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Mac Hacked in 2 Minutes, Apple is a lame patcher

2008-03-27 22:02:09 by Bill in Grumpy Security Guy
 
...Charlie Miller wins the PWN 2 OWN contest. I think these contest are kinda lame as they do not prove much, other than Charlie Miller was most likely sitting on a vulnerability waiting until the contest. I still think it is some what cool that there are people that are still interested in OS vulnerabilities Link In other news some swiss guys...
 
Tags: apple, security, leopard security concerns, lame patcher, lame, apple sadly, worst security, apple blocks, minutes
 
 
 
 
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Risks, cost of an attack versus price of encryption

2008-04-18 14:32:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...Charlie Martin in Computerworld exploring how expensive (or rather cheap) encryption really is compared to potential losses due to data loss Not sure he calculated the costs and probability of the cold boot attack quite right - I think the fact that over 40% of folks do not shut down their laptops while travelling makes this a higer...
 
Tags: higer probability, probability, data loss, potential losses due, charlie martin, cold boot attack, data, charlie, short survey
 
 
 
 
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Demos Report on National Security

2008-01-03 06:33:52 by Editor in Schneier on Security
 
National Security for the Twenty-First Century," by Charlie Edwards at the British think-tank Demos. It's long -- 121 pages -- but there's some good stuff in it
 
Tags: national security, british think-tank demos, charlie edwards, twenty-first century, stuff, pages
 
 
 
 
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Mac OS X Security - Reality Check #2

2008-03-27 21:43:20 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
 
...Charlie Miller appears to have set up a web site containing malicious code and used a "browse to own" vulnerability to win the contest
 
Tags: mac, charlie miller appears, machine, malicious code, web site, dollars publicly, pwn, browse, ads
 
 
 
 
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Gone in 2 minutes: Mac gets hacked first in contest

2008-03-27 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
It may be the quickest US$10,000 Charlie Miller ever earned
 
Tags: charlie miller, us10
 
 
 
 
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Caution: Patent trolls at work

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2008-04-01 09:07:03 by HASH0x8b4b96c in StillSecure, After All These Years
...Charlie, Starkist wants tuna that tastes good". The fact is their patent did not apply to how our product works. But it brings up a bigger issue that has come up before, patent trolls Our patent system is in drastic need of an overhaul. In this particular case, I know for a fact that their use of this technology was not the first use in...
 
Tags: patent, patent trolls, patent troll, patent infringement, recent patent, award, award attorney fees, patent office, trolls
 
 
 
 
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Caution: Patent trolls at work

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2008-04-01 10:07:00 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...Charlie, Starkist wants tuna that tastes good". The fact is their patent did not apply to how our product works. But it brings up a bigger issue that has come up before, patent trolls Our patent system is in drastic need of an overhaul. In this particular case, I know for a fact that their use of this technology was not the first use in...
 
Tags: patent, patent trolls, patent troll, patent infringement, recent patent, award, award attorney fees, patent office, trolls
 
 
 
 
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Assessing the risks and cost of encryption

2008-04-09 10:24:01 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
That liquid-nitrogen hardware hack that allowed researchers to lift an encryption key from a switch-ed-off machine was cool stuff... but now it's making your CEO ask if any encryption's worth the bother. CIO 's Charlie Martin does a back-of-envelope run of the relevant risk-management numbers
 
Tags: encryption, encryption key, relevant risk-management, cool stuff, charlie martin, switch-ed-off machine, hardware hack, worth, researchers
 
 
 
 
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Mac hack contest bug had been public for a year

2008-04-22 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
When Charlie Miller won US$10,000 for hacking into a Macbook Air laptop last month, he exploited a flaw that had been publicly disclosed nearly a year before the contest
 
Tags: macbook air laptop, charlie miller, publicly, month, us10, flaw
 
 
 
 
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Manuals (CIA and NGO)

2008-05-07 16:57:00 by NGO Security in NGO Security