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Security Review: Technology’s vulnerability to sniffing keystrokes from electromagnetic emissions.
This vulnerability is one of the most profound in computing. Every computer has a connection from the keyboard to the CPU, and when signals are sent this connection acts as an antenna, transmitting a characteristic wave for each keystroke. Each … Continue reading
DDoS attack on Time Warner Cable’s DNS Servers
At the end of February, a distributed denial of service attack on Time Warner Cable’s DNS Servers severely impacted subscribers connections for over a week. The problems were supposedly localized to Southern California, according to TWC. Although DDoS attacks are … Continue reading
Security Review: Online Backup
A system can never be completely secure. A system can only be free of known exploits. Continue reading
Current Event: Xbox Live DDoS Attacks Become Popular
Xbox Live DDoS Attacks Become Popular Cheating in online multiplayer games has always been an issue. Each genre of game has been plagued with a certain type of hack: Map discovery hacks for RTS games, Aiming hacks in FPS’s, and … Continue reading