Security
Study: Motivations for global terrorism over the past 25 years
This is not so much about Islam vs. Christianity (although I think a lot of wacky Christians are making this case still) Courtesy of Bruce Schneier. An absolutely fascinating interview with Robert …
Acceptable Risk As A Euphamism For Shifting Fraud Liability To The Consumer
Financial Cryptography: “Acceptable Risk” - a Euphemism for Selling Fraud? This is a post from a while back but is still relevant to recent discussions about how the financial industry is …
Biometrics In Atms
-atms InformationWeek > Biometric Security > Privacy Concerns, Expense Keep Biometrics Out Of U.S. ATMs > October 12, 2005 This article is chock full of fun things to comment on. Ricardo …
Rant On Oracle Just Not Quot Getting It Quot-
Funny and entertaining and sad rant about Oracle’s inability to do security in stark contrast to public claims by their CSO, marketing, etc. This has inspired others to note how there are some …
Quot Open Sesame Quot Opens Quot High Tech Quot Cockpit Doors
The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Glitch forces fix to cockpit doors Well, “Open Sesame” works if you say it through a nearby walkie-talkie: For more than two years, U.S. …
New Book Security And Usability
Usable Security Blog Archive O’Reilly Book: Security and Usability One of the research areas that I am very interested in: O’Reilly has released Security and Usability: Designing Secure Systems That …
Preoccupied With Firewalls
Firewalls a dangerous distraction says expert I don’t know who Abe Singer is but he makes a great point that I have been touting for years. Look at your infosec program and count how many people …
Blast From The Past Dmv Fraud
As the REAL ID act meets reality, recall a previous report on DMV fraud and lax security. If you think you have problems budgeting for security in your company, imagine being handed an unfunded …
On The Insecurity Of Passwordspassphrases These Days
In a posting to the cryptography mailing list. Interesting statistics in the presentation. Update your threat models! Folks might want to look at https://www.huitema.net/talks/ietf63-security.ppt the …
Creative Zen Digital Media Players Ship With A Worm
Glad I’m sticking with the Neuros which doesn’t run Windows now and will run Linux in the next version. Not to mention the open source aspects and the ability to play OGG/Vorbis audio …