Daily Archives: January 13, 2008

TSA Website’s Security Failings

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Justin McOmie

A website created for the Transportation Security Administration for the purpose of allowing travelers to resolve watch-list or screening problems was found to be inadequately secured, causing travelers to inadvertently transmit sensitive personal information in the clear. Most of the … Continue reading →

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Retail Electronic Sensor Gates

Posted on January 13, 2008 by jerins

SECURITY REVIEW: Retail Entrance/Exit Alarm Gates Most of us have been to a retail store of some kind and encountered someone setting off the obnoxious alarm of security gates that line the doors while exiting or entering the building. Such … Continue reading →

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Obtaining HFS Master Keys

Posted on January 13, 2008 by nekret

Despite the huge cost of “missing” master keys, HFS (Housing and Food Services) continues to use easily produced staff ID cards to prove the identity of their employees. This vulnerability in the key checkout procedure could allow anyone with access to a card printer or even a lamination machine to obtain not just one master key for an individual residence hall but all master keys for every hall. Continue reading →

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Malware piggybacking on digital devices

Posted on January 13, 2008 by kdp2

I would like to talk about an article I read in Slashdot today ( http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/13/1533243 )on Malware (Trojan horse programs and computer viruses) finding their way onto digital devices like iPods and, more interestingly, digital picture frames. The Slashdot article … Continue reading →

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Social Engineering Your Way Into a Dorm Room

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Chad

It is shocking to learn that while the University of Washington Housing and Food Services own nine residence halls with a total capacity of nearly 5000 students, the security barring access to individual students’ rooms can be compromised with little … Continue reading →

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Bike locks

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Max Aller

With many people living off campus, biking is a popular method for getting to class in a timely manner.  Bikes can be quite expensive, however, and riders are usually forced to put them in a public location (for sake of … Continue reading →

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Security Review – The USPS Mailbox

Posted on January 13, 2008 by mccoyt

Overview The blue USPS mailbox, a ubiquitous object on American streets today, is one of the most recognizable security devices currently in use. Despite its many shapes and sizes, its purpose boils down simply to one of protection of privacy, … Continue reading →

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RFID embedded in prisoners

Posted on January 13, 2008 by gbc3

The UK has proposed to embed offenders with RFID chips as part of an expansion of the electronic tagging scheme that would allow British officials to to help enforce home curfews.  This sort of tagging already exists within pets like … Continue reading →

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Security Review: “Biometric” Passports

Posted on January 13, 2008 by zaxim

I recently had to get a new passport; one with a computer chip, and a handy brochure touting why it was so great, and how I was protected by “two tier system.”  This post is to analyze these “Biometric Passports,” … Continue reading →

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