Category Archives: Security Reviews

Anti-Virus Vendor Hacked

Posted on February 8, 2008 by imv

I just read an article about an Indian security company AvSoft whose website got hacked and distributed malicious code rather than their own when users tried to download software. The attack used was iFrame injection on the vulnerable site. From … Continue reading →

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Our Nation’s Borders

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Kris Plunkett

The security of our nation’s borders is a topic of great importance. The importance of border security, like most forms of security, can only be truly appreciated when it fails. Some forms of border security failure can have devastating consequences … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Automated Teller Machine

Posted on February 6, 2008 by kurifodo

Summary: Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) have been around since the late 1930s. Nowadays they can be found all over the place. The common and accepted use of these machines is to draw money from your bank account in a convenient … Continue reading →

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Taking Down the Internet

Posted on February 4, 2008 by bche

Recently I read an article about how undersea cables were cut, causing internet outages around the middle east. This has revealed how physically fragile the network is. Since so much of the traffic is routed through so few cables, it … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Traffic Lights

Posted on February 3, 2008 by sky

As i’m sure everyone already aware of, one way our country (and many others) directs traffic is with these things call traffic lights. We place them at intersections, at about a one to one ratio of oncoming lanes to traffic … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Cell Phone GPS

Posted on February 3, 2008 by mccoyt

With the increasing popularity of auto-enabled GPS features in cell phones, a group at UC Berkeley is experimenting with using the phones as a means to gather real-time traffic information. The phones will broadcast their locations back to a central server … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Bodyguards

Posted on February 3, 2008 by felixctc

Security Review: Bodyguard Overview: Bodyguards are people who protect their clients from various treats such as assaults, assassination, and kidnapping. Depending on the importance of the client who is being protected, some clients might have a team of bodyguards while … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Blinger?

Posted on February 3, 2008 by bsmith86

I’m going to guess that you, like me, have just found out about this device.  According to news reports and their website (https://www.blingerstore.com/0/vnc/), BlingNation’s Blinger is a new, portable ATM device.  It has a magstripe card reader on the back, … Continue reading →

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Security Review: iTunes Movie Rentals

Posted on February 3, 2008 by robert

Recently, Apple unveiled a new system that allows customers to browse the iTunes store and “rent” selected movies for a smaller fee than it would cost to purchase them. This fee also happens to be slightly more than one would … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Metal Detectors and Security Checkpoints

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Trip Volpe

Anybody who has flown on a national airline or had business in a federal, state, or county government building has certainly had the experience of waiting in the queue to be ushered through a beeping metal-detecting portal, separated from bags … Continue reading →

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