Author Archives: Space Rogue

L0pht reunion? Source 2008

Posted on 2007-12-16 by Space Rogue

Well it looks there may be a mini reunion of old L0pht folks. We are still trying to round everyone up but there will more of us together on one stage than there has been for over ten years. (Damn, … Continue reading →

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MS Security War Room

Posted on 2007-12-03 by Space Rogue

This is neat, sorta, Microsoft evidently has their very own Security War Room. Complete with snacks, a global clock and oooo, a motivational picture of Harvey Keitel! I suppose this sort of thing makes sense for governments but just how … Continue reading →

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Who trusts you and who do you trust?

Posted on 2007-11-12 by Space Rogue

For some reason I am constantly reminded of the old Schwarzenegger movie Running Man where the game show host Damon Killian yells out “Who loves you and who do you love?” to rousing applause. Except when I think of that … Continue reading →

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Bomb Threats from Google Hacking?

Posted on 2007-08-30 by Space Rogue

The worlds of physical and information security are quickly merging into one but people are still trying to take shortcuts. By now most people have heard news reports about bizarre crimes where stores are receiving bomb threats over the phone … Continue reading →

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True Hackers and Middle America

Posted on 2007-08-08 by Space Rogue

Once in a great while a technology reporter seems to ‘get it’ and publishes an acurate article without the FUD and fear mongering that usually accompanies a security related news item. When that happens it should be recognized. Take a … Continue reading →

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Remote iPhone exploit? Big Deal.

Posted on 2007-07-23 by Space Rogue

So the folks over at Independent Security Evaluators claim to have found a remote iPhone exploit. Evidently this is big news as it has already garned an article in the New York Times (talk about media whoreing) and been granted … Continue reading →

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iPhone Security Myths Busted

Posted on 2007-06-25 by Space Rogue

I know what your thinking, “Not more iPhone! Enough Already!” yeah, I know me to, but seriously there is just to much FUD floating around out there. FUD from reputable places such as Gartner. Well, OK maybe not that reputable … Continue reading →

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Anti-Forensic Tools Evolving

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Space Rogue

Interesting article over at CIO about the current state of anti-forensic software. It talks about specific tools like Timestomp, Slacker, Sam Juicer, Data Mule and others whose sole goal in life is to frustrate the forensic analyzer and make it … Continue reading →

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Hacking for Dollars $$$

Posted on 2007-05-18 by Space Rogue

iDefense just announced a bounty of $16,000 for remotely exploitable zero-day flaw in Apache, BIND, Sendmail, OpenSSH. IIS, or Exchange. This comes on the heals of the $10,000 plus a MacBook recently awarded by CanSecWest for remotely exploiting an OSX … Continue reading →

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L0pht in Transition 2

Posted on 2007-04-25 by Space Rogue

So I wrote about the article in CSO Magazine by Michael Fitzgerald earlier this month when the print version came out. Finally it is now online for easy reading by all you non-subscribers. Previous Works sysop Jason Scott of Admin-D … Continue reading →

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