Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Current Event : Keyboard hacking (from thin air!)

Posted on March 13, 2009 by kosh

A move over scanning the keyboard with infra-red cameras for heat signatures, listening to keystrokes and simple shoulder surfing. Say hello to hacking through thin air or electromagnetic waves, rather. Apparently, all keyboards generate unique electromagnetic waves for every single … Continue reading →

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Researchers develop security flaw scanner for use during Development

Posted on March 13, 2009 by asekine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224133010.htm Summary Researchers have proposed and started testing a new system for helping to identify potential bugs and security flaws during the development cycle of software development.  It works to help the development team identify and prioritize potential targets and … Continue reading →

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Security Review: UW Parking Enforcement

Posted on March 13, 2009 by ezwelty

The parking at the University of Washington has always been a deadly game of cat and mouse between driver and parking enforcement. There are limited parking resources on campus, and parking enforcement wants to make sure that they are maximizing … Continue reading →

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Security Review: iTunes DAAP Authentication

Posted on March 13, 2009 by justine

I am, at the moment of writing this, sitting in Cafe Solstice on the Ave. There are probably about a dozen computers in here, and judging from my neighbor’s screen, 4 of them are running iTunes with the “sharing” feature … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Cell Phone Projectors

Posted on March 13, 2009 by hmu2

Authors: Heather Underwood & Guy Bordelon As mobile phones continue to become one of the most popular, universal, and comprehensive computing devices, researchers and mobile phone companies are enthralled with adding more features. As described in a recent article by … Continue reading →

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Current Event: Google’s new behavioral based ads v.s. Privacy

Posted on March 13, 2009 by alexmeng

Recently, Google released a new way for it to perform interest-based advertising to its users. It utilizes its users’ behavior to send them targeted ads. The question that arises is how do they obtain the users’ behavior? Google saves previous … Continue reading →

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Second most dangerous virus?

Posted on March 13, 2009 by petermil

Romanian firm SOFTWIN has released an update to their BitDefender security suite claiming to have created a vaccination for Conficker. So what is Conficker? Fast Stats: Release Date: October 2008 Target Platform: Windows >= Windows 2000 (including Windows 7 Beta) … Continue reading →

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Current Event: Speculation about Upcoming Pwn2Own Hacking Contest

Posted on March 6, 2009 by justine

A recent article from Ars Technica, modded to high popularity on Digg, reports that last year’s Pwn2Own winner is predicting that Safari will be the first browser to crash in this months”s contest. Pwn2Own, in Vancouver BC, is part of … Continue reading →

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Dementia patients may benefit from new technology – or will they?

Posted on March 6, 2009 by qwerty

New technology arising from the UK is focusing on helping the elderly through technology.  In particular, they are creating devices which can help dementia patients be able to live on their own for longer.  Typically, when people start suffering from … Continue reading →

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Current Event: Someone in Tehran Knows Something About the Presidential Helicopter

Posted on March 2, 2009 by eyezac

According to Slashdot, NBC News and msnbc.com report that Tiversa, a Pennsylvania-based security company, recently found extensive information about Marine One, the president’s helicopter, on a computer with a Tehran IP address. This information included “engineering and communications” specifications, as … Continue reading →

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