Category Archives: Current Events
Russian security research company won’t share thier exploit
http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2060.html Apparently a company in Russian named Gleg finds security holes in commonly used software and then sells information about the exploitabilities to their ‘clients’ who pay lots of money to get knowledge like this. It sounds like they publicly … Continue reading
US Customs seizes Electronics at borders
The title says it all. According to the article linked below, Customs has been seizing electronics like cell phones and laptops on grounds of “suspected criminal activity.” Some travelers complained that their devices were taken for more than a week … Continue reading
Vista SP1 with altered WGA Strategy, Nag instead of Disable
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has a new blog posting over at ZDNet reviewing the changes Microsoft made to its Vista WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage – its authenticity check for pirated software) with the SP1 update. In a nutshell, it appears Microsoft has decided to … Continue reading
Local Root Exploit for Linux 2.6 Discovered
A new vulnerability has been discovered in the 2.6 Linux kernel that allows a local user to obtain a root shell. The bug description was posted within the last 24 hours, and includes exploit code that works on a large … Continue reading
Toshiba’s New Random Number Generator
Toshiba has recently unveiled a new IC which is capable of generating 2 megabits/second of random bits. The IC utilizes analog noise generated by electrons trapped on a silicon nitride (SiN) layer of a transistor. The electrons randomly are bound … Continue reading
Security Review: Smart pillboxes, maybe too smart?
Recently an MIT research team has developed a smart pillbox to help combat the problem of patients failing to take their medication at prescribed intervals. This problem of over/underdosing of the drug by the patient accounts for ~10% of hospital … Continue reading
Firefox “View-Source” Vulnerability
I thought that since most of us use Firefox people might care – apparently the default installation/settings of Firefox’s latest release allow all scripts written on websites to be executed. I don’t know with what privileges the code executes, but … Continue reading
Hackers Declare War On Scientology
In the past couple of weeks, a loosely organized group of people have come together to attack the church of Scientology in a variety of technological related ways. The core group that has headed up these attacks calls themselves “Anonymous”, … Continue reading
Diebold/Premier Voting Machine Key Copied
Adding to the current furor of news surrounding the issue of electronic voting machines, an egregious mistake by American voting machine producer Diebold (now known as Premier Election Systems) has lead to heightened doubts concerning the integrity of electronic voting. … Continue reading
New York’s Total Snoop Grid Moving Forward
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/december2007/241207_snoop.htm The article describes the “mission creep” going on in our war on terrorism. While the purported reason for installing thousands of cameras in Manhattan is to protect us from terrorism, Manhattan seems an odd place to be spending to … Continue reading