Category Archives: Security

Security Issues, Thoughts, and Notes

Drag’n'Drop Problems with Parallels 4

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Walt Stoneburner

Since installing Snow Leopard, I can no longer Drag’n'Drop files from Windows to the hosting OS X environment, though the inverse works just fine. Is anyone else having this problem, because I’m not seeing much about it on the Parallel’s forums. I think the bug is real. Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Bug Report, Operating Systems, OS X, Parallels, Security, Software, Windows | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Seven Phishing Warning Signs

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Walt Stoneburner

Got a very well done phishing email today, but I’m more impressed with Bank of America’s abuse response letter — they distilled down seven simple warning signs to tell that you’re being Phished. This is something useful to pass on to the less email-savvy people in your life. Continue reading →

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Photographers a Threat? Uh, no.

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Walt Stoneburner

Bruce Schneier talks about The War on Photographer, where photographers are presumed to be terrorists. This stuck a chord with me, as I’m a photographer, and I have been stopped in the manner Bruce describes. Continue reading →

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Using </SCRIPT> In A JavaScript Literal

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Today I got bit by a very interesting bug involving the tag. If you’re writing code that generates code, you want to know about this. Continue reading →

Posted in Bug Report, Disclosure, How To, Programming, Security, Web/Ajax, Workaround, XML | 12 Comments

Behind the Blue Screen of Death, Is Microsoft Vunerable?

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

XP suffered a Blue Screen of Death due to a very simple cause, but this got the gears going — are phone-home-on-error systems vulnerable and not getting the attention they deserve? Continue reading →

Posted in Disclosure, Security, Speculation, Windows | 5 Comments