Yeah, bizarre title. Like something right out of a 24 episode. Oh, and by the way, just how many moles can there be in CTU? I mean seriously. Is their security that lax? Well, if it’s anything like our national security, the answer would be yes. You see, peer to peer networks are great places [...]
Archive for the ‘Security’ Category
President Obama’s Helicopter Security P2P Breach
March 2nd, 2009 
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Posted in Industry News, Security, Whacky 
Tags: iran, national security, obama, obama helicopter 
No Comments »Apple Mac OS X Critical Security Patch
February 17th, 2009 admin It seems that Apple is really starting to gobble up market share. That’s because exploitation of the OS is starting to pick up. Yeah, some of these are standard development cycle fixes. But hackers and crackers are starting to take aim at the growing market share. I think Apple gobbled 5% more of the computer [...]
Heartland Payment Systems Security Breach
January 20th, 2009 admin Well I don’t find it particularly “heart”ening that they chose this day to announce a security breach. I just love it when companies choose maxed out media days to bring bad news. In any case, i will print the full text of the press release and some quotes.
Posted in Hacking, Industry News, Security Tags: hack, Heartland Payment Systems, Security No Comments »Internet Explorer Data Binding Memory Corruption Vulnerability
December 16th, 2008 admin Well, another zero day exploit for M$ products – this time a very nasty Internet Explorer vulnerability.
Reveal Wifi Thieves
September 12th, 2008 admin Wifi has really exploded. Doing away with the wires is a really liberating experience. Unfortunately, that freedom has come with a price. Hopefully, you are NOT one of many people running an open wireless. What I mean is, for the love of all that’s decent, please don’t tell me you have no encryption on your [...]
Huge Bank of New York Mellon Security Breach
September 1st, 2008 admin It’s one thing for a financial institution to have a data breach through hardened systems. I understand that online and offline security is incredibly hard and complex. I understand that it is a constant cat and mouse game to stay one step ahead of hackers and thieves. What I don’t understand is when a data [...]
FasTrack RFID Hacking
August 7th, 2008 admin Nate Lawson with Root Labs presented at Black Hat on some pretty interesting hacking. This quote is straight from his blog:
Adeona Stolen Laptop Tracker
July 31st, 2008 admin No one likes to have their stuff stolen. But getting a laptop stolen can be even more malicious, as it probably contains a lot of personal information. A free, open-source software package called Adeona aims to put tracking tools into your hands – and put the thieves on the defensive.
DNS Poisoning Exploit Out of the Bag
July 24th, 2008 admin Well, well, well. It’s certainly been an interesting few weeks in the networking arena. I’ve been watching a discussion about a possible DNS exploit for a bit and it’s grown into a bigger problem.
TrueCrypt Free Encryption Software
July 10th, 2008 admin I probably should have said on-the-fly encryption because that’s what TrueCrypt does. TrueCrypt gives a free way to encrypt a file, a bunch of files, or your entire OS installation.
