Daily Archives: March 13, 2009

Current Event: California Politician Wants All Satellite Imagery of Schools, Churches, and Government Buildings to Be ‘Blurred’

Posted on March 13, 2009 by vincez

A politician in California, Assemblyman Joel Anderson, has just proposed legislation to be drafted that would require Google’s map application to blur satellite imagery of all schools, churches, and government buildings. The Assemblyman’s proposal would require not just Google, but … Continue reading →

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How to break into a vault with 10 layers of security

Posted on March 13, 2009 by lidor7

In 2003, Leonardo Notarbartolo and a team of Italian thieves broke into the Antwerp Diamond Center and made off with $100 million worth of  diamonds, jewelry and other valuables.  The vault was protected by 10 layers of security including a … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Web based Remote Access

Posted on March 13, 2009 by sojc701

Many operating systems include some sort of remote access solution by default. Windows XP, for example, ship with Microsoft’s Remote Desktop as a simple remote administration interface. Even OpenBSD, the Unix variant which is usually regarded as the most secure … Continue reading →

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Cryptography towards a new kind of election?

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Orion

Computer scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences recently deployed the first “practical, Web-based, secure, verifiable voting system.” After testing through 2008 and early 2009, the system, dubbed “Helios,” was used for the university presidential elections at … Continue reading →

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Security Review: PayPal

Posted on March 13, 2009 by beenen34

PayPal, along with other services like Ebay, is an online tool used to transfer money that most are familiar with.  Web payment services are a major conveinence, but come with a number of significant risks.  Services like PayPal can allow … Continue reading →

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Security Review: VoIP Communication

Posted on March 13, 2009 by bensona

Over the past five years or so, voice over IP has rapidly gained in popularity and use.  It touts cheaper calls for residential users and corporations can save big because additional extensions on a VoIP infrastructure are less costlythan their … Continue reading →

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Security Review: DTV coupon program

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Kevin Wallace

This June, all U.S. television stations must shut off their analog broadcasts, and replace them with digital ones. In order to make the transition less painful, the DTV Coupon Program offers up to two coupons to every U.S. household, good … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Google Latitude

Posted on March 13, 2009 by elenau

Google Latitude is yet another product available by the well established makers of the Gmail internet based mail system. Latitude is a web based service, running in sync with a client side application Google Gears, which allows Google to pinpoint … Continue reading →

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Linux Desktop Security Vulnerabilities

Posted on March 13, 2009 by spa

A common method for infection of many operating systems is a malicious executable file–either sent in an email or downloaded otherwise–that the user simply double clicks without thinking. Linux .desktop files allow arbitrary code execution without the need for an executable bit set on the file. Continue reading →

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Current Event: iTunes Gift Voucher Hacked?

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Tim Crossley

Many online news agencies are reporting that a Chinese group of hackers have broken Apple’s iTunes Gift Voucher code generator. The original story seems to come from Outdustry, a Chinese music industry website, and tells of $200 gift certificates being … Continue reading →

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