Category Archives: Physical Security

The new sliding door at the CSE building

Posted on March 1, 2008 by felixctc

I want to start a discussion about the new sliding door we just got. I talked to Karl and he explained how the door works. It seems that the sliding door has two sensors, radar and infrared. The radar sensor … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Coin-Operated Laundromats

Posted on February 24, 2008 by zaxim

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 →

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Collaborative Security Review: Wave2Go

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Chad

This security review is intentionally left incomplete. It is simply a topic that I think would be interesting for us as a group to explore. If you can add to the discussion, please do, even if it’s simply to propose … Continue reading →

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Cold Boot Attacks on Disk Encryption

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Scott Rose

Well-known security researcher and commentator Ed Felton and colleagues at Princeton report on a technique for breaking many whole-disk encryption schemes, including the most common ones. The attack is based upon scanning RAM for encryption keys, and is even (reported … Continue reading →

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Security Review: ASIMO Robot

Posted on February 17, 2008 by felixctc

ASIMO is a robot that resembles a human that is created by Honda Motor Company. It was created at the Wako Fundamental Technical Research Center in Japan. The current version of this robot is version eleven. This robot, which is … Continue reading →

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xkcd comic on key signing parties

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Karl Koscher

This comic should make more sense after today’s lecture.

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Security Review: Airport Security

Posted on February 11, 2008 by rudd

Anyone who has travelled within the past 6 years has experienced the excruciating joy of going through modern airport security. For most domestic flights your checked bags go through one set of security procedures, and your person and carry on … Continue reading →

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Security Review: CyberLocks

Posted on February 10, 2008 by chrislim

At its essence CyberLocks are like mechanical locks++, enabling you to bring intelligent electronic access control to even the padlock level. CyberLock cylinders, which cannot be picked and maintain an audit trail of usage, can replace virtually any traditional lock … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Deep Siren

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Chad

According to Scientific American, the US Navy is considering to deploy a new technology, Deep Siren, to improve communication to and from submerged submarines. As of now, submarines have to be no deeper than 60 feet and towing a floating … Continue reading →

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Diebold/Premier Voting Machine Key Copied

Posted on February 7, 2008 by esoteric

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 →

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