Daily Archives: February 24, 2008

Google to Store Patient Health Data

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Trip Volpe

News article here, covered on Slashdot here. Google, with the cooperation of the Cleveland Clinic, is beginning a project to record medical history and other health-related data for patients. The stated goal is to provide patients with a way to … Continue reading →

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ISP caching issue exposes Gmail data

Posted on February 24, 2008 by harsh

Last week, when a Kuwait-based Gmail user tried logging in, he was denied access to his own account, and instead was granted access to over 30 accounts that did not belong to him. He was able to peek into other … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Coin-Operated Laundromats

Posted on February 24, 2008 by zaxim

They’re out there…Some of us use them everyday…Especially college students living away from home…We can’t avoid them, unless we want to be stinky… Yes I’m talking about coin-operated laundries… Coin-operated washing facilities provide an interesting security problem, since the users … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, Physical Security, Security Reviews | 6 Comments

Collaborative Security Review: Wave2Go

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Chad

This security review is intentionally left incomplete. It is simply a topic that I think would be interesting for us as a group to explore. If you can add to the discussion, please do, even if it’s simply to propose … Continue reading →

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U.S. Intelligence wants to monitor WoW chat

Posted on February 24, 2008 by sky

Called The Reynard project, it is a series of plans for the U.S. Intelligence to monitor more internet traffic, most notably, data mining from several major MMORPGs, including WoW. The goal being to eventually create a system that can “automatically … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Full disk encryption

Posted on February 24, 2008 by mccoyt

Summary The past week has seen a renewed interest on the part of the security community in the reliability of hard disk encryption. With the recent revelation that data on encrypted drives is vulnerable to unauthorized access via memory manipulation, … Continue reading →

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Security Researchers Crack Wireless GSM Encryption

Posted on February 24, 2008 by esoteric

Security researchers have announced the development of a ultra-fast method of cracking wireless GSM encryption in 30 minutes or less.  The 64-bit encryption algorithm was cracked in theory over 10 years ago, but the development of new technology has exploited … Continue reading →

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Now that we are being listened to

Posted on February 24, 2008 by joyleung

The government has decided to continue wiretapping phones with assistance from phone companies. These companies are also pushing a bill for immunity from lawsuits for participating in the tapping. What is the line at which informational surveillance pushes too far … Continue reading →

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16 hackers got arrested in Quebec recently

Posted on February 24, 2008 by felixctc

Recently, the police department in Quebec, Canada, busted an international hacking network. 16 people that were between the ages of 17 and 26 were arrested and this was the biggest hacking scam in Canadian history according to the police. These … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Ethics, Integrity | 2 Comments