Author Archives: White Badger

Beware the Mighty ICMP

Posted on July 1, 2008 by White Badger

Many months ago, we started looking around for a platform on which to build our new Persistence™ service. We were looking for something that had scanning appliances which connect back over a secure tunnel (SSL/SSH, certificate-based) and have no listening … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Seminar

Posted on June 3, 2008 by White Badger

For everyone within an hour or so of the Lehigh Valley area, I’ll be speaking at an upcoming seminar being held by Records Management & Archiving in Easton. Also speaking will be representatives from FireLock, ComTec, and Berkheimer. Overall, the … Continue reading →

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Wireless Web-Enabled Door Locks?!

Posted on May 19, 2008 by White Badger

I just came across this article announcing Schlage and Z-Wave releasing a wireless door knob/lock. I’m honestly in shock. Given the history of very breakable security measures seen in supposedly secure wireless protocols (802.11a/b/g/n, WEP, WPA, LEAP, Bluetooth, etc), I … Continue reading →

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White Badger Featured in Wall Street West Video

Posted on May 8, 2008 by White Badger

We were recently featured in a short video for Wall Street West, which is an initiative here in Eastern PA to set up an emergency backup for the real Wall Street in NYC. Anyway, the video doesn’t exactly go in … Continue reading →

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Security Basics: Part 4 – Paranoia

Posted on May 1, 2008 by White Badger

Every good security professional has a healthy respect for the unknown, which usually is tagged as paranoia. An appropriate amount of paranoia in the right area leads to being quite effective in securing the network you’re in charge of. The … Continue reading →

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