PHP/MySQL and Books

So what have I been up to? Well lately I have been working on www.ijustfinished.com That is a web site that is about books… Where users can go to talk anything about books. While not really about security I did learn alot about PHP and MySql. Although the site that I am working on is not as complex as some, It is easy to see where developers can easily miss security flaws in the design and coding of a site.

What else is new? Well I have started training for a triathlon. WHAT!?! yeah I know, how are you going to manage that. Well hopefully the stars align and everything goes right. Hopefully I can be more disciplined in mind and in body. I was considering about starting a new blog for my training diary but figured I can barely keep up with this one so why do two. I mean hell I must be a sadist for wanting to run in a triathlon so Why not mentally torture myself and force myself to sit down and type two times a day. Actually neither one is that bad. I am just undisciplined and rather watch TV or play with my dogs.

So from here on out I will be talking more about computer security. I will bitching about my aches and pains. I will confuse and complicate simple subjects to the point where no one wants to understand and then I will forget all about what I am suppose to be doing and excel at doing nothing.

New Stuff

Snoop Dogg once said the it is hard to come up with funky ass shit every single day. Well I haven’t been placing content everyday and I am still finding it difficult to sit down and write. So now I am going to try and start a habit of forcing my self to post information. However, if you the reader have any information that they would like others to read please feel free to submit it to me.

In other thoughts Black Hat and Def Con are closing in. As of this time I am trying to acquire some funding that will allow me to attend these events. If you are interested in these conferences check out their websites at http://www.blackhat.com/ and http://www.defcon.org/ There will be lots of stuff to learn and lots more stuff to do. So for all you security professionals and the ones that aren’t so professional make plans to attend.

Until next time

Jeremy

Six Easy Steps to Protect Your Kids Online

Parents today are concerned with protecting their children from all the bad and evil in the world. Sadly, that has come to the Internet. The Internet can offer vast amounts of intelligence, joy and fun. However, there are people out there that view children as prey. They use Instant Messengers and Social Networks are used to stalk children. How can children be protected when they log on? With a few simple precautions, and some research parents can have their children surfing in safety.

1. Place the computer in a family room – Putting the computer in a family room allows the parent to see what the child is doing and who they are talking to.

2. Start a My Space and Face Book of your own – Parents that have a page on a social network can see who there children’s friends are and understand what the whole social networking phenomenon is about.

3. Remind kids that online strangers are still strangers - Your children can be approached by anyone while they are online. Children should not give out any information or pictures to someone they have not physically have met. If they do run across a net stranger they should ignore them and talk to their parents immediately about the incident.

4. Create Separate accounts for children – Doing this allows the parent to keep track of each kid individually and help protect your private documents should the children accidentally download a virus.

5. Explain to children the importance of their passwords – If a kid gives his password to one of his accounts it could be exploited. Explain to them that it is similar to giving their key away to their house.

6. They should NEVER meet someone they met online without telling their parents! – This is just dangerous and doesn’t really need explaining.

And that is 6 simple tips parents should consider when it comes to protecting their children. Parenting is different for each parent and each parent should determine the amount of presence they have while there kids are surfing, playing or studying using the web.

Here are some more resources parents should read:
www.microsoft.com/protect/family/guidelines/basics.mspx

www.protectkids.com

http://www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.htm

http://www.cybercrime.gov/rules/rules.htm

400 Pound Gorilla in the Room

Welcome to the Guerrilla security blog.  In this blog we will discuss tips and techniques, my opinions and security tools. Also in the near future we will have a weekly podcast that will discuss security for the everyday user. Hell, we even got a weekly security comic strip. Our schedule looks like this here:

Monday: How To

Tuesday: My Opinion

Wednesday: Comic

Thursday: Featured Security Tools

Friday: Podcast

 

So set your lumbar supports and get ready to tune into the newest place for all your computer security and information assurance needs!