Impacta Blog

Sorry, I No Speak (Security) …

Kevin Lam (IMPACTA) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:03:44 +0000

Last week I came across two stories about PayChoice (a payroll processing company) and the United States National Security Agency (NSA) getting hacked and really didn’t think twice about them. Every organization is susceptible to online risk regardless of best-efforts employed, in-house expertise yada yada. A trip to Vancouver, British Columbia this past weekend however got me thinking deeper about those stories and the lessons [...]

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Kevin Lam (IMPACTA) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:21:22 +0000

It’s been a while since the last post, but I am happy to report that things are really cranking behind the scenes here at Impacta. We’ll have some exciting service/product releases coming up soon that will really help our customers reduce their online risk. You can follow us on Twitter if you have not already done [...]

WhiteHouse.Gov and NASDAQ.com Website Under Attack … What’s The Big Deal?

Kevin Lam (IMPACTA) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:28:49 +0000

I was following some of the news stories on television (mostly pieces about Michael Jackson memorial service, and the shape of the economy, etc.) when a news story broke out that the websites for the United States White House, several other government sites and the NASDAQ where under cyber attack! Allegedly the attacks were originating from Northern [...]

Impacta and Microsoft Corporation work together in May 2009 to protect online customers

Kevin Lam (IMPACTA) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:34:56 +0000

Impacta was once again recognized by Microsoft Corporation in the month of May 2009 for helping them to find vulnerabilities in their online services and protecting their customers through responsible reporting. Check out Microsoft’s security researcher acknowledgement page for more information. –Kevin

Impacta and Microsoft Corporation work together in April 2009 to protect online customers

Kevin Lam (IMPACTA) — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:41:42 +0000

Once again, I am proud to announce that Impacta was recognized by Microsoft Corporation for helping them to find vulnerabilities in their online services and protecting their customers through responsible reporting for the month of April 2009. Check out Microsoft’s security researcher acknowledgement page for more information. –Kevin

Microsoft TechEd 2009 is Now A Wrap!

Kevin Lam (IMPACTA) — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:33:05 +0000

Microsoft TechEd 2009 is now a wrap! My session took home some pretty high scores and from the looks of the evaluations so far at least within the top 10 in the security, identity and access tracks, possibly top 5! By this time next year, I am hopeful that one of the key preventative online risk technologies [...]

Death by Windows 2008 … Well Almost: ASLR is Bad News for Malicious Hackers

Kevin Lam (IMPACTA) — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:45:33 +0000

Not that ASLR is a brand new thing, but this was the first time that I’ve had to go head on against a defensive mechanism like this and it almost gave me a heart attack. Bad news for the real bad-guys, good news for the rest of us. Bravo, nice work Microsoft! Here’s what happened … My [...]

TechEd 2009 SIA323: What Developers Can Do Today to Better Protect Their Applications from Malicious Attack

Kevin Lam (IMPACTA) — Wed, 13 May 2009 04:24:22 +0000

Even though I needed to spend Day 2 in my hotel room finishing a deliverable I have to tell you from my experience with Day 1 (05/11/09), Microsoft has definitely put on a great conference. The talks that I’ve been to have been nothing short of top-notch and I am looking forward to heading back [...]

Impacta LLC and Microsoft Corporation work together in February 2009 to protect online customers

Kevin Lam (IMPACTA) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:20:55 +0000

It’s a little late, but once again I am happy to announce that Impacta was acknowledged by Microsoft for helping Microsoft protect their customers by responsibly reporting vulnerabilities for the month of February 2009. Check out Microsoft’s security researcher acknowledgement page for more information. –Kevin

Twitter Worm: How It Could Have Been Prevented

Kevin Lam (IMPACTA) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:54:14 +0000

No doubt you may have already heard about the worm that hit the Twitter service over the weekend that affected 10,000+ tweets as reported on Twitter’s blog. According to the Puget Sound Business Journal, 17-year-old Michael “Mikeyy” Mooney from StalkDaily admitted to originating the attack. How could something like have been prevented? More important, how could you prevent [...]