Stephen and Chey Cobb: Independent Researchers

Just a quick post to point out the change in DST this year which will require some systems to be patched. I have some tech details over on C...

Attention all serious blog readers! There's a new tech blog on the block and I'm betting it will become a "must-read" for ...

What if you could buy a large amount of expert advice on how to keep your business running despite everything that fate throws at you? Want ...

I have blogged elsewhere about the Bush administration's interference with science . In the Union of Concerned Scientist's great cat...

Having previously complained about a lack of "compare and contrast" coverage of Vista versus prior Microsoft operating systems, I...

Not it's not my imagination: Spam is on the rise and criminals are to blame . Brings new irony to the phrase "there ought to be a l...

"Hi-tech criminals are looking forward to the consumer release of Windows Vista, say security experts." BBC News . Why? Because it...

I thought the juxtaposition of these two stories was interesting, on the 12th and 21st of December: UCLA warns 800,000 people that hacker ga...

As astute readers will have surmised, I'm in my mid-fifties. At this time in a person's life it's not unusual to wonder, from ti...

Just a quick reminder that you can find a bunch of free articles about computer security at the cobb.com web site . Enjoy!

The civil rights film that I have been involved with for the past few years, Dare Not Walk Alone, is making progress! A major update on the ...

Apparently there is something called " Blogs of Note " and this blog was listed there today. Not sure how much of an achievement t...

There's a nice article in Business Week that meshes with my view of computer security. Let me spell this out. Microsoft is spending a l...

Are you new to the world of computer security? If so you might appreciate a little orientation lesson. Computer security is about protecting...

My hat is off to Larry for his study of security costs. In some ways this latest Ponemon Insitute study is probably more indicative of the ...

Yes folks, once again Florida leads the nation in eroding public trust in electronic voting systems. Check out the story so far in Sarasota ...

Come on IT people, this is a no-brainer. Don't upgrade to Vista, yet if ever. At least wait until Service Pack 1 has been released and t...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Wired seems to be leading the discussion of splogs, those sick abuses of blogging that merely serve to line...

Check out this timely column from Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: As Windows becomes harder to crack, could virus writers start to target hardware? ...

Why do software makers think you want to live and breathe their product? More and more applications seem to think they are the only reason y...

So Microsoft has spent years perfecting a means of patching holes in its flagship product--the Windows XP operating system--holes that had l...

So, maybe the point of a blog is to publish stuff that others will not. Like stuff that I have written but some editor somewhere decided was...

Sigh...Some computer security vulnerabilities are timeless: "Fidelity Investments last week disclosed that someone made off with a lapt...

Wow, amazing how fast three months can pass. Here we are, late in January of 'oh six,' and I haven't even issued my annual procl...

According to Matt Hines, reporting a study by Consumer Reports WebWatch in eWeek on October 26, "U.S. Internet users are cutting back o...

I don't know if U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth fits the current definition of "activist judge" but he recently acted in wh...

Okay, I took two months off (that's why I called it a non-blog). Finally, Information Security Magazine published my column on dataflati...

I think this story will prove significant in the long run: LAS VEGAS -- 02:00 AM Aug. 01, 2005 PT -- Security researcher Mike Lynn roile...

I blame the long gap between posts on U2. A trip to see the band in concert, in Amsterdam, was my present to my wife on her birthday this ye...

I came up with the term dataflation to describe an emerging phenomenon, one that could have some fairly serious implications for the future...

We interrupt a series of postings about the abysmal state of affairs in the world of information security to bring you this heartening bulle...