Category Archives: Current Events

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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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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Mac Hack Hype

Posted on 2007-04-23 by Space Rogue

So by now you have probably heard about the MacBook Pro that was compromised at CanSecWest last Friday. Here is a quick recap if you missed it. A MacBook Pro with all updates applied on a wireless network, if you … Continue reading →

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Who Do You Trust?

Posted on 2007-04-19 by Space Rogue

Over and over people tell me that a product, service or other item is secure because someone else important uses it, and they are sooo important that they would never ever use or do anything insecure. So basically what they … Continue reading →

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More Cell Phone Security Myths

Posted on 2007-03-23 by Space Rogue

I have been trying to beat people over the head about cell phone security issues for years. It amazing how much people trust those things. They look at it like a microwave or a refridgerator and not a small computer. … Continue reading →

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