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“When you get right down to it, most security is based on the honor system.”
“No valiant showdown between a small number of larger-than-life geniuses. The battle was lost six months ago, against human fallibility."
blog  it  security  humour  story  narrative  tv  hacking  crack  sysadmin  business  management 
november 2011 by milkmiruku
Ron K Jeffries - Google+ - #geeky and #OMG QUOTE: [Craig S Wright ] says: I was…
"For those who do not know, 747's are big flying Unix hosts. At the time, the engine management system on this particular airline was Solaris based. The patching was well behind and they used telnet as SSH broke the menus and the budget did not extend to fixing this. The engineers could actually access the engine management system of a 747 in route. If issues are noted, they can re-tune the engine in air."
technology  flight  scada  security  it  networking  vlan  transport  wtf  internet  telnet 
november 2011 by milkmiruku
In Sony’s 20th Breach In Two Months, Hackers Claim 177,000 Email Addresses Compromised
"In one thin sign of good news for Sony, the attack comes 12 days after the company’s last breach, the longest interval since May and a sign that the Sony-hacking meme may be finally wearing thin for the hacker community."
news  security  it  internet  hacking  crack  humour  business 
june 2011 by milkmiruku
Report: HBGary used as an object lesson by Anonymous - Security
"The Tech Herald has seen Barr’s research. [PDF] While there is plenty of information, several operation names and dates are out of order, and many of the names associated with membership are incorrect. When it comes to the ten “most senior people”, they are actually network administrators."
anonymous  security  internet  wikileaks  crack  news  it  socialengineering  passwords  humour  report  socialservices 
march 2011 by milkmiruku
Dems push for Congressional investigation of HBGary Federal
Hunton & Williams, the middleman law firm in all this (and the middleman between a major US bank and Team Themis' similar plan to take down WikiLeaks), has steadfastly refused to comment on the whole story. But it too may find itself in trouble after a professional conduct complaint (PDF) was lodged against it last week in Washington, DC"
article  news  anonymous  security  lulz  legal  usa  government 
march 2011 by milkmiruku
Anonymous speaks: the inside story of the HBGary hack
"Over the last week, I've talked to some of those who participated in the HBGary hack to learn in detail how they penetrated HBGary's defenses and gave the company such a stunning black eye—and what the HBGary example means for the rest of us mere mortals who use the Internet."
security  anonymous  hacking  email  it  article  news  humour 
february 2011 by milkmiruku
Fake femme fatale shows social network risks
"I wanted to see how much intel you could gather from a person just by lurking on a social networking site. I [also] wanted to see who was most susceptible to clicking. I wanted to see how fast this thing would propagate. One of the things I found was that MIT and St. Paul's [prep school] were very cliquey. If they don't remember seeing you, they are not going to click. You had less of a chance of penetrating those groups than the actual intel and security communities."
news  usa  security  it  intelligence  social  engineering  network  friends  hack  interesting 
july 2010 by milkmiruku
Supergeek pulls off 'near impossible' crypto chip hack
"Using off-the-shelf chemicals, Tarnovsky soaked chips in acid to dissolve their hard outer shells. Then he applied rust remover to help take off layers of mesh wiring, to expose the chips' cores. From there, he had to find the right communication channels to tap into using a very small needle.

The needle allowed him to set up a wiretap and eavesdrop on all the programming instructions as they are sent back and forth between the chip and the computer's memory."
news  security  hardware  hack  encryption  cryptography  business  interesting  technology 
february 2010 by milkmiruku
Perspectives : Firefox Extension
"We have developed an extension to the popular Firefox browser that contacts network notaries whenever your browser connects an HTTPS website."
firefox  software  security  opensource  browser  free  tools  safety  ssl  https  extensions 
february 2010 by milkmiruku
OpenID Connect
“OpenID Connect”, therefore, is what I’m starting to use in casual conversation as my answer to Twitter and Facebook Connect.
news  openid  oauth  social  identity  security  marketing  internet  web  standards  openprotocol 
january 2010 by milkmiruku
FireEye Malware Intelligence Lab: Smashing the Mega-d/Ozdok botnet in 24 hours
"FireEye's formal effort to shutdown this botnet stared last night. The research team here worked in multiple directions simultaneously. The purpose was to work against all the fallback mechanisms so fast that bot herders wouldn't get a chance to counter react."
news  security  spam  internet  email  networks  botnet  technology  interesting  malware  virus 
november 2009 by milkmiruku
Maryland Voters Test New Cryptographic Voting System
"On Tuesday voters in Takoma Park, Maryland, got to try out a new, transparent voting system that lets voters go online to verify that their ballots got counted in the final tally. The system also lets anyone independently audit election results to verify the votes went to the correct candidates."
news  politics  software  election  elections  opensource  technology  security  privacy  java  cryptography  interesting  usa  government 
november 2009 by milkmiruku
Fake ATM doesn't last long at hacker meet
"The criminals probably didn't realize that they were installing their ATM in a hotel that was soon going to be flooded with more than 8,000 security professionals, he added."
news  security  hacking  crime  money  humour  convention  defcon  usa  hardware 
august 2009 by milkmiruku
Comics artist Mark Sable detained for Unthinkable acts
"'The minute I saw the faces of the agents, I knew I was in trouble. The first page of the Unthinkable script mentioned 9/11, terror plots, and the fact that the (fictional) world had become a police state. The TSA agents then proceeded to interrogate me, having a hard time understanding that a comic book could be about anything other than superheroes, let alone that anyone actually wrote scripts for comics. ...I cooperated politely and tried to explain to them the irony of the situation."
news  politics  usa  law  security  comics  terrorism  rights  art  culture  legal  authoritarianism  irony 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
Matthew Williams Design | Muni Don’t Take My Kodachrome
"Since September 11, photographers have been stopped, harassed, and intimidated into handing over their personal property simply because they were photographing subjects that made other people uncomfortable, such as ship locks, trains, buildings, bridges, and bus stations. ... In the event you’re stopped by overzealous law enforcement or security officials attempting to enforce fictitious laws, I’ve designed these fictitious and official-looking Photographer’s Licenses."
blog  photography  graphics  humour  law  police  identity  security 
may 2009 by milkmiruku
Slashdot Comments | A Secure OS For the Dalai Lama?
"If *I* was in charge of the DL's computer, I wouldn't put on *only* Linux or *only* Windows or what have you. I think the DL needs a multiboot machine, and would really appreciate it if you tried to make him one with everything."
slashdot  comment  humour  linux  security  os  buddhism 
april 2009 by milkmiruku
The Road to Area 51 - Los Angeles Times
""Late Sunday, three CIA agents brought me home. One drove my car; the other two carried me inside and laid me down on the couch. I was loopy from the drugs. They handed Jane the car keys and left without saying a word." The only conclusion she could draw was that her husband had gone out and gotten drunk. "Boy, was she mad," says Collins with a chuckle."
news  usa  military  aircraft  security  history  government  interesting  ufo  stealth  intelligence 
april 2009 by milkmiruku
MD5 considered harmful today
"We have identified a vulnerability in the Internet Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) used to issue digital certificates for secure websites. As a proof of concept we executed a practical attack scenario and successfully created a rogue Certification Authority (CA) certificate trusted by all common web browsers. This certificate allows us to impersonate any website on the Internet, including banking and e-commerce sites secured using the HTTPS protocol."
internet  security  web  research  hack  encryption  cryptography  exploit  md5  interesting 
january 2009 by milkmiruku
Advogato: GitTorrent, The Movie
"From a simple, simple project that is suffering from an inexplicable near complete lack of attention from the free software community comes a revolutionary change in the way that free software is developed and distributed. ... It's just that the implications of its deployment really haven't been fully uncovered. Those that have been discussed here are pretty monumental. "
opensource  tools  security  p2p  linux  network  bittorrent  source  distro  software  interesting  prediction  repo 
december 2008 by milkmiruku
How-To: Build a WiFi biquad dish antenna - Engadget
"We expected to get one AP, but five is even better. Looking through the info strings we were able to determine where the APs were since the WISP had named them according to the town they are in. The AP on channel 5 is the one we pointed at in town A, 2.4 miles away. The AP on channel 6 is located in town B, 8.2 miles away. The two APs on channel 1 are a bridge between town A and town C which is located 2.6 miles directly behind the dish."
wifi  hardware  internet  networking  wireless  communication  design  reference  howto  diy  cool  security  antenna  project  technology 
november 2008 by milkmiruku
Compromising Electromagnetic Emanations of Wired Keyboard
"We found 4 different ways (including the Kuhn attack) to fully or partially recover keystrokes from wired keyboards at a distance up to 20 meters, even through walls. We tested 11 different wired keyboard models bought between 2001 and 2008 (PS/2, USB and laptop). They are all vulnerable to at least one of our 4 attacks."
news  security  exploit  hack  hacking  hardware  technology  computers  keyboard  cool  scary 
october 2008 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | Technology | Alarm sounded on second-hand kit
"Andrew Mason from security firm Random Storm bought some network hardware from auction site eBay for 99p. When he switched it on and plugged it in, the device automatically connected to the internal network of Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire."
news  uk  technology  internet  security  humour  networks  vpn  hardware 
september 2008 by milkmiruku
Anonymous hacks Sarah Palin's Yahoo! account
"Screenshots of emails purportedly lifted from this account - which carries the address "gov.palin@yahoo.com" - were then passed to Wikileaks, and Wikileaks shared the stash with world+dog."
news  email  politics  usa  hack  security  anonymous  images 
september 2008 by milkmiruku
Warcarting: the low-cost alternative to wardriving
"Warcarting: the hobo's approach to wireless communications interception."
wireless  hardware  security  technology  article  video  wifi  humour  diy  hack  hardhack  mit  internet  radio 
august 2008 by milkmiruku
Mike's ad blocking hosts file. Privacy. Anti-Spyware.
"A hosts file (current example) tells your computer what numerical address (209.61.186.253) is associated with what URL (www.everythingisnt.com.) . This file is a very simple hack which takes [advert] server URLs and redirects them to non-existant numeric
advertising  internet  dns  software  web  list  privacy  reference  security  spam  tools  free  tips 
may 2008 by milkmiruku
Polish teen derails tram after hacking train network | The Register
""He studied the trams and the tracks for a long time and then built a device that looked like a TV remote control and used it to manoeuvre the trams and the tracks," said Miroslaw Micor, a spokesman for Lodz police."
poland  news  hardhack  hack  humour  prank  security  technology  transport  weird  travel  trams 
january 2008 by milkmiruku
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Ann Coulter, PWNED.
politics  humour  hate  hacking  security  usability  filetype:jpg  media:image 
october 2007 by milkmiruku
Machinist: Tech Blog, Tech News, Technology Articles - Salon
"After Meyer caused the disturbance, two officers who'd been standing to the side of the room moved closer to him, Antar said. At that point, Antar told me, Meyer began taunting the officers. "He turned to the cops and said, 'What, are you going to Taser
news  usa  politics  security  war  activism  democracy  speech  psychology 
september 2007 by milkmiruku
LiveLeak.com - Student Tasered After Asking John Kerry Questions
"Maybe he'll learn in the future that Freedom of speech doesn't mean you can just take over someone else's venue. UF lacks freedom of speech? Hardly, the video poster lacks understanding of the law. Next time kiddo, argue with the Judge not the cops!"
video  news  liveleak  politics  war  policy  activism  usa  election  democracy  speech  psychology  security 
september 2007 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Big Brother is watching us all
"Their goal is to invent a system whereby a facial image can be matched to your gait, your height, your weight and other elements, so a computer will be able to identify instantly who you are."
bbc  news  usa  security  privacy  technology  science  prediction 
september 2007 by milkmiruku
Belgian pensioner killed by his own booby-trap | Belgium | Europe | International News | News | Telegraph
"In the cellar we found a chest containing money. A length of fishing wire almost invisible to the eye connected the clasp to a hidden cavity in the wall ... Anybody who opened the chest would have had his head blown off from a weapon concealed in the cav
news  belgium  guns  security  wtf 
june 2007 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | Technology | Wi-fi and RFID used for tracking
"Angelo Lamme, from Motorola, said tracking students on a campus could help during a fire or an emergency." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. HAHAHA. HA. Morons.
privacy  security  wifi  rfid  technology  humour 
may 2007 by milkmiruku
Image Spam: By the Numbers - CSOonline.com
"A year ago, fewer than five out of 100 e-mails were image spam, according to Doug Bowers of Symantec. Today, up to 40 percent are. Meanwhile, image spam is the reason spam traffic overall doubled in 2006, according to antispam company Borderware."
news  email  spam  reference  interesting  graphics  security 
may 2007 by milkmiruku
WiFi Hopper - Overview
"WiFi Hopper is a WLAN utility that combines the features of a Network Discovery and Site Survey tool with a Connection Manager."
security  encryption  tools  networking  wireless  wifi  router  hacking  wardriving  software 
april 2007 by milkmiruku
Generate a Secure Password - kurtm.net
JavaScript wireless network key generator.
security  encryption  tools  networking  wireless  wifi  router 
april 2007 by milkmiruku
OpinionJournal - Wonder Land
"We're trying to fight a major war with peacetime procurement rules."
war  iraq  biometrics  politics  design  privacy  security  usa  technology  diy  hardhack 
february 2007 by milkmiruku
Crypto-Gram: May 15, 2001: The Futility of Digital Copy Prevention
"What the entertainment industry is trying to do is to use technology to contradict that natural law. They want a practical way to make copying hard enough to save their existing business. But they are doomed to fail."
article  op-ed  drm  technology  internet  security  copyright  interesting 
february 2007 by milkmiruku
The Chronicle: 2/9/2007: Caught in the Network
"They closed my office door behind them, sat down, took out notepads and pens, and asked if I had a few minutes to speak with them about Tor."
security  privacy  internet  technology  encryption  censorship  p2p  software  routing  networks 
february 2007 by milkmiruku
Think Progress » Rep. Ackerman: ‘A Platoon Of Lesbians’ Could ‘Chase Us Out Of Baghdad’
"Rep. Ackerman: ‘A Platoon Of Lesbians’ Could ‘Chase Us Out Of Baghdad’"
politics  war  gay  culture  news  america  security  hate 
february 2007 by milkmiruku
MAKE: Blog: Homemade key opens up every voting machine
"Interesting, it seems when you make a master key for voting machines it's not a good idea to put a photo of the key that's good enough to make a physical copy of..."
diy  politics  news  technology  humour  security  subversion 
january 2007 by milkmiruku
putative.com: FedEx refuses shipment of made-up stuff, empty cans
"FedEx guy: They look too much like bomb-making materials."
blog  article  design  politics  security  terrorism  culture  wtf 
january 2007 by milkmiruku
AutoPatcher.com
A post-SP2 patch pack for Windows XP.
windows  software  security  tools  freeware  download  bittorrent  microsoft  os 
december 2006 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Flatulence leads US jet to divert
"An American Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Nashville after passengers reported the smell of sulphur from burning matches."
news  america  flight  transport  security  humour 
december 2006 by milkmiruku
PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall
"PortForward.com is proud to offer help setting up port forwarding on your router or firewall."
networking  howto  firewall  security  internet  reference 
october 2006 by milkmiruku
Jelly babies dupe fingerprint security - ZDNet UK News
Plus it's rather easy to dispose of the evidence :D
news  security  privacy  humour  technology 
september 2006 by milkmiruku
A Face Is Exposed for AOL Searcher No. 4417749 - New York Times
No. 4417749 conducted hundreds of searches over a three-month period on topics ranging from “numb fingers” to “60 single men” to “dog that urinates on everything”, and search by search, click by click, the identity of AOL user No. 4417749 beca
security  privacy  search  web  article  news 
august 2006 by milkmiruku
すまいる .com>ハサミ型シュレッダー 秘密を守りきります！パートII
Nine bladed shredding scissors.
security  design  gadget 
august 2006 by milkmiruku
What are you doing about two-factor authentication?
How to make access to sensitive systems and data harder for bad people.
article  security  technology  business 
august 2006 by milkmiruku
Upside-Down-Ternet
"My neighbours are stealing my wireless internet access. I could encrypt it or alternately I could have fun."
humour  internet  wifi  linux  article  network  prank  reference  security  howto 
august 2006 by milkmiruku
Electronic signatures, signature capture and binding software | Interlink Electronics
Electronic signature input devices.
security  work  technology  writing  peripheral 
august 2006 by milkmiruku
Insider Secrets: Three things to do with your old PC - CNET reviews
Make that box a firewall or a *nix testing ground, or simply give it away.
network  linux  howto  hardware  software  technology  security  computer 
june 2006 by milkmiruku
johnny.ihackstuff.com :: I'm j0hnny. I hack stuff.
Methods and tips on how to use Google for nefarious purposes.
reference  howto  google  hacking  security 
june 2006 by milkmiruku

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