Eclectic Security

When I started the Spsa project I never thought going beyond the 1.0 version, since then, feedback started to flow and new ideas come across my mind. I have to admit that the version 1.0 was a bit buggy, but helped to develop a work flow for the other releases. Receiving a feedback email it is always  a gratification for the time spent, and make you feel that you’re doing something worth. Today I’m excited to announce the release of the version 1.5, the main feature is the Email reporting support, where daily, weekly and monthly report are notified via email upon completion. Other minor updates are the new snort start/stop script and snort 2.8.6.1-1.

In the upcoming months I will migrate from ubuntu 8.4 to ubuntu 10.4 and include pulled pork as default rule manager.

Meanwhile, Dustin Weber is working on the new Snorby release (2.0) that might be ready around January 2011, if you wish to help please check here: www.lookycode.com

In the meantime please feel free to download and use the iso image and send your feedback.

http://bailey.st/blog/snorby-spsa/

PS: a special mention to Rob that in the last week have provided lots of feedback and comments.

Anyway thanks to everyone !!!!!

The summer edition of “nothing will happen” is over. NWH is a series of meetings of hackers from all over former Yugoslavia. The gatherings are very informal and relaxed, non-attendance fee is required, but the informations that you  receive/exchange are invaluable. High level seminars of programming such LISP and python and the latest tricks about IPV6 and distributed computing are just an example. Again the summer edition was held in split (Croatia) inside a student dormitory, the building is located just in front of the sea, so you could take a swim between coffee breaks. This year we had an additions event inside NWH, the Outlaws & Inlaws uncoference. They have explored the two sided of free culture vs. piracy debate, and the upcoming challenge of a sustainable and equal technological development. Guest of the Outlaws & Inlaws where Bodó Balazs, Erdgeist, Benjamin Mako Hill,Jan Gerber, Paul Keller, Sebastian Lütgert, Alan Toner, members of Slovenian and Serbian pirate parties.

Despite the tight program and the temperature, I managed to give my speech, The biggest hack of history ( Defeating the (in)security of the military classified networks.), an analytic view about the latest leak of U.S classified document published by wikileaks. My analysis explored the weakness and the poor infosec culture of who is in charge to protect and monitor the military networks such SIPRNet and JWICS. I was very impressed about the level of attention, none were on twitter ,  this talk was also the chance to speak about Bradley Manning, the alleged leaker of the documents and the worldwide support network . After the closing ceremony we ended to a restaurant for the dinner and between a beer and a glass of wine, we were discussing about the winter edition of “nothing will happen”. You are invited.

Photos by playahater and dubravka

I’m a regular listener of podcasts , especially the ones related to information security and privacy protection. And the cyber jungle is one of my favorite, the two radio host (Ira Victor and Samantha Stone ) are doing an amazing job talking and discussing about the different cyber threats that can affect computers and personal data. Prominent figures from the infosec sector are often guest on the show, giving the last updates on attacks and malware defence. After at least one year I can say that is a very informative podcast and worth to be followed. Remember, “everytime you connect, is a jungle.”

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