Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Taxpayer Data at IRS Remains Vulnerable

Posted on January 16, 2009 by yonderin

The Government Accountability Office (GOA) realeased a report last week stating vulnerabilities in the security system used by the IRS to protect taxpayer data. The report showed the IRS has number of security issues in the way that it protect … Continue reading →

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Current Event: Security Vulnerability in Safari RSS

Posted on January 13, 2009 by sojc701

According to the open source programmer Brian Mastenbrook, he has found a security flaw in Safari Rss feeds. He said that Apple’s Safari browser is vulnerable to an attack that allows a malicious web site to read files on a … Continue reading →

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Current Event: Lexus to begin sending messages directly to drivers

Posted on January 8, 2009 by seraphim

According to a recent article in USA Today, Lexus will begin including new technology to allow the company to send audio messages to the computers present in their cars. It appears to be similar to an e-mail system, where the … Continue reading →

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Security Review – Microsoft Live Mesh

Posted on November 19, 2008 by ankit

Introduction Today internet is not limited to just desktops and laptops. There has been a flurry of portable devices that can connect to internet and allow for local storage and use of software applications. As users own more than one … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Skinware

Posted on November 19, 2008 by kfm

Summary: This security review is about a technology named Skinware (I learned about this at Grace Hopper; web searches were unable to uncover any real literature – I think it has been sold and, most likely, renamed). Skinware was developed … Continue reading →

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Security Review: IMA

Posted on March 20, 2008 by patriw

The IMA is a rather public place where students, faculty, and spouses can take fitness classes, lift weights, or use an expansive cardio room. The assests include fitness machines, sports equipement, and simply the space, which when occupied by a … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Husky Union Building

Posted on March 18, 2008 by esoteric

The Husky Union Building is the center of life on campus. It is home to the Associated Students of the University of Washington, hundreds of student clubs and organizations, the university bookstore, food vendors, university employee payroll and accounting, information … Continue reading →

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Microsoft, Yahoo, and Internet Breakage

Posted on March 16, 2008 by Justin McOmie

In a recent interview with “Condé Nast Portfolio”, Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns us all that a Microsoft-Yahoo merger might “break the internet” due to the consolidation of web-mail, instant messaging, and other services that would follow as a result. … Continue reading →

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Security Review: The Human Heart

Posted on March 16, 2008 by chrislim

As our professor has continually emphasized throughout the quarter, one of the primary aims of our course has been to go beyond technical details of current computer security in order to learn the security mindset. This new way of thinking … Continue reading →

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M-Pesa: Banking via SMS

Posted on March 16, 2008 by davidjsh

I was recently informed about a rather interesting service that is being used in Kenya called M-PESA.   According to their website, “M-PESA provides an affordable, fast, convenient and safe way to transfer money by SMS anywhere in Kenya. Through … Continue reading →

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