Yearly Archives: 2009

Security Review: Amazon Kindle

Posted on February 6, 2009 by cxlt

With rumors of Amazon revealing their next Kindle on Monday (an honor Engadget, along with other blogs has already done for them), and as a user of the first Kindle, I figured that with its numerous features, communication methods, and … Continue reading →

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Current Event: Google Releases ‘Latitude’

Posted on February 6, 2009 by vincez

Google has released a new product called ‘Latitude’. It is an extension based on the extremely popular Google Maps web application that allows users to track the exact location of friends and family members using the GPS signal in their … Continue reading →

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Security Review – Eve Online Alliance

Posted on February 6, 2009 by ericm6

According to an article from Massively, Eve Online experienced an upset in their internal politics this week. “Band of Brothers (aka “BoB”), the self-styled villain alliance in the game,” has been taken down from within their own ranks. Not having … Continue reading →

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Police Searches of Personal Electronics

Posted on February 6, 2009 by asekine

Source: Cnet In June 2008 Florida Highway Patrol officer John Wilcox pulled over Ariel Quintana for speeding, who was then discovered to be driving with a suspended license. The officer also suspected Quintana of being in possession of marijuana, but … Continue reading →

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Current Events: GPU Accelerated WIFI Cracking

Posted on February 6, 2009 by mrd5

source articles: http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/41032/144/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2419 GPU (graphical processing units) are usually intended to be dedicated hardware to aid in rendering 2D and 3D images.  However, as their computing and parallel processing abilities have grown to astounding levels, many have begun to … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Stevens Pass RFID Lift Access

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Erik Turnquist

The Stevens Pass ski resort has recently implemented a new RFID lift tickets access system for all their chair lifts. Although this greatly improves convenience and may shorten lift lines, it is vulnerable to severable attacks which could prevent it … Continue reading →

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Over 400,000 Accounts Stolen from phpBB

Posted on February 6, 2009 by jonfung

It was discovered last Saturday that an attacker was able to steal thousands of user accounts, passwords, and e-mails from phpBB.com.  phpBB is open source and one of the most popular internet forum packages.  The attack utilized a 0-day-exploit in … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Face Recognition Software

Posted on February 6, 2009 by alyssa86

According to an article, Toshiba is producing PC’s that come with not only fingerprint readers but facial recognition software. The software uses a webcam built into the PC in order to identify the user. This software is designed so only the user … Continue reading →

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Current Event: Biometric Identification Cards Distributed in the UK, But No Readers

Posted on February 6, 2009 by seraphim

A recent article from silicon.com details the recent issuance of £4.7 billion worth of ID cards containing biometric and biographical data to people of the UK. Critics of the plan are quickly pointing out that with no readers in place, … Continue reading →

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Current Event: racial profiling no more effective than random screening

Posted on February 6, 2009 by ezwelty

In “Study: racial profiling no more effective than random screen”, ArsTechnica reports on a new study by William Press, who claims that using profiling at security checkpoints such as airports is not effective in catching threats. The ineffectiveness, according to … Continue reading →

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