Category Archives: Current Events

OMG the SCADA is Falling!!!

Posted on 2011-11-18 by Space Rogue

Let me say first that SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) attacks are real, they do happen and should be a real concern. But if we look at the recent press surrounding such attacks we see little in the way … Continue reading →

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Hackers Need Not Apply

Posted on 2009-12-11 by Space Rogue

Back in the nineties, the glory days of Hacking, just after the golden age of the late eighties, many companies were starting to get into the whole Internet Security thing. Everyone and their brother had an Internet Security company and … Continue reading →

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L0phtCrack 6 to Be Released at Source Boston

Posted on 2009-03-02 by Space Rogue

L0phtCrack, the original and still the best password auditing tool for MS windows based systems, will be re-released at Source Boston by the original authors! That’s right Mudge, Dildog and Weld Pond have required the rights to the original L0phtCrack … Continue reading →

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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Posted on 2008-11-14 by Space Rogue

In February of 1676 Sir Issac Newton wrote in a letter to Robert Hooke “If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” implying that while he may have come up with the … Continue reading →

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Prototype This! premiers Wednesday Night

Posted on 2008-10-14 by Space Rogue

Former L0pht member, Defcon Badge Designer, Triathelete, new father, and urban clothing designer Kingpin (aka, Joe Grand) can now add yet another title to his resume, TV Star! The premier of the Discovery Channel’s new show Prototype This! debut’s Wednesday … 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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Mudge Cover’s Mass High Tech

Posted on 2008-08-25 by Space Rogue

So I get into work this morning and grab my snail-mail and throw it on my desk and go grab my morning oatmeal and glass of water. I get back to my desk and start eating my oatmeal as I … 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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