It’s time to name the winner of the Best Book Bejtlich Read award for 2011! I’ve been reading and reviewing digital security books seriously since 2000. This is the 6th time I’ve formally announced a winner; see my bestbook label for previous winners…
Telling a Security Story with Charts
The image at left appeared in the 31 December 2011 edition of The Economist magazine in the article Economics focus — How to get a date: The year when the Chinese economy will truly eclipse America’s is in sight. It depicts 15 measurements of the U…
Mandiant Webinar Wednesday; Help Us Break a Record!
I’m back for the last Mandiant Webinar of the year, titled State of the Hack: It’s The End of The Year As We Know It – 2011. And you know what? We feel fine! That’s right, join Kris Harms and me Wednesday at 2 pm eastern as we discuss our reactions …
Tripwire Names Bejtlich #1 of "Top 25 Influencers in Security"
I’ve been listed in other “top whatever” security lists a few times in my career, but appearing in Tripwire’s Top 25 Influencers in Security You Should Be Following today is pretty cool! Tripwire is one of those technologies and companies that everyon…
Become a Hunter
Earlier this year SearchSecurity and TechTarget published a July-August 2011 issue (.pdf) with a focus on targeted threats. Prior to joining Mandiant as CSO I wrote an article for that issue called “Become a Hunter”:IT’S NATURAL FOR members of a tec…
National Public Radio Talks Chinese Digital Espionage
When an organization like National Public Radio devotes an eleven minute segment to Chinese digital espionage, even the doubters have to realize something is happening. Rachel Martin’s story China’s Cyber Threat A High-Stakes Spy Game is excellent and…
Dustin Webber Creates Network Security Monitoring with Siri
Dustin Webber just posted a really cool video called Network Security Monitoring with Siri. He shows how he uses his iPhone 4S and SiriProxy to interact with his Snorby Network Security Monitoring platform.The following screenshot shows Dustin asking …
Trying NetworkMiner Professional 1.2
Erik Hjelmvik was kind enough to send an evaluation copy of the latest version of his NetworkMiner traffic analysis software. You can download the free edition from SourceForge as well. I first mentioned NetworkMiner on this blog in September 2008.Ne…
Thoughts on 2011 ONCIX Report
Many of you have probably seen coverage of the 2011 ONCIX Reports to Congress: Foreign Economic and Industrial Espionage. I recommend every security professional read the latest edition (.pdf). I’d like to highlight the key findings of the 2011 versi…
