Category Archives: Current Events

AES = XOR = Secure? WTF!?!

Posted on 2008-02-20 by Space Rogue

I don’t have time for all of the stupidity out there but this is just to stupid to let pass by. Easy Nova a German company that makes a variety of computer storage accessories, recently released a hard drive case … Continue reading →

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Responsible disclosure for vendors?

Posted on 2008-02-19 by Space Rogue

If a vendor finds a vulnerability in a competitors code are they obligated to tell them? What exactly is ethical and or responsible disclosure when it comes to competing vendors? Among security researchers the general consensus these days is to … Continue reading →

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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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Uncle Sam Needs You (Geek!)

Posted on 2008-02-13 by Space Rogue

Thats right the US Air Force is looking for a few good geeks. And evidently they are willing to relax a few of the requirements of military service to get them. According to this quote in Wired Major General William … 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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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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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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