Scott Miller

Scott Miller is a security researcher for the InfoSec Institute with experience in web application hacking, Linux security, and also network security. As a Linux administrator and open source advocate, Maher has worked in both higher education and the private sector with enterprise networks facing a variety of security challenges.

Articles from Scott Miller

AAnval - SIEM by Tactical Flex

January 18, 2013

Aanval by Tactical Flex is an event correlation tool also known as a SIEM. Many governmental agencies require a centralized login system to retain and corre

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Wordfence: Security Plugin for WordPress

November 8, 2012

Wordfence is a free security plugin for WordPress. Security "plugins" for Wordpress are often highly criticized as many may give a false sense of security or

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Drupal Security Notes

September 17, 2012

Drupal is one of the most popular free and open source web application frameworks. Drupal is almost infinitely extensible through not only various theme poss

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Firewall Security Testing

May 11, 2012

Testing firewall and IDS rules is a regular part of penetration testing or security auditing. However, because of the unique complexity involved of different

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The Importance of Securing a Linux Web Server

April 5, 2012

With the significant prevalence of Linux web servers globally, security is often touted as a strength of the platform for such a purpose. However, a Linux ba

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Security Dangers of Web Management Interfaces

March 14, 2012

Web based interfaces are convenient for managing networking equipment, but under no circumstances should these be open to the world and the internet. Many ne

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