These two comics are a very good example of how people do not pick very good passwords. Thank you Dilbert.com Share and Enjoy:
An article in the Epoch Times (a Chinese newspaper) about a brilliant Chinese professor who has cracked her fifth encryption scheme in ten years. She and her team have cracked the SHA-1 scheme. As a result, the U.S. government and major corporations will cease using the scheme within the next few years. Read the full [...]
I found this article on SC Magazine that reminded me of Hackers the movie because in the movie the hackers hack into the street lights so they have all green lights. Here is the article that can be found at SC Magazine. Ericka Chickowski Jan 9 2007 18:29 Two Los Angeles municipal traffic engineers were [...]
Google was using javascript to store Gmail address books while the user was logged in. As a result if a user is logged into Gmail, a malicious website could request your Gmail addressbook.Google has resolved this flaw, but it does point out the danger of javascript. Share and Enjoy:
I have read that you need to know security tools if you are going to break into the IT/ Network Security field. I have found this website http://sectools.org/. The site ranks and updates the top 100 network security tools. This site seems like a great place to see what tools are on the rise and [...]
I found this great little website that has 55 tips for Gmail. http://g04.com/misc/GmailTipsComplete.html Check it out. Share and Enjoy:
I read a recent post that detailed how to hack gift cards. The post shocked me how insecure the gift cards are. I hope the release of posts detailing how to hack gift cards will bring about a change in the security of new cards. You go to a store that has gift cards on [...]
I have been playing with the TOR (the onion router) network for a while now. I like the anonymity that TOR provides but my problem was always portablity. The download you get from TOR you always had to install TOR, Vidalia, and Privoxy. Once those three are installed you have to set your proxy server settings in [...]
Bush Proposes Faith-BasedFirewalls for Government Computers By Brian Briggs Washington D.C.’President Bush announced that by 2008 all government computers should be protected from outside attacks by the faith-based firewall called Protection From Above (PFA) from Houston-based software developer Christisoft. “For too long we have turned to proven software companies with expertise in computer security for [...]
