Monthly Archives: March 2008

Defacement Archive May Close

One of the more popular features of HNN (The Hacker News Network) was the daily list of web page defacements that was maintained at the time by Attrition.org. Maintaining such an archive soon overwhelmed Attrition and the task was taken … Continue reading

Posted in Commentary, Current Events | Comments Off on Defacement Archive May Close

SourceBoston WrapUp

I had been waiting for the folks at Source Boston to update their website with relevant materials before I posted a recap but they are probably waiting until Monday and I know I won’t have time to post anything then. … Continue reading

Posted in Current Events | Comments Off on SourceBoston WrapUp

More USB Snake Oil

I’m still busy recovering from the excellent Source Boston conference and I will post a recap soon but I wanted to get this out there. Last week I wrote about RFID enabled external hard drives that supposedly offered secure encryption … Continue reading

Posted in Commentary, Snake Oil | Comments Off on More USB Snake Oil

Last Day for Source2008

Yesterday I unfortunately missed James Atkinson’s talk at Source Boston but evidently it scared a few people and pissed off a few others. I did manage to catch Carole Fennelly’s talk about Incident Response Plans which was very informative even … Continue reading

Posted in Current Events | Comments Off on Last Day for Source2008

Smart People

Sometimes I wonder if people who are revered in their field are really all that smart. I am pretty sure that some people have achieved their positions not because they know their subject matter but because they are just charismatic … Continue reading

Posted in Current Events | Comments Off on Smart People

Source Boston 2008 Going on NOW!

SourceBoston 2008 Going on now and for the next two days. If your anywhere near Cambridge MA you should head over. The shear number of smart security people in this hotel is mind boggeling. Seriously, you can’t turn around without … Continue reading

Posted in Current Events | Comments Off on Source Boston 2008 Going on NOW!

More secure products that aren’t

Think that cool USB thumb drive you just bought with the word of ‘encryption’ written in big letters all over the package is really secure? Think again. ComputerWorld recently reviewed seven ‘secure’ USB drives and basically found that they are … Continue reading

Posted in Commentary, Snake Oil | Comments Off on More secure products that aren’t

Tamper Resistant Point of Sale Machine Isn’t

When I see something labeled tamper-resistant or even tamper-proof I don’t assume it is secure I just think that it is a little more difficult to break into than something that isn’t tamper-resistant. Three researchers at the University of Cambridge … Continue reading

Posted in Commentary, Current Events, Snake Oil | Comments Off on Tamper Resistant Point of Sale Machine Isn’t