Category Archives: Commentary

Financial Company Still Recommending Insecure Software

Posted on 2009-05-19 by Space Rogue

There are few things in this world that really piss me off and blatant ignorance is one of them. On January 31st 2006 Microsoft did the right thing and removed Internet Explorer for Mac from their available IT downloads. Considering … Continue reading →

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Fake Story Still Fake, Media Still Clueless

Posted on 2008-10-01 by Space Rogue

About eight years ago a media story broke about how some “hackers” took over a British Ministry of Defense Satellite and were holding it for ransom. Anyone who knew anything about Command and Control systems for satellites knew this would … Continue reading →

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Honey Dipped Patch Tuesday

Posted on 2008-09-23 by Space Rogue

I have never really understood Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday from a security perspective. Sure from an IT management perspective it makes a lot of sense. The ability to actually plan for events and effectively allocate resources in IT is a rare … Continue reading →

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The Information Security Infantry

Posted on 2008-08-14 by Space Rogue

As a low-level, gravel crunching, grunt there are a few things that get drilled into your head through constant repetition, things like the only defense in an ambush is offense. If you’re caught in the middle of a well planned … Continue reading →

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Hackernews.com 10 Years Old Today

Posted on 2008-07-29 by Space Rogue

The registration info for hackernews.com says the domain was first registered on July 29, 1998. Ten years ago, today. wow. You know, long strange trip and all that. News wasn’t actually posted to the site until a month or so … Continue reading →

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The next Last HOPE in 2010

Posted on 2008-07-20 by Space Rogue

So The Last HOPE is over and while I am still here in New York (the reason why I’ll save for another day) I have been contemplating the events of the weekend. All in all I thought the con ran … Continue reading →

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Talks at the Last Hope

Posted on 2008-07-19 by Space Rogue

After you attend more than a half dozen or so hacker cons you start to realize several recurring themes amoung presentation topics. Topics such as Freedom of Information Act requests, hacker spaces, or hacker history have been done several times … Continue reading →

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The Last Hope in NYC Today!

Posted on 2008-07-18 by Space Rogue

I’m sitting on the floor of the eighteenth level of the Hotel Pennsylvania at The Last HOPElistening to Karsten Nohl talk about the (Im)possibility of Hardware Obfuscation as he discuss tracing connections in integrated chip design. Heady stuff. Already ran … Continue reading →

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OSF to take over DLDOS from Attrition.org

Posted on 2008-07-16 by Space Rogue

You may have noticed over there on the right hand side of this website a link to Attrtion.org’s DLDOS or Data Loss database. The DLDOS (despite the poor choice of acronyms, or was that on purpose?), like Attrition’s Defacement Archive … Continue reading →

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Only You Can Prevent ID Theft

Posted on 2008-05-22 by Space Rogue

I was at Autozone yesterday getting a set of Upper Strut Mounts for my 167K mile old Saturn when the sales guy asked me for my phone number. I didn’t hesitate a bit and just rattled off ten digits. The … Continue reading →

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