Category Archives: Commentary

Most Security is Useless

Posted on 2008-02-14 by Space Rogue

Looks like I missed this the first time around but there is an article about a speech recently given by Peter Tippet, a VP at Verizon and a scientist at ICSA labs, who talks about how useless most security actually … Continue reading →

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Feds Use Spyware

Posted on 2008-02-10 by Space Rogue

Ever hear of CIPAV? It is some pretty bad-ass spyware that tracks every website, every chat, every email that you send from your computer. Maybe you know it by its more common name Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier. Sounds … Continue reading →

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PWN to Own Take 2

Posted on 2008-02-07 by Space Rogue

The folks over at CanSecWest will once again be hosting their popular PWN to OWN contest at this years con. I wrote about last year’s contest that was won after a spl0it was found in Quicktime that allowed the attacker … Continue reading →

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Quickies and L0pht News

Posted on 2008-01-31 by Space Rogue

There have been a lot of things happening in the security world lately that I have wanted to write about like Geekonomics, the half million pictures pilfered from MySpace and the accompanying torrent file, how the NSA has wrestled control … 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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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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