Author Archives: oterod

Security Review: New Weapons in the Fight Against Doping

Posted on March 13, 2009 by oterod

The use of performance enhancing drugs and medical techniques is a serious problem in every sport, but no sport is as notorious for doping scandals as is professional cycling. While Olympic athletes, baseball players, and body builders are often caught … Continue reading →

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Current Events: One more botnet-related legal fray

Posted on March 13, 2009 by oterod

As part of an “expose’” on cyber crime, BBC’s “Click” team took it upon themselves to hire a botnet. With the stated goal of demonstrating the power of “cyber criminals” in today’s world, the journalists purchased the use of ~22,000 … Continue reading →

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Security Review: The Bike and its Lock

Posted on February 6, 2009 by oterod

EDIT: It appears that I goofed with the “more” tag when I first posted this, so I’ve included the rest of the article below. Since the days of waking up at 5am to watch the Tour de France live with … Continue reading →

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Storm worm cracked, but defenses may not fly

Posted on January 11, 2009 by oterod

The Storm worm, noticed for the first time on January 17th, 2007, is one of the more notorious worms of the last few years. Targetted initially towards individual Windows machines, victims were often infected after receiving a bait e-mail with … Continue reading →

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