Category Archives: Security Reviews

Wireless Keyboards

Posted on March 9, 2008 by dschen

With everything going wireless now, many people are cutting the cord and getting wireless keyboards and mice. However, not many people stop and think what might happen if these wireless peripherals are compromised. If say someone could spoof the identity … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Apple iPhone 3rd party application support

Posted on March 9, 2008 by jimg

On Thursday, Apple happily unveiled its plan for third party support of native iPhone applications. The plan involves an application development and distribution pipeline including an iPhone SDK, a suite of IDE tools, and a sales and distribution plan through … 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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Security Review: Full disk encryption

Posted on February 24, 2008 by mccoyt

Summary The past week has seen a renewed interest on the part of the security community in the reliability of hard disk encryption. With the recent revelation that data on encrypted drives is vulnerable to unauthorized access via memory manipulation, … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Blogging at the Olympic Games

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Justin McOmie

Summary: The International Olympic Committee will be granting Olympic athletes the right to blog at this year’s summer games in China, and there will be a few interesting restrictions placed on what they can say. In addition to the standard … 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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Smart Pillbox Security Review

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Fabian

Summary “Smart pillbox could be a lifesaver” that is the title on the recent news in MIT in the world. It is design to be used by elderly people so they can properly take their medication. The purpose will be … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Online Banking

Posted on February 12, 2008 by chernyak

Online Banking – Many banks now provide an online application that will let the bank’s clients manage their funds. This includes both, viewing, as well as transferring funds to arbitrary third parties through a feature called ‘Online Bill Pay.’ Thus, … Continue reading →

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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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