Monthly Archives: February 2009
Security Review: RFID Tags are safe to use?
In Current Event: WarCloning Passport RFID Tags, The recent experiment was introduced, which was done by researcher Chris Paget. According to the article, Paget could scan passport RFID tags. During a recent 20-minute drive in downtown San Francisco, it successfully … Continue reading
Arrested in Washington? Give us your DNA!
As I found on Slashdot, a controversial piece of legislation is being considered that would allow for the collection of DNA from arrested persons. The DNA may be collected prior to the arrested person being charged with a crime, and … Continue reading
UW CSE Resources
As an undergraduate student in the computer science department, there are a number of computing resources available for use. A number of these resources are through the web browser, and have private, personal information associated with them (for instance, MyCSE). … Continue reading
Large Number of Windows Security Breaches Caused by Administrative Privileges
An article linked today on Slashdot revealed that a vast majority of security breaches could be prevented if users were not logged in with administrative priveleges. While this is not terribly surprising, the numbers were rather shocking. The report suggests … Continue reading Continue reading
Security Review: GPeerReview
GPeerReview is a new project that attempts to create a web of trust for scientific publications. The goal is to have people read papers, leave comments, and digitally sign them with GPeerReview. The review could then be sent to an … Continue reading
Security Review: Google Latitude, tracking friends on Google Maps
A recent article on slashdot purports that Google will soon release new software, dubbed ‘Latitude’ enabling users to broadcast their geographic location via Google Maps. This information can be gathered either from mobile phones, via GPS or local cell phone … Continue reading
Security Review: Robot Scientist automates the discovery of new drugs!
A group of researchers working in the EU funded IQ project have put together a robot scientist that can devise a theory, come up with experiments to test the theory, carry out the physical experiments, interpret the results and then … Continue reading
Current Event: Zombies Ahead
According to a story on NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, someone hacked into an electronic roadsign system designed to notify motorists of upcoming hazards. The system was altered to read “Caution! Zombies! Ahead!!!” It also instructed motorists to run for cold climates … Continue reading
Current Event: WarCloning Passport RFID Tags
According to Slashdot, researcher Chris Paget was able to capture many identification numbers from the new passports containing RFID tags while driving around San Francisco. Using $250 of equipment (a RFID reader and an antenna) hooked up to his laptop, … Continue reading