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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Shoulder Surfing
Think of all we do to ensure that our authentication systems are not compromised. It really takes a fair amount of effort to extract someone’s password from a shadow file or to secretly install a keylogger. A far simpler solution is to look over their shoulder while they type.* Take care when signing on in [...]
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Protected: Austin 888
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Protected: An analysis of this and that
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Protected: China 2008 – Mongolia
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
My Favorite Things
Links to those who have been fighting the good fight: Internet Storm Center: isc.sans.org And to those who watch: Internet Health Report(US only): www.internetpulse.net CERTStation: www.certstation.com I would also recommend a basic home computer security suite: Avast (www.avast.com) – Antivirus Ad-Aware (www.lavasoft.com) – Antispyware ZoneAlarm (www.zonealarm.com) – Firewall These programs are all free for personal, [...]
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Ethics of Information Security
In the first story, a man is charged with hacking USC. He claims to have been trying to warn USC of a security vulnerability. http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/cybercrime/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=187201428 In the second story, an attacker potentially compromises data on 800,000 user accounts at UCLA. Presumably, UCLA received no warning. http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196603485 Would USC have suffered the same fate if they [...]
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Pretty Great Firewall
The strategy here is going to change a little bit. My original assumption about the Internet access control mechanisms was that the rules would be fairly static. This has proven to not be the case. Given the upcoming Olympic Games, I believe that access is going to be much less restrictive than usual and that [...]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Protected: China 2008 – More Mongolia Preview!
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Protected: China 2008 – Mongolia Day 0
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Protected: China 2008 – Changchun Day 1
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