity to review NGS Software's updated Typhon III general vulnerability scanner. I had previously reviewed it two years ago and was impressed with the product then. The updated version has some nice, new features. You can read my review here: A Review of Typhon III . It'll hit...

Posted to K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security (Weblog) by bkelley on 01-25-2007
Adding value to our organizations

Sean McCown writes in the latest Database Underground about how DBAs should try and make things better for users of an organization . I think Sean hits upon an important point not just for DBAs but for all IT workers. Too often IT is seen as a cost center, an impediment, as something as necessary for...

Posted to K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security (Weblog) by bkelley on 01-09-2007
Shared Items on Google Reader

I read through a lot of blogs each day in a variety of technology categories. I've always fashioned myself as a jack-of-all-trades and that helps me a great deal with my current position. However, it does mean consuming a lot of feeds to try and stay up in all the areas I have a profound interest in...

Posted to K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security (Weblog) by bkelley on 01-06-2007
Excellent post on encryption

Laurentiu Cristofor has an excellent blog post, Who needs encryption? , which presents some point blank facts about encryption and the correlations you can draw from those facts. This post isn't a SQL Server or even a database specific post. It's about encryption in general. I love his Fact #1: Encryption...

Posted to K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security (Weblog) by bkelley on 12-01-2006

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