If you have ever been on the market for a new job in the IT Security sector you will have undoubtedly come across the typical "bodyshop" recruiters that cant wait to flog you from door to door in their hope for a 30% commission - representing only the needs of the employer and not the high value candidate that they in fact represent.
Scott Merill wrote a great article on the latest research revealed at the 25th Chaos Communication Congress (CCC). Basically this team of researchers utilized a collision attack against the MD5 algorithm to create a rogue certificate authority. This is huge news!
I recently joined the Jericho Forum in London. The Jericho Forum is the leading international IT security thought-leadership association dedicated to advancing secure business in a global open-network environment. The members include top IT security officers from multi-national Fortune 500s & entrepreneurial user companies, major security vendors, government, & academics.
