I’m excited that my article on Social Media Malware was selected as the feature story for the Spring issue of the IATAC IANewsletter.  I wrote this article to give social media users an idea of the various types of malware floating around sites like Facebook and Twitter and what you can do to protect yourself and others.

Download: Social Media Malware

I wrote this article to give users an overview of the state of privacy of some of the Top Tier social networking sites (ie. Facebook, Google+, Twitter). I offer some recommendations on how you can share your life experiences, while also maintaining some control over privacy.

Download: Social Networking and Privacy

I wrote this article as a primer for users to understand security in the mobile world and for IT/Security Admins to use as an awareness piece for their users.

Download: Securing the Mobile Device…and it Users

I am extremely honored to be selected as Booz Allen’s first Cybersecurity Fellow. I look forward to the exciting opportunities ahead! See the Press Release.

I’ve been testing out the new Skype for iPad app and so far I like it. I tested an iPad-to-iPad connection, one on Wifi and the other on 3G. The latency wasn’t too bad, about a half second. I liked that it gave me a warning on the 3G connection about carrier charges, because I don’t always remember to disable cellular and connect to Wifi. Next I tested between a 3G connected iPad and a Macbook Pro. This connection seemed to have a lot more latency, sometimes 2 or 3 seconds. It could possibly be that my 3G was having tower issues. Since Facetime only works on Wifi I was really interested in how 3G held up with Skype. It was definitely usable and given that in my current location the AT&T 3G network is very weak, I expect it would perform just fine in a stronger coverage area. Like Facetime, Skype lets you use either the front or back cameras, and easily switch between. One feature Skype has over Facetime is the ability to chat while video calling. However, for privacy reasons you will want to make sure you aren’t logged in on multiple devices. I forgot that I had Skype open on my laptop and while I was testing the chat feature on the iPad app, the entire chat log +timestamps was also being displayed on my laptop in the Skype chat window. I can see THAT causing some issues for some people… Have fun and let me know what you think about Skype for iPad. Also happy Wifi day 8.02.11, how appropriate.

My latest book Nmap in the Enterprise has been released. Security guru co-author Becky Pinkard and I put our heads together to bring you a book that not only addresses using Nmap to audit your network and find vulnerabilities, but also to use Nmap for other enterprise tasks, such as network inventory, asset management, and compliance testing.

Here is the long awaited NIST Draft Special Publication 800-115 Technical Guide to Information Security Testing that I have been working on.

Here is the long awaited NIST Special Publication 800-113 Guide to SSL VPNs that I have been working on.

The much awaited second edition of Ethereal Packet Sniffing is released. The new book, titled Wireshark & Ethereal Network Protocol Analyzer Toolkit includes expanded material such as additional real world captures and case studies.

Mercury Risk Management, a leading audit and compliance consulting group, recently announced that Angela Orebaugh has been appointed to the MRM Board of Advisors. Ms. Orebaugh will advise the company on all aspects of information security, research, and market strategy.