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Firesheep
After installing the extension you'll see a new sidebar. Connect to any busy open wifi network and click the big "Start Capturing" button. Then wait. As soon as anyone on the network visits an insecure website known to Firesheep, their name and photo will be displayed. Double-click on someone, and you're instantly logged in as them.
security  http  firefox  apps 
october 2010 by domnit
The point of “Open” in OpenID
"I have a very simple rule of thumb for whether or not a site should consider whitelisting OpenID providers: does the site offer a “forgotten password” feature that e-mails the user a login token?"
openid  security 
june 2008 by domnit
Greasemonkey 0.7.20080121.0 compatibility
"GM 'double-checks' the call stack of all calls into potentially unsafe Greasemonkey APIs to make sure that every frame on the stack is either from a user script, or from the browser DOM"
greasemonkey  security 
january 2008 by domnit
WordPress 2.1.1 dangerous, Upgrade to 2.1.2
"a cracker had gained user-level access to one of the servers that powers wordpress.org, and had used that access to modify the download file"
wordpress  security  exploit 
march 2007 by domnit
The Treviño Story
Some guy decided to make a huge list of random Ubuntu repositories around the web, and he recommends people to dump it to their sources.list without thinking.
ubuntu  linux  security  exploit 
november 2006 by domnit
Packing weapons in checked bags for security
"TSA does not want to lose a weapons case. This reduces the chance of the case being lost to virtually zero."
weapons  security  hack 
october 2006 by domnit
Windows XP Privilege Escalation Exploit
The "at" command scheduler runs commands as the SYSTEM user
windows  security  hack  exploit 
september 2006 by domnit
Schneier on Security: More Than 10 Ways to Avoid the Next 9/11
"Terrorism is a law enforcement problem, and needs to be treated as such."
terrorism  security  sept11 
september 2006 by domnit
The NSA is on the line -- all of them
"An intelligence expert predicts we'll soon learn that cellphone and Internet companies also cooperated with the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on us."
nsa  spy  politics  security  privacy  freedom 
may 2006 by domnit
DenyHosts
Ban hosts that repeatedly try to break in to an SSH server
unix  security  ssh  apps 
february 2006 by domnit
Ask the pilot: Photography at airports
"I took some pictures at the airport -- and fell into the clutches of bureaucrats mouthing the cheap prose of patriotic convenience."
security  photo  usa  plane  aircraft 
february 2006 by domnit
Seed Vaults
Bond movie idea: Seedfinger
science  biology  farm  security  bondideas 
january 2006 by domnit
Darik's Boot and Nuke
Before selling or discarding a computer, deep clean the hard drive of private info (e.g., financial info.)
apps  hardware  security  privacy 
march 2005 by domnit

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