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Javvad Malik (@J4vv4D)

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'Four horsemen' posse: This here security town needs a new sheriff

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As the overpriced beers flowed and dusk approached in central London pubs surrounding the venue of RSA Europe last week, talk often turned towards the (ISC)2 security certification body.(ISC)2, which administers the widely recognised Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) qualification, was "a waste of money" and its board of directors "filled with a bunch of out-of-touch boobs" who are unaware of the practical issues in the working life of an infosec professional, we heard.Membership fees for the organisation are $85 a year. But what do the 80,000 (ISC)2 members get in return?A cursory search reveals that the beer-fuelled

Top Ten Web Hacking Techniques of 2012

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Every year the security community produces a stunning amount of new Web hacking techniques that are published in various white papers, blog posts, magazine articles, mailing list emails, conference presentations, etc. Within the thousands of pages are the latest ways to attack websites, Web browsers, Web proxies, and their mobile platform equivilents. Beyond individual vulnerabilities with CVE numbers or system compromises, here we are solely focused on new and creative methods of Web-based attack. Now it its seventh year, The Top Ten Web Hacking Techniques list encourages information sharing, provides a centralized knowledge-base, and recognizes