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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...electricity, or a hot cup of tea. But to some observers, it's both wrong and dangerous I'm told that uninvited strangers may sit in their cars in front of my house, and use my network to send spam, eavesdrop on my passwords, and upload and download everything from pirated movies to child pornography. As a result, I risk all sorts of bad...
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...electricity, or a hot cup of tea. But to some observers, it's both wrong and dangerous I'm told that uninvited strangers may sit in their cars in front of my house, and use my network to send spam, eavesdrop on my passwords, and upload and download everything from pirated movies to child pornography. As a result, I risk all sorts of bad...
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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Hacking Medical Devices

2008-03-12 10:39:59 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...electricity that would potentially be fatal -- if the device had been in a person. In this case, the researcher were hacking into a device in a laboratory The researchers said they had also been able to glean personal patient data by eavesdropping on signals from the tiny wireless radio that Medtronic, the devices maker, had embedded in the...
 
Tags: devices, security, malicious security attack, cardiac, security risks, dangerous cardiac events, risks, icd incapable, icd
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Big Brother Fi; Eugene (Ore.); Milpitas (Calif.); XP Net Monitor

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2008-04-24 13:54:32 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...electricity, are estimated at $10,000 to $12,000 for the compact network Xirrus releases Windows XP version of monitoring widget: The free Yahoo widget shows current Wi-Fi area status in a kind of radar sweeping method, and provides a popup with full details about all nearby networks and their access points. The widget was previously release...
 
Tags: access, free wi-fi access, windows, xirrus releases windows, widget, free yahoo widget, public access, city hall, city
 
 
 
 
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Darpa Aims to Snuff Flames With Electricity, Sound

2008-05-15 18:00:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
Researchers at Darpa, the Pentagon's advanced tech-development group, are exploring the use of electromagnetic fields and sonic waves as viable alternatives for snuffing out fires
 
Tags: electromagnetic fields, sonic waves, viable alternatives, darpa, pentagon, fires, researchers
 
 
 
 
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A Critical Time for Critical Infrastructure: Some Utilities Step Up

2008-03-17 18:07:36 by Posted By: Earl Perkins, Research VP in IT Leaders - Security and Risk Management
 
...electricity, gas and water to citizens worldwide, have specific requirements that have been highlighted as infrastructure ages, while threats external and internal underscore the "critical" in "critical infrastructure." In North America, bulk electric systems now have compliance goals in the form of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)...
 
Tags: critical infrastructure, critical, critical infrastructure protection, ami security requirements, ami security, critical infrastructure services, ami, infrastructure, ami-sec
 
 
 
 
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Toronto Hydro Sheds Fiber, Wi-Fi Network to Cable Operator

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2008-06-16 11:04:38 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...electricity revenues Toronto Hydro has a very well-built network across 6 sq km that Novarum has rated the highest consistent bandwidth network in the U.S. In one square mile, the company had installed about 3 to 4 times the numbers of nodes of most city networks, and that showed. Affordable? Perhaps not. But the service worked. However, the...
 
Tags: network, toronto, toronto hydro, well-built network, fiber-optic network, toronto utility, consistent bandwidth network, distribution network, cogeco
 
 
 
 
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On Government Employees, Culture, and Survivability

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2008-07-21 13:46:05 by rybolov in The Guerilla CISO
...electricity, they are stick-people weighing 85 lbs, and to say that we could bomb them into the stone age would be an advancement in their technology level. But never underestimate these people, theyre survivors. Theyve survived 35 years of warfare, starting with the Soviets, then they fought a civil war before we arrived on the scene. Never...
 
Tags: government, government employees, government security, culture, government culture, security, typical government employee, promote security, silent culture
 
 
 
 
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Interop NY: IT Roundtable

2008-09-17 19:45:01 by Valerie Barber in ScienceLogic
 
...electricity, with half of that from the data center David: Every company does have a responsibility to look at its carbon emission globally. Consider international travel, flying, etc. As much as possible, we are not building data centers. We are using other peoples data centers in an effort to get out of the data center business Audience...
 
Tags: business, terms, data center business, data center, business terms, business projects, business-it alignment, internal business clients, business hat
 
 
 
 
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$13 Billion of U.S. Taxpayers Money was Stolen or Wasted in Iraq.

2008-09-25 04:03:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...electricity project that "only existed on paper". The worst part was that money sent to the Defense Ministry was discovered to have been diverted to Al-Qaeda and found its way to bank accounts in Jordan and other places Let us hope the Government spends the proposed $700 Billion bail out funds in a more responsible and accountable manner...
 
Tags: billion, iraqi defense ministry, defense ministry, iraqi government officials, officials, billion bail, fellow investigative co-workers, funds, front company