Category Archives: Privacy

Storm worm cracked, but defenses may not fly

Posted on January 11, 2009 by oterod

The Storm worm, noticed for the first time on January 17th, 2007, is one of the more notorious worms of the last few years. Targetted initially towards individual Windows machines, victims were often infected after receiving a bait e-mail with … Continue reading →

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Current Events – Undocumented Chip in Wii

Posted on January 8, 2009 by liaowt

“Update.  This entry was updated on <January 9, 2009> to reflect a <re-interpretation of the original article>. After several years that Wii have been launch, hackers found flaws in Wii’s security aspect. According to an article from Nintendo World Report, … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Wireless Home Automation Systems

Posted on March 17, 2008 by chernyak

Summary:Home automation systems in general attempt to enable home owners to have a “smart” house. Instead of light switches you have integrated panels that control everything from your lights, to your shades, to your entertainment system, climate control, alarm system, … Continue reading →

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Current Events: British Police Want DNA of Children

Posted on March 16, 2008 by Trip Volpe

From The Guardian, and on Slashdot. Police in the United Kingdom may soon be be able to collect DNA samples from children if they exhibit behaviors that suggest they may commit crimes later in life, at least if Scotland Yard … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Car GPS Navigation Systems

Posted on March 16, 2008 by joyleung

Summary Car GPS navigation systems are handy tool for finding one’s way on the road. With features like local points of interest, address book and SD card backup it would not be surprising if becomes a common everyday item soon. … Continue reading →

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Security Review – GSM Cellphones

Posted on March 16, 2008 by aodle56

I’ve seen a few people on this blog cover various aspects of cellphone security, including the new iphone 3rd party support and GPS tracking, however I haven’t seen anything covering the most basic of cellphone features, voice communication. It seems … Continue reading →

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Current Events: No need for jello, fingerprint USB sticks are easy to crack.

Posted on March 16, 2008 by jimg

No need to go to great lengths to try to spoof finger print scanners on USB sticks. You can just tell the device that the data is public. Researches discovered this vulnerability in models from 9pay and A-Data fingerprint USB … Continue reading →

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The House on Amending FISA Act

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Kris Plunkett

Today the House of Representatives voted on a bill that would amend the FISA Act of 1978, which deals with government wiretapping. The amendments would deny amnesty to telecommunication industries for complying with illegal warrant less wiretaps by the Bush … Continue reading →

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Security Vulnerability in Mac OS X – LoginWindow.app

Posted on March 2, 2008 by robert

A security vulnerability in loginwindow.app on Mac OS X was reported to bugtraq this week. The vulnerability is that the user password is still resident in memory after the system authenticates the user.

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Facebook storing your information

Posted on February 26, 2008 by mstie74

While this may not be breaking news, it turns out that Facebook has taken just one more step in not respecting their user’s privacy.  According to a semi-recent article in the New York Times, Facebook retains user profile information even after the … Continue reading →

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