Monthly Archives: February 2009

Security Review: Ford MyKey and similar systems

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Tim Crossley

Ford Motor Company has stated that the 2010 Focus Coupe will be equipped with a technology called MyKey. Designed for parents wishing to ensure teenagers practice safe driving, the technology restricts certain actions such as driving too quickly. As currently … Continue reading →

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Microsoft changes Windows 7 UAC after new exploit surfaces

Posted on February 6, 2009 by iva

Source: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9127392 The User Account Control (UAC) in Microsoft’s Windows 7 has already been compromised. Two programmers have written code, which can alter UAC settings and upon restart of the machine execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. The basis of … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Online Backup

Posted on February 6, 2009 by dannya

A system can never be completely secure. A system can only be free of known exploits. Continue reading →

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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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