Author Archives: dannya

Security Review: Technology’s vulnerability to sniffing keystrokes from electromagnetic emissions.

Posted on March 13, 2009 by dannya

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 →

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DDoS attack on Time Warner Cable’s DNS Servers

Posted on March 10, 2009 by dannya

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 →

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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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Current Event: Xbox Live DDoS Attacks Become Popular

Posted on February 6, 2009 by dannya

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 →

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