Archives : Eliot Leibowitz

Passwords passé?

published on 2011/01/14 by Eliot Leibowitz

We enter 2011 with a few developments that have a significant impact on the efficacy of passwords. Advances in Computer Unified Device Architecture (CUDA), optimized rainbow tables, solid-state drives (SSD), and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) have come together to provide password crackers with a very powerful set of tools. ...

Passwords passé?

Cloud Computing or Lipstick on a Pig?

published on 2010/12/15 by Eliot Leibowitz

Since the introduction of the term, "cloud computing," we have seen many different definitions of the term and explanations of what it is. The term's many definitions have made it an easy target for abuse. Well, you can put the "cloud" moniker (lipstick) on a legacy service (pig) but it's still a legacy service....

Cloud Computing or Lipstick on a Pig?

virtual servers introduce real attack vectors

published on 2009/07/16 by Eliot Leibowitz

You know about zombies. No, not zombie computers, but the previously human, undead, flesh-eating kind. When the zombies are out, people invariably run into a house to lock the zombies out. This works fine until the they discover that one of the people inside the house has turned into a zombie. Now, the problem they were trying to avoid is in the protected space. The people are still protected from the outside zombies, but that is of little comfort when the one zombie inside the house is ready to eat your flesh. Meanwhile, back in the land of the......

virtual servers introduce real attack vectors