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A sneak peek at a Black Hat presentation

2008-07-30 18:08:27 by HASH0x8c270c8 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...sneak peek at his presentation. Patrick was nice enough to prepare the following: Braving the Cold (Boot) A Sneak Peek of My Presentation at Black Hat by Patrick McGregor Cold boot attacks arent theoretical academic exercises. Cold boot attacks are real. And theyre serious In the past few years, companies have poured hundreds of millions of...
 
Tags: boot, bios boot process, cold boot attacks, attacks, cold, black hat, disk encryption, keys, wipe keys immediately
 
 
 
 
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Exclusive Defcon 16 Badge Sneak Peak

2008-08-06 08:02:21 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Wired.com was granted the first ever exclusive sneak peak of a Defcon Badge. Defcon, the world's largest hacker convention, starts Friday. The badge is hackable and packed full of features
 
Tags: defcon, badge, defcon badge, exclusive sneak peak, hacker convention, starts friday, features, world, hackable
 
 
 
 
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TSA Follies

2008-08-21 09:12:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...sneak by them : The third-grader has been on the watch list since he was 5 years old. Asked whether he is a terrorist, he said, "I don't know Though he doesn't even know what a terrorist is, he is embarrassed that trips to the airport cause a ruckus, said his mother, Denise Robinson Denise Robinson says she tells the skycaps her son is on...
 
Tags: flies passenger planes, list, planes, list hassle, sneak lockpicks past, james robinson, denise robinson, terrorist, pilot
 
 
 
 
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Identity Framework Probable Feature List

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2007-12-16 06:42:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
...sneak preview of the Identity Framework (Fx for this post). Based on what he's shown and his descriptions, I've put together a little list of some features we can probably expect from the Fx. This is all pre-alpha stuff and the API will probably change, but the core features being shown will probably be similar These are a rather concise set...
 
Tags: informationcard login control, login control, information card serializer, information, control, user authentication methods, user, custom sts, card
 
 
 
 
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Swedish Army Loses Classified Information on Memory Stick

2008-01-09 13:46:31 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...sneak into my office and copy all this data, and I'd never know it Also this . Although why the Swedish Army doesn't encrypt its portable storage devices is beyond me
 
Tags: stick, memory stick, public computer center, computer, public computer, information, armed forces, swedish army, stick belongs
 
 
 
 
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Skype flaw turns videos into weapons

2008-01-18 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
A programming error in eBay's Skype communications software could give cyber-criminals a new way to sneak their malicious software onto a victim's PC
 
Tags: skype communications software, malicious software, ebay, error, sneak, cyber-criminals, victim
 
 
 
 
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Laptop = Cinderella, USB = Drizella? I.e. did the USB beat the rap?

2008-02-19 19:53:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...sneak past the breach notification lawmakers? Is the laptop, the Cinderella of the family that the lawmakers hate so much? And did the USB, Drizella , (which apparently is the stepsister's name according to Disney :)) get away And finally, is this analogy a really bad one
 
Tags: usb, usb keys, protect usb keys, usb key, lawmakers, breach notification lawmakers, rich, breach notification laws, rich mogull
 
 
 
 
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Border Security: the Weakest Link

2008-03-19 13:00:14 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Despite "heartbeat sensors, CO 2 probes to detect exhaled breath and "passive millimetre wave" scanners which can 'see through vehicles," it's easy to sneak into the UK from Calais due to inadequate fencing
 
Tags: passive millimetre wave, heartbeat sensors, calais due, vehicles, sneak, detect, probes, breath, easy
 
 
 
 
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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
...sneak a patent through the patent office and become bloodsuckers off of someone else's hard work. It is for exactly this reason that I do not even mention the company involved here. Frankly, mentioning them on my blog would give them more daylight than they deserve. Let them keep limping along with a handful of employees trying to make 30...
 
Tags: patent, patent trolls, patent troll, patent infringement, recent patent, award, award attorney fees, patent office, trolls
 
 
 
 
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Hotel's Dirty Drinks

2008-03-22 22:41:25 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...sneak an extra shampoo or conditioner at some point, so Ive usually spent a bit of time exploring the carts, and whats on them.) I thought about it and realized Ive never seen glasses (clean or dirty) on any housekeeping carts. hmm. theyre not changing them out so how are they cleaning the glasses I was getting ready to post a blog asking...
 
Tags: dirty, glasses, in-room glasses, frequently sneak,