Andrew Hay

February 20, 2007
by Andrew Hay
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Bluescreens!

Cheesy reference to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy aside, I’ve finally decided that my new corporate laptop is going to be a MacBook. The decision was not easy to come by but I had a little help from my … Continue reading

February 18, 2007
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SANS IP Packet Analysis Class in Fredericton, NB, Canada

On Tuesday, April 24th, 2007 I will be presenting the SANS SECURITY 452 StaySharp: IP Packet Analysis track here in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Knowing how to decode network traffic with tools is a necessary skill for any serious network … Continue reading

February 13, 2007
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Learning From Spam?

“Do you know that Canada is the World’s Third Largest producer of Diamonds?” Hmm that’s interesting. I wasn’t aware of that. Please, do go on… “In fact, Major discoveries in Recent years have made this one of the most Lucrative … Continue reading

February 11, 2007
by Andrew Hay
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Hacker Breaks Into Website of Canadian Nuclear Agency

As reported by the Ottawa Citizen, and numerous other sources, a hacker attacked the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission website, littering it with dozens of photographs of a nuclear explosion and raising concerns about the security of information held by the … Continue reading

February 10, 2007
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New Breakthrough in Worm Detection…Using Existing Technology???

Network World is reporting that Penn State University researchers have created technology they say can nab computer worms more quickly than traditional signature-based systems. This is done by watching for anomalous traffic patterns such as increased traffic rates to or … Continue reading