You may have noticed that I removed the SBN (Security Bloggers Network) badge from my blog and that the SBN Feedburner site has not been updated in several weeks. Well, Alan Shimel has officially moved SBN over to Lijit. Lijit is kind of like FriendFeed but is really more about searching, linking searches, and putting […]
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This article was just too good and worthy of a blog post…apparently a MI6 digital camera went missing and went up for sale on eBay…for only $30. The kicker is that the camera’s memory card contained the following information: Via Reuters: “Its memory had names of al Qaeda members, fingerprints and suspects’ academic records as
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I am on my way back from Black Hat and Defcon 16 in Las Vegas with a three hour delayed flight so this is probably a good time to talk about Black Hat and Defcon 16. To start off…this was one busy and eventful week! I met so many people this week it was crazy.
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I thought I would throw my list into the mix of other Security Twits that are posting about talks they are either going to or wish they were going to at Black Hat this week. Most of my picks have a pentest perspective to them (a lot like CG’s over at Carnal0wnage). Here is my
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Yes, it’s true. Presidential candidate John McCain is just now learning to use a computer. He also has said that he doesn’t use email (he has staff and consultants to do that for him). So what does this say about him and how he would handle technology issues? In particular, security issues related to technology
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Wow…I’m really on this banking kick as of late… So I was watching TV tonight and saw a commercial for WaMu (Washington Mutual Bank) advertising their “Online Banking Guarantee“. What I found interesting was the whole scenario that played out in the commercial… Woman: “Hey, I’m using WaMu Online Banking…” Man: “Online Banking?? That’s not
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Lots of buzz on the net about Blizzard (creators of World of Warcraft) offering a $6.50 two-factor authentication token for customers that want an extra layer of protection for their account. Yes, if you didn’t know account theft in WoW is on the rise! I commend Blizzard for taking this extra step to help protect
Blizzard offers two-factor authentication, why doesn’t your bank? Read More »
Looks like GNUCITIZEN and Blogsecurity.net have joined forces to create a online WordPress security scanner. From GNUCITIZEN: “Blogsecurify was created to help individuals and organization to secure their blog infrastructures by testing them against a set of security tests. The project is still in alpha stage although I am quite happy with the actual framework
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I am writing this blog post as part of the Black Hat Bloggers Network topic of interest #2. I guess you could say I am somewhat of a Black Hat n00b! This will only be the second time I have attended Black Hat in my security career. I have been to quite a few security
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If you have been reading my blog and others in the Security Bloggers Network recently then hopefully you should know about the really cool alliance this year between Black Hat and the Security Bloggers Network. If not, here is a quick and dirty overview… Basically, there will be a Black Hat topic of the week
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