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My LA Times Op Ed on Photo ID Checks at Airport

2008-09-01 05:15:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Opinion The TSA's useless photo ID rules No-fly lists and photo IDs are supposed to help protect the flying public from terrorists. Except that they don't work By Bruce Schneier August 28, 2008 The TSA is tightening its photo ID rules at airport security. Previously, people with expired IDs or who claimed to have lost their IDs were subjected to...
 
Tags: list, no-fly list, airport, security, security hole, transportation security administration, photo, ids, matches ids
 
 
 
 
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Insignia photo frame virus much nastier than first thought

2008-02-16 22:20:03 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Ugh, we were already sick of digital photo frames -- and now it looks those now-discontinued virus-ridden Insignia units from Best Buy and several other models produced in China were carrying a much nastier trojan that we'd originally heard
 
Tags: digital photo frames, insignia units, nastier trojan, models, sick, china, ugh
 
 
 
 
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Friday Squid Blogging: Jumbo Squid Photo

2008-08-01 16:44:51 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Pretty . It was the National Geographic Photo of the Day on June 16th
 
Tags: national geographic photo, june 16th, pretty, day
 
 
 
 
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Gallery: Images From the 16th Annual DefCon

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2008-08-11 18:30:00 by Dave Bullock in Wired Security
Photo: Dave Bullock/Wired.com LAS VEGAS -- Last weekend, more than 9,000 hackers, freaks, feds and geeks gathered for the 16th annual DefCon, the world's largest computer security convention Wired.com brought you live coverage of the most newsworthy events at DefCon 16. Here are some photos from the lighter side of the conference Left: South...
 
Tags: defcon, 16th annual defcon, defcon founder, attendees wave, attendees, defcon organizers, defcon attendees dustin, photo, dave
 
 
 
 
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Inside an FBI Computer Forensics Lab

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2008-05-23 04:00:00 by Kevin Poulsen in Wired Security
Photo: Matt Mallams/Wired.com The experts at the FBI's newly accredited Regional Computer Forensics Lab in San Diego have already helped solve murders, child porn cases and robberies. They're among the best in the nation at pulling evidence from hard drives, cellphones and memory cards There are now 14 such labs in the United States, with two...
 
Tags: lab, fbi, san diego lab, photo, san diego, matt, fbi labs collectively, inside, hard drive
 
 
 
 
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Women in IT: A Note from the Non-Booth-Babe Blogger

2008-04-03 14:58:30 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...photo- Im okay with that- youll still learn something Note to self: I definitely have to do something about that horrible photo! Ive been procrastinating for a while and searching for a photographer and stylist to get some new real head shots taken. I hate having my photo taken, so Ill keep you posted on that Women in IT The timing of your...
 
Tags: photo, photo-, horrible photo, photo comment, hard work-, hard, real head shots, mans world, respect
 
 
 
 
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Coming Soon to a Movie Plot Near You

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2008-07-31 21:10:38 by Erik T. Heidt in Art of Information Security
The problem with most video surveillance is that it is not actively monitored. It is recorded so that events can be reconstructed at a later date. While this may prove to be an effective deterrent in many situations, this does limit the effectiveness (and the cost of operation) of the surveillance system Of course, a major problem with that...
 
Tags: video surveillance camera, camera, video surveillance, movie plot, video, photo, lamsons photo, security camera, simple
 
 
 
 
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Security Matters: How to Create the Perfect Fake Identity

2008-09-04 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
Let me start off by saying that I'm making this whole thing up Imagine you're in charge of infiltrating sleeper agents into the United States. The year is 1983, and the proliferation of identity databases is making it increasingly difficult to create fake credentials. Ten years ago, someone could have just shown up in the country and gotten a...
 
Tags: security, identity, data, data shadow, data shadows, shadows, social security card, financial identity, photo ids glue
 
 
 
 
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Identity Farming

2008-09-09 05:42:18 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Let me start off by saying that I'm making this whole thing up Imagine you're in charge of infiltrating sleeper agents into the United States. The year is 1983, and the proliferation of identity databases is making it increasingly difficult to create fake credentials. Ten years ago, someone could have just shown up in the country and gotten a...
 
Tags: identity, data, data shadow, data shadows, shadows, financial identity, photo ids glue, photo ids, identity databases
 
 
 
 
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My New Shirt

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2008-03-23 18:55:14 by JJ in Security Uncorked