Comeptitions

A few updates on what's happening on maltainfosec.org

We realised that we tend to retweet a lot of tweets from HelpNetSecurity due to the obvious relevance of their articles --- as such instead of RT their posts, we added a new column to the right of our webpage linking to the RSS article feed of HelpNetSecurity. 'Caps off' to the guys at HelpNetSecurity!

We have new competition rules in the pipeline --- we'll be releasing a short article on this shortly --- thanks to our Sponsors!

Meanwhile, a short note to promote an excellent magazine which has released its fourth issue just today.

Digital Forensics Magazine, one of the fastest growing resources available for IT security specialists, launches its fourth edition. With a global coverage, the print and online magazine is fast establishing itself as the must-have magazine for practitioners and students of digital forensics.

Being a subscriber from issue 1 and a DF tutor on behalf of NCC, another 'caps off' & kudos to this excellent magazine which focuses on very relevant topics hitting the nail on the head by striking the right balance between legal aspect of Information Security and Forensics and technical review content. If you haven't subscribed yet, we recommend you visit their website and sign-up - http://www.digitalforensicsmagazine.com/

Issue 4, released online on August 1st 2010, takes a look at how effective traditional digital forensic techniques are at obtaining forensically sound data in scenarios where computer misuse has been used in attempts to frame the innocent. The DFM team also investigates and details the state of digital forensics in law enforcement around the world identifying which countries are doing well and which have much to do, highlighting the disparity in skills and qualifications between each. In a world that is getting ever more interconnected and one in which international online crime is on the increase, the industry should look to establish and apply minimum standards .

The rest of the article gives some more information and article tasters from Issue 4...

Continue reading "Site news"

Posted by Donald Tabone

Starting August 2010, we will be changing the way we give away our monthly €20 Amazon voucher, courtesy of GFI Software.

Every month, maltainfosec tweets close to 50 tweets and more of various articles -- giving the heads up on cutting edge security news, reviews and whatever is happening in the security arena in Malta and around the world.

All you need to do is Re-tweet (RT) our posts and we will choose a random winner every month to win the Amazon voucher. You will be contacted via Direct-Message (DM) over Twitter if you have been chosen.

So if you haven't signed up for a Twitter account, visit twitter.com, sign-up and start following maltainfosec on Twitter. Retweet (RT) our tweets and you're in for a chance of winning a €20 voucher from Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com.

[ Competition base-rules ]

1. The competition is open to anyone anywhere.
2. You can only win once.
3. The competition is not open to contributors of http://maltainfosec.org
4. If the winner does not reply to our Direct Message (DM) within a week, maltainfosec will choose another winner
5. The winner must be a follower of maltainfosec on Twitter
6. We reserve the right to change the competition rules from time to time, in which case, the changes will be reflected in this post.

Good luck

Posted by Donald Tabone

Dear readers,

Beginning March 2009, we will be hosting a monthly competition on maltainfosec.org to give you the chance to win a €20 voucher from Amazon courtesy of one of our sponsors, GFI.

[ What do you have to do to win? ]

There are few rules to the competition - all you have to do is find the euro coin image in one of our articles posted during the previous month, take a screen shot and send us an email of it with your name, surname and email address. Set the subject of the email to 'maltainfosec competition'.

Easy explanation: So if the current month is March, look for the euro coin image in one articles posted in February

The first entry sent to us (email address below) that correctly finds the article with the euro coin image, will have an email sent back to him with the gift voucher by the end of month.

[ What does this 'euro coin image' look like? ]

That's up to you to find out...

[ The Winners ]

The winners names will be posted on Twitter (join and follow us by clicking here)

[ Competition base-rules ]

1. The competition is open to anyone anywhere. Email to use is competition at maltainfosec.org.
2. You can only win once.
3. The competition is not open to contributors of http://maltainfosec.org
4. There is no set date when the random article containing the image is updated.
5. We reserve the right to change the competition rules from time to time, in which case, the changes will be reflected in this post.

Posted by Donald Tabone