Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Linux server attacked more than all version of windows combined
Zone-H(http://www.zone-h.org/content/view/14928/30/) has recently released a statistical breakdown of all the attacks from last three years. Surprisingly, Linux servers are the most attacked servers, even more than all version of windows combined. They suspect the reason for this is due to … Continue reading
Time to test our security mindset
Hey everyone. I found a website where you can try to use various ways to hack through levels of password. I think this is a fun way to get in touch with our security mindsets and see how far you … Continue reading
Feature or Flaw?
According to an article found at Dark Reading, Adam Boileau from Immunity Inc, has decided after two years to make publicly available his tool Winlockpwn that “lets an attacker take over a ‘locked’ Windows machine without even stealing its password” … Continue reading
Security Review: Car Alarms
Summary Most people have probably heard a car alarm go off sometime in their life, and the chances are that it was a false positive are also pretty good. Usually cars that have an alarm have some sort of alarm … Continue reading
Hacking ATMs
ATMs are surprisingly easy to hack according to CNET. From a report on ATMs, up to 90 percent of the ATMs in the U.K. could be at risk for worms, denial-of-service attacks, getting customer data intercepted, and having money stolen … Continue reading
[Collaborative] Chinese hackers: harmless scriptkiddies or a growing adversary?
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
A little security humor
The Onion has posted quite a funny video taking advantage of the many security problems with the Diebold voting machines. Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early
Humanoid Robot has future in Japan
Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4714135.stm
http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080301/ap_on_re_as/japan_robot_nation;_ylt=AoX4B6VHVtvql_qBo0RBZj8jtBAF
http://www.stat.go.jp/English/data/handbook/c02cont.htm Continue reading
Wii hacked using buffer overflow
Slashdot is reporting that a lot of Wii homebrew code is being developed and released now. Apparently, a bug was found in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess that allows you to smash the stack by overflowing the horse name … Continue reading
Security Review: Coin-Operated Laundromats
They’re out there…Some of us use them everyday…Especially college students living away from home…We can’t avoid them, unless we want to be stinky… Yes I’m talking about coin-operated laundries… Coin-operated washing facilities provide an interesting security problem, since the users … Continue reading