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From the Eye of a Legal Storm, Murdoch's Satellite-TV Hacker Tells All

2008-05-30 15:00:00 by Kim Zetter in Wired Security
 
...Electronics at Tarnovsky's address. A customs form for a third package that wasn't seized indicated that it was sent from Menard to Tarnovsky and also contained electronic goods Tarnovsky was in Israel at the time, and says he didn't know anything about the packages until he was notified that they'd been seized. He thinks they were sent by...
 
Tags: smart cards piled, cards, nds cards, access cards, sample directv cards, directv cards, smart cards, nds smart cards, nds
 
 
 
 
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Speaking of Security Podcast #43

2006-12-18 00:00:00 by Podcast Producers in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
Click here to listen/download (10:58 To close out our first year of the podcast, we take a look at how people can break into the information security industry. We speak with two established experts and investigate the various avenues people can take to get into this business as well as learn what skills one would need to be successful Please...
 
Tags: podcast, avenues people, national science foundation, information security industry, podcast team, people, electronics engineers, massachusetts amherst, holidays
 
 
 
 
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Boeing Dreamliner could be vulnerable to hackers

2008-01-07 00:00:00 by HASH0x8470a00 in Network World on Security
 
The electronics of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner jet could be vulnerable to hackers due to the way critical flight systems are linked with those used by passengers, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has warned
 
Tags: federal aviation administration, critical flight systems, dreamliner jet, hackers due, vulnerable, passengers, electronics
 
 
 
 
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CES 2008: Another batch of gadgets

2008-01-07 00:00:00 by Keith Shaw in Network World on Security
 
Just when you've figured out the settings on your latest smart phone, digital camera or GPS device from last holiday, along comes this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with a whole new batch of electronic goodies to get you ready for 2008. Here's a bunch of new items I can't wait to see at the show
 
Tags: electronic goodies, las vegas, gps device, batch, smart phone, consumer electronics, digital camera, holiday, bunch
 
 
 
 
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Relay attacks on card payment: vulnerabilities and defences

2008-01-09 00:01:52 by Steven J. Murdoch in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...electronics projects, including the TV-B-Gone and her own cellphone jammer DNS Rebinding And More Packet Tricks Dan Kaminsky describes the DNS Rebinding attack and demonstrates tunneling arbitrary TCP streams over a browser Mifare Karsten Nohl and Henryk Plötz describe how they reverse-engineered the Mifare encryption algorithm, Crypto1, and...
 
Tags: dns, security, cellphone jammer dns, security michael steil, talks, henryk pltz describe, chaos communication congress, annie machon describes, arbitrary tcp streams
 
 
 
 
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Hacking Polish Trams

2008-01-17 15:43:06 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...electronics and a little native wit. The apparent ease with which Lodz's tram network was hacked, even by these low standards, is still a bit of an eye opener Problems with the signalling system on Lodz's tram network became apparent on Tuesday when a driver attempting to steer his vehicle to the right was involuntarily taken to the left. As...
 
Tags: city tram driver, driver, tram, tram drivers control, tv remote control, trains, real trains, tram network, physical security
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Customs Seizing Laptops

2008-02-12 12:23:17 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...electronics. Almost all involved travelers of Muslim, Middle Eastern or South Asian background, many of whom, including Mango and the tech engineer, said they are concerned they were singled out because of racial or religious profiling Some of this seems pretty severe: "I was assured that my laptop would be given back to me in 10 or 15 days,"...
 
Tags: customs, border, border agents, laptop, customs officers, san francisco, strongly recommend, electronic devices, laptops
 
 
 
 
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Finally? :-) Laptop Contents Border Searches

2008-02-12 15:09:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...electronics at the border ") is pretty scary - even for those who claim that "privacy is dead; get over it" :-) Why is it scary, if you don't have anything "illegal" on your laptop? I dunno, but it feels scary More discussion is here and on - wow! - TSA blog About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: pretty scary, scary, laptop, feels scary, tsa blog, border, dunno, computers, suitcase
 
 
 
 
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Woman hits Best Buy with $54M suit for losing laptop

2008-02-14 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
A Washington, D.C., woman has filed a lawsuit seeking US$54 million in damages from Best Buy after the electronics retailer lost her laptop computer last year
 
Tags: electronics retailer lost, us54 million, laptop computer, woman, washington, filed, damages, lawsuit
 
 
 
 
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Unencrypted/Unauthenticated Wireless Control Systems Are a Very Bad Idea