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Symantec News Brings The Ambulance Chasers Out
2012-01-06 20:28:00 This kind of crap annoys me to no end. Less than 24 hours after Symantec acknowledged that their code had been purloined, the ambulance chasers hit the streets. This is an email that was forwarded to us by two of our readers. From: PJ Bihuniak Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 8:40 AM Subject: Symantec confirms ... More About: News , Ambulance , Headlines
Blackberry Messages Intercepted, Alleged Mobster Pinched
2012-01-06 16:49:00 This is an interesing piece that showed up on Global today. A serious hard case was captured by the police in Quebec but, there is a twist. He was apparently caught via the use of tap on his Blackberry . While I cannot argue with the results I’m fairly certain a lot of people just had ... More About: Crime , Features , Messages , Headlines
Symantec Confirms Source Code Leaks Out
2012-01-06 06:36:00 So, there was a hubbub today about an apparent breach and release of Symantec ’s source code for their antivirus product. The good folks at Infosecisland got the scoop. From Infosecisland: Cris Paden, Sr. Manager for Corporate Communications at Symantec emailed Infosec Island editors with the following statement concerning the exposure of source code for the ... More About: Malware , Source , Code , Breach
IBM Scientist Says Biometrics Will Replace Passwords In Next Five Years
2012-01-06 01:44:00 Another person (this time it is a “scientist” *GASP*) saying passwords will be dead soon. Passwords have been around since ancient history, but they may become obsolete sooner than you think. According to a recent prediction by IBM Speech CTO David Nahamoo, many of the problems with passwords will be solved by biometric systems that ... More About: Scientist , Years , Headlines , Biometrics , Access Control
Feds Trying to Force Woman to Give Up Laptop Password
2012-01-06 00:45:00 Here we go again. Colorado U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn is expected to rule any day on whether to force defendant Ramona Fricosu to decrypt her Toshiba Satellite M305, which authorities seized from her in 2010 with a court warrant while investigating financial fraud. Yet another clashing between the police with a search warrant and ... More About: News , Laptop , Force , Privacy , Password
Armed DHS Officers Set Up Unannounced ID Checkpoint
2012-01-05 19:14:00 What is wrong in the US? Yes folks, it is coming down to this. Ever since the introduction of the Patriot Act the rights of the US citizenry have been dying a slow and painful death. From Infowars: Residents of Leesburg, Florida were shocked to see their local Social Security office turned into a random ... More About: Politics , Physical Security , Headlines
Another Facebook Worm On The Loose
2012-01-05 18:37:00 Another worm is winding its way through Facebook gobbling up login credentials. From Ars Technica: A worm previously used to commit financial fraud is now stealing Facebook login credentials, compromising at least 45,000 Facebook accounts with the goals of transmitting malicious links to victims’ friends and gaining remote access to corporate networks. The security company ... More About: Malware , Worm , Headlines
Saudi Hacker Posts 14K Credit Cards
2012-01-05 17:55:00 An alleged Saudi hacker posted credit card information for approxiamanetly 400,000 Israeli users this week. The catch was that only 14,000 were valid. From Reuters: Computer hackers published details of thousands of active Israeli credit cards after breaking into Israeli websites, the chief executive of Israel’s largest card company said Tuesday. Dov Kotler, CEO of ... More About: Credit Cards , Credit , Data Security , Hacker
Philippine Gov Sites Defaced
2012-01-05 14:46:00 Philippine gov websites seem to get taken out a lot. From info-security: he PrivateX hacker group breached two Philippine government websites, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), on New Year?s Day. The group, which claims to be interested in promoting greater information security in the country, hacked ... More About: Sites
Murderer?s Conviction Thrown Out Due To Computer Virus
2012-01-04 19:36:00 OK, this is a new one for me. Convicted murderer, Randy Chaviano, had his conviction thrown out after the court stenographer had their computer infected with a virus. I have not heard of this type of thing happening but, after reading the article I’m a little surprised that we don’t hear about this happening more ... More About: Virus , Malware , Computer , Headlines
Security Briefing ? September 23rd
2009-09-23 15:04:00 Morning all. Not much going on for me this week. Hope your all coming up for air often enough to get by. Signed, Matt Click here to subscribe to Liquidmatrix Security Digest!. And now, the news… Stick Figure Guide to AES – Moserware CSRF Attacks and Forensic Analysis – Hollistic Infosec What Star Track Predicts About the Future of Information Security – ... More About: News , September
Metasploit Unleashed ? Mastering the Framework
2009-09-22 10:37:00 As of earlier tonight a project a few months in the making has finally been unleashed (pun intended). Thanks to the great guys over at Offensive Security and whoever’s awesome idea it was to team them up with the Metasploit guys, a new resource called Metasploit Unleashed – Mastering the Framework is now online. ... More About: Education , Tools , Hacker
Drive By: Cerf: Turning off pieces of the Internet ?not sensible? as securi
2009-09-18 19:14:00 From InfoWorld: But the idea that the president would turn off pieces of the Internet is not sensible. On the other hand, focusing attention on the need to make the network more robust, more reliable, more resistant to various forms of either attack or infection is a really good thing to be attentive to. So to ... More About: News , Drive , The Internet , Pieces
Drive By: Unredacted Response Regarding Google Voice for iPhone
2009-09-18 18:59:00 From Wireless.FCC.gov: Article Link (.pdf) (Image used under CC from LordSchrammi’s Flickr stream) More About: Google , Mobile , Voice , Iphone , Drive
Drive By: Whoops! Students ?Going Google? Get to Read Each Other?s Emails
2009-09-18 15:42:00 From Read Write Web: A recent bug in Google Apps allowed students at several colleges to read each other’s email messages and some were even able to see another student’s entire inbox. The issue occurred at a small handful of colleges, admitted Rajen Sheth, senior product manager for Google Apps, but he declined to say how ... More About: News , Students , Drive
Drive By: Cisco: IPv6 and Smart Grid Make Sense Together
2009-09-18 04:49:00 From Internet News : Cisco today unveiled plans to expand its own smart grid push, with new efforts to help standardize technologies and build a vendor ecosystem for solution delivery. In combination with the enablement technologies, Cisco is now also gearing up smart grid security services and solutions in an effort to help secure the electrical system. There’s ... More About: Sense , Drive , Smart , Grid
Tool: New Version Of BeEF Released Today!
2009-09-18 03:24:00 Hot off the press. Great news today! Wade dropped me a line to let me know that a new version of BeEF was just released! For those of you who might not be familiar with the tool its a browser exploitation framework that’s full of WIN! Oh, and that includes integration with Metasploit. From Bindshell.net: BeEF is ... More About: Tools , Today , Tool , Beef , Released
Drive By: Power Grid Takedown: A New How-To
2009-09-17 16:38:00 Hi folks, this is a just to let you know that we’ll be introducing/test driving a new format for quick posts called a “Drive By” (Thx Dr. Jones). These ones will be articles that we think are worth sharing but, either don’t have the time to add constructive input snarky commentary or are knee deep ... More About: News , Power , Grid , Takedown
Security Briefing ? September 17th
2009-09-17 15:44:00 Morning beautiful readers. Our poor intern is somewhere buried in a biology book and not exactly enjoying it. I’m on the bettering my physical condition path instead of education at the moment. But I plan on starting Offensive Security come October when I can save some money. Good luck to Myrcurial in his speaking adventure today! Signed, Matt Click ... More About: News , September
Your Laptop Looking A Little Pudgy?
2009-09-17 04:13:00 IT Execs that travel to China for work are receiving some interesting advice on taking a moment to weigh their laptops…both before and after their trip to China. Does this software make my laptop look fat? From CRN: Senior executives in US IT companies have been advised by the US Government to follow extremely strict policies for ... More About: Education , Laptop , Data Security
Security Briefing: June 10th
2008-06-10 16:47:00 Finally the iPhone is coming to Canada! Yes, I know I could have a cracked one. I’m just glad to see it officially released here. A question that remains. What kind of data rates are Ted Rogers and company going to charge? Click here to subscribe to Liquidmatrix Security Digest!. Welcome to all of our new ... More About: News , June
Amazon Sites Under DoS?
2008-06-10 16:27:00 Amazon’s website have been going down at an alarming rate over the few days. Apparently those pesky bloggers are pointing to DoS as a possible culprit. From vnunet: The company is remaining tight-lipped on what is causing the problems, so speculation is rife in the blogosphere. One explanation, according to security experts, is that Amazon is suffering ... More About: Amazon , Sites , Hacker , Monitoring
Unencrypted AT&T Laptop with Employee Data Stolen
2008-06-10 04:31:00 Um, whoops. From Consumer Affairs: A laptop containing personal information on AT&T employees and management was stolen from an employee’s vehicle last month, the company said. The laptop, which had no encryption or security protection beyond a password lock, contained names, Social Security numbers, and salary information for an undisclosed number of workers. Employees were notified of the ... More About: Hardware , Laptop , Data Security , Data , Stolen
Stealing Password Hashes with Java and IE
2008-06-09 13:34:00 OK, I read a lot, I mean a lot on a regular basis. There is a lot of tripe floating about the tubes of the internet and I’m always pleased to read a new posting from several folks who buck that trend. Among which I count John Heasman. He has a great new post on ... More About: Education , Java , Hacker , Password , Stealing
Security Briefing: June 9th
2008-06-09 13:29:00 What fresh hell is this? Monday morning and the coffee machine decides to tangle with me. The missus saves the day and potentially my sanity. So, will the iPhone (officially) come to Canada in the WWDC keynote this morning? What say you Vegas? Click here to subscribe to Liquidmatrix Security Digest! And now, the news… Security firm asks for ... More About: News , June
Opera Browser Integrates Malware Protection
2008-06-08 16:27:00 Opera, arguably one of the fastest rendering browsers available, is stepping up on security. With their version 9.5 release they are adding in malware protection courtesy of a deal that was struck with Haute Secure. From Tech Crunch: Haute Secure makes software that aggressively monitors and alerts users to malware sites. Besides the version that is ... More About: Opera , Malware , Opera browser , Browser
Mac User Turns Tables On Thief
2008-06-08 16:07:00 This is a rather amusing story of Kait Duplaga and her adventure to recover her stolen laptop. From Seattle Times Newspaper: Never underestimate the tenacity of a 19-year-old. When Kait Duplaga of White Plains, N.Y., had her laptop stolen ? along with electronics she and her roommates owned ? she didn’t despair. She cleverly used a built-in ... More About: Apple , Crime , Tables , User , Thief
Where You At? UK Big Bro Knows
2008-06-08 15:55:00 It appears that someone at the Telegraph’s political desk woke up. The security community has been moaning about a “surveillance society” for some time. Now, the Telegraph has noticed that people are noticing the trend. That must make it official somehow. (sarcasm is my optiate) From the Telegraph: Fears are growing that the compulsory ID card scheme ... More About: Privacy , Spy Game
CATSA: XRay Machines Are Not For Gum Wrappers
2008-06-08 14:58:00 Well, the US may have the TSA in all of its glory. Here in Canada however, we have the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) and they’re pissed at airport screeners in this country. From The Canadian Press: “Continued inspections across the country have revealed that garbage and other items … are still being dropped inside ... More About: News , Machines , Xray
Nuke Plant Shutdown Due To Upgrade
More articles from this author:2008-06-08 04:53:00 Ah the joys of critical infrastructure. One wrong move with a software upgrade and the whole house of cards could come tumbling down. Case in point. From Washington Post: A nuclear power plant in Georgia was recently forced into an emergency shutdown for 48 hours after a software update was installed on a single computer. The incident occurred ... More About: Patches , Nuke , Plant , Shutdown 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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