Tag Archives: security
You Are Not A Gadget
You Are Not A Gadget – A Manifesto, Jaron Lanier, Knopf, 2010 This book is about the social and cultural problems that can grow out of poorly considered Internet software design. It is difficult reading in places, but its message … Continue reading
Cyber War
Cyber War: The next Threat to National Security and What to Do about It, Richard A. Clarke, Ecco, 2010 Here is the state of Internet security, from the viewpoint of the American Security Czar. The book’s orange cover is appropriate: … Continue reading
Adobe Reader Vuln
What a pain it is updating Adobe’s products due to security vulnerabilities! Note that Reader needs to be updated today, and even then you have to worry about something that Adobe claims is not a vuln. You need to disable … Continue reading
Hacking Exposed Malware & Rootkits
Hacking Exposed Malware & Rootkits : malware & rootkits security secrets & solutions / Michael Davis, McGraw Hill, 2010 Security pro’s will learn how to defend (or attack). 350 pages.
Gray Hat Python
Gray Hat Python : Python programming for hackers and reverse engineers / by Justin Seitz, No Starch Press, 2009 If you can get over the not-quite-black-hat metaphor, this book is a good introduction to Python and web security. It contains … Continue reading
Applied Oracle Security
Applied Oracle Security : developing secure database and middleware environments / David C. Knox, McGraw-Hill, 2010 Here is a book for Oracle database pro’s. 600 pages.
24 Deadly Sins of Software Security
24 Deadly Sins of Software Security : programming flaws and how to fix them / Michael Howard, McGraw-Hill, 2010 Most programmers will find this timely book very useful, despite its lurid fascination with the word ‘sin’. All common languages are … Continue reading
Truth About Identity Theft
The Truth About Identity Theft / Jim Stickley, FT Press, 2009 Here is a book you can give your dad so he will not get scammed online. 150 pages.
Hacking Exposed 6
Hacking Exposed 6 : network security secrets & solutions / Stuart McClure, McGraw-Hill, 2009 Here is good practical information to help you defend your systems against hackers. The authors are executives at McAfee. 650 well written pages.
Developer’s Guide to Web Application Security
Developer’s Guide to Web Application Security / Michael Cross, Syngress, 2007 Here is a readable (though not current) book with security information every developer needs to know, but many don’t. 450 pages.
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