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Kaspersky Labs Trying to Crack 1024-bit RSA

2008-06-12 12:30:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...crack a 1024-bit RSA key used by the Gpcode Virus. From their website : We estimate it would take around 15 million modern computers, running for about a year, to crack such a key What are they smoking at Kaspersky? We've never factored a 1024-bit number -- at least, not outside any secret government agency -- and it's likely to require a lot...
 
Tags: rsa, 1024-bit, kaspersky, 1024-bit rsa key, key, crack, kaspersky lab, mathematical, million modern computers
 
 
 
 
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How My Wife Broke Her Crack Pipe and I Got a Sore Thumb

2008-02-06 13:45:43 by mcurphey in Mark Curphey - SecurityBuddha.com
 
On Sunday I woke up with sore thumbs (and a stonking hangover). The night before my wife smashed her crack pipe on the kitchen floor. Here is the story. My security friend Dave Cole (ex-Foundstoner and now product manager at Symantec) came to stay on Friday. Disco Dave from the security bullshit cartoons no less! My wife
 
Tags: wife, crack pipe, security bullshit cartoons, disco dave, sore thumbs, product manager, sunday, symantec, story
 
 
 
 
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Cracking passwords on a PlayStation

2007-12-03 16:37:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...crack supposedly strong eight-character passwords in hours. Typically, previous attempts to crack such passwords took days to get the same result I found this story via Kim's blog , where he points out that using password-based encryption is dangerous. What he's referring to is using encryption where the key is derived from a password Lots of...
 
Tags: password, character password, key, password database, keyspace, 256-bit aes key, 40-bit keyspace, passwords, encryption
 
 
 
 
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Why would anyone use standard WEP? Isn't it super easy to crack & sniff?

2007-01-19 16:01:12 by Editor in Endpoint Security: Translating Policy Into Reality
 
Using standard WEP is akin to using a pad-lock & chain for securing a bicycle. It keeps the honest people honest. The argument given that WEP is so weak that it's not worth using, isn't completely valid. Using the bike analogy, would you stop using a lock & chain simply because anyone with a set of bolt cutters can defeat them in a second?...
 
Tags: wep, standard wep, chain simply, chain, bike analogy, pad-lock, lock, completely valid, bolt cutters
 
 
 
 
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Roboticsonline.com customer orders compromised

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2008-01-04 14:51:08 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...cracking program or by making many guesses at the password to gain access to the website Evan] Password cracking is really not feasible for most attackers unless weak passwords are used. Using a weak (and worse yet, default) password would be a big NO NO on the administration portion of an ecommerce site. If the administrator of the site is...
 
Tags: secure administration site, administration site, credit card information, information, site, credit card provider, credit card, password, evan roboticsonline
 
 
 
 
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Donor personal information was on Lifeblood stolen laptop

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2008-02-14 10:17:22 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...crack/bypass either The organization is notifying all of the approximately 320,000 affected individuals about the situation and encouraging them to place fraud alerts on their credit reports in the unlikely event that an unauthorized person gained access to the data on the computers Evan] What a hassle for 320,000 people Lifeblood started...
 
Tags: mobile blood collection, blood, personal information, memorial blood centers, blood saves lives, blood type, lifebloods blood donors, lifeblood, information
 
 
 
 
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Providing executive protection for Lindsay Lohan, Brad Pitt, Mel Gobson and other Hollywood stars

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2007-12-23 18:19:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...crack counter-terrorism unit. As a security employer, I am all too aware of how the truth very often gets stretched. It is not difficult for a truck driver to turn into a special forces commando merely by traveling to a new location Caveat Emptor; even those who are assigned to apecialized units need to have their credentials checked. This...
 
Tags: hollywood, hollywood stars, hollywood celebrities, stars, hollywood clients beware, personal protection, executive protection, special forces commando, prime minister rabin
 
 
 
 
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Researchers figure out how to crack GSM phone security

2008-02-21 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Two researchers claim they have figured out how to listen to calls sent over GSM cellular networks, cracking security that was previously thought to be unassailable
 
Tags: gsm cellular networks, security, researchers claim, calls, unassailable, previously
 
 
 
 
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Can you hear me now? Yes, yes I can. (GSM hacked for cheap)

2008-02-22 18:00:08 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
The 64-bit encryption method used by GSM networks (AT&T/TMobile/etc), known as A5/1 has been theoretically crackable for 10 years now, but it was very expensive to do so. At Black Hat D.C. 2008 however, a $1,000 solution was unveiled that claims to crack it in 30 minutes, or for $100,000 it can be cracked in 30 seconds
 
Tags: 64-bit encryption method, gsm networks, black hat, crackable, claims, minutes, a51, expensive, solution