Security
Wireless security can be funny
This is a true story! The link to the story below is stale now, but this one still works: Hackers tell man he’s “too fat” to eat at Burger King - silicon.com …
TSA abuse of power comes to a city near me
This story from my hometown of Seattle is further proof that the current airport security procedures are nothing more than window dressing and are leading to the loss of civil rights for innocent …
At Amp T Plans Security News Channel
AT&T plans CNN-style security channel Security experts at AT&T are about to take a page from CNN’s playbook. Within the next year they plan to begin delivering a video streaming service …
Suspected Steganography lead to raising the terror alert in 2003
07:00 Bogus analysis led to terror alert in Dec. 2003 - Lisa Myers & the NBC Investigative Unit - MSNBC.com WASHINGTON - Christmas 2003 became a season of terror after the federal government …
Debunking Biometric Assumptions
Chris Hill’s biometrics thesis: This is a very interesting development. It challenges a key assumption that people have made about biometrics: “that stored biometrics pose no threat to …
Washington State Getting Tough on Rampant Spyware Problem
Slashdot | Washington State Outlaws Spyware the Governor of Washington signs a a bill outlawing spyware (bill history) which imposes penalties of $100,000 per violation. This is a step in the right …
Identity Theft Is Okayif Done By The State
Ohio Agents Use Woman’s Identity in Strip-Bar Sting: Internal Affairs at Officer.com This is absolutely unbelievable! Imagine if the state was to damage your reputation or financial status (e.g. …
Penguins Not On Terrorist Watch List
TheDenverChannel.com - Slideshow The American public can rest easy now that these penguins have been rigorously vetted by the TSA. Someone managing the Terrorist Watch List must have recently seen one …
Ipsec Esp Protocol Flaw Discovered
NISCC Vulnerability Advisory IPSEC - 004033 From what I have read on this, the flaw in ESP only will affect you if you are using ESP for confidentiality protection only (no integrity check in ESP) and …
Intel Hypterthreading Leads To Security Bug
y-bug Hyper-Threading considered harmful This is an interesting case where a hardware flaw can be used to subvert software security. I find it fun to ask vendors who create their own OS and processors …