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Are EV certificates worth the paper they're written on?
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Submitted December 19, 2017 at 02:04AM by 57696c6c
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Google Advanced Security Not Actually Inconvenient
Since October of 2017 Google has been marketing it's "Advanced Protection Program" as a system that sacrifices ease of use for security. As if the average end user would be losing essential functionality or having to jump through serious hoops in order to use their account. In practice this is in no way the case- for people like ourselves AND the average end user. Because android phones and tablets keep you logged into Google even after a reboot of your device, you only need to use your nfc/bluetooth key one time. It's an obvious distinction for those of us who live and breathe data security but I think we could be explaining this to our less tech-savvy counterparts a lot better. Google also claims this feature is geared towards politicians and journalists but not necessarily our teenage children and financially vulnerable grandparents. It stinks that Google finally enabled such a basic functionality and then greatly damaged the possibility of it going mainstream.

Submitted December 19, 2017 at 06:02PM by sweepstor
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Submitted December 19, 2017 at 07:41PM by RandomAdversary
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GUI Tool for crafting ROP chains (WIP)
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Submitted December 19, 2017 at 09:41PM by chillingswordfish
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Thoughts/Advice
I'm currently going through a vetting exercise on a new vendor/solution for my business.The vendor is offshore, but is touting that they are compliant with a litany of things (NIST, HIPAA, PCI, ISO, etc) as well as saying that the employ a zero-trust policy with everything they do. That's all well and good. That should be a pretty basic standard when you're providing this kind of service.Here's where it gets interesting. As part of the review that my team performs, we ask how vulnerabilities are remediated. Here's the answer that we've gotten:"<software/application that they've written internally> maintains a clear separation between various systems. The policy is enforced realtime and on a continual basis. It is simply impossible to access any internal systems without first authenticating, authorizing role, and providing an intent. <Vendor> follows a zero trust policy for cybersecurity."This seems really off to me. First, I would never, in the history of ever, say that something was impossible to access. Further, the vendor has peppered throughout their entire vetting their tool and how it employs passphrase technology and no user IDs to make their solution "impossible to hack".Thoughts?

Submitted December 19, 2017 at 09:27PM by OldFennecFox
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Keeping a list of passwords safe..?
Hi there, Our small business has the need for several passwords (bank accounts, visas, third party software, etc etc..). We've been running into the problem of losing our passwords, I think due to the lack of organization. Losing these passwords is a HUGE pain, i'm spending more time than I should on getting passwords reset. These are the two options I can think of, comments/questions/concerns are greatly appreciated! 1- a small book of accounts/passwords kept in a small safe. 2- online password keepers**one of our team members had voiced concern over keeping the accounts/passwords on an online service. Are there any trustworthy companies where this is not a concern? Recommendations?Cheers

Submitted December 19, 2017 at 11:02PM by elifast
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