Author Archives: iddav

[Collaborative] Chinese hackers: harmless scriptkiddies or a growing adversary?

Posted on March 9, 2008 by iddav

CNN got an inside view of the so-called “Chinese cyber militia” when a group of three Chinese hackers agreed to be interviewed. This group of hackers claim that “no site is one hundred percent safe,” and that they’ve even broken … Continue reading →

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Amazon’s S3 Outage: Usage spike or DDoS attack?

Posted on February 17, 2008 by iddav

Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) experienced an outage on the morning of February 15th, causing inaccessible content in the thousands of websites that rely on S3 for data storage. According to Amazon’s official explanation, the outage was due to a … Continue reading →

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Alledged Skype Surveillance by German Police

Posted on January 26, 2008 by iddav

Documents posted today on WikiLeaks suggest that German police in Bavaria may have used a trojan for intercepting Skype calls as part of their surveillance of suspects. One document is an offer from DigiTask, a German company, to rent Skype … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Apple’s Time Capsule

Posted on January 18, 2008 by iddav

Given the iPhone’s myriad vulnerabilities and the unrest spawned by their high-profile discovery and exploitation, perhaps the security aspects of new Apple products, such as the Time Capsule, merit our consideration. The Time Capsule is a sleek wireless hard drive … Continue reading →

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