Security ← A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way

Congrats to Bromium coming out of stealth mode!

Jun

2012

“Streetinsider”:http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Bromium+Pioneers+Micro-virtualization+Technology%3B+Secures+%2426.5M+Series+B+Funding/7531426.html … “GigaOM”:http://gigaom.com/cloud/how-bromium-lets-bad-guys-in-and-still-keeps-data-safe/ … “Network Computing”:http://www.networkcomputing.com/end-to-end-apm/240002428

Cameras in my TV, and not in a creepy way

Mar

2012

So apparently all our tvs will have cameras and mics soon, and hopefully the mfrs will be a little smarter about privacy and usage rights than “this abysmal first Samsung attempt”:http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/03/21/2117236/new-samsung-tv-watches-you-watching-it. I also note that Xfinity keeps sending me mail about “their home security offering”:http://www.comcast.com/homesecurity/index.htm?SCRedirect=true, they want to come in my house and install a ...

I might as well just publish my SSN and credit card numbers on my blog

Feb

2012

“Taking your computer or phone into china”:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/11/technology/electronic-security-a-worry-in-an-age-of-digital-espionage.html?pagewanted=all is a bad idea, and I assume you are at risk in other countries as well. And why do we think we are safe here, when “someone can just litter around these sniffers”:http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/27/2753176/f-bomb-diy-darpa-funded-spy-computer, and “squadrons of these things may be flying around”:http://www.realdanlyons.com/blog/2012/02/01/these-mini-copters-flying-in-formation-are-the-coolest-thing-ive-seen-all-day/, and not that far in the ...

Supercircuits

Oct

2010

Recommended by Adrian for video cam equipment — “Supercircuits”:http://www.supercircuits.com/

All over the place — Distilleries of Scotland, DC, Bullets, Games, Doghouses, Golf, Currency, and more

Dec

2008

Brett on Stuff » Distilleries of Scotland. A reason to hike Scotland WOW — stronger authentication than your bank. What does that say about the world. Running DC thru the house. An idea whose time has come again? Indie games DB. Often way better than mainstream games Guided Bullets. Why not. Thingiverse. Kind of an ...

Network card exploits

May

2008

NIC exploits via Hack the Planet — “I’ve seen one example use this to establish a zero-footprint rootkit i.e. one which leaves no trace on disk.” — egad.

A mixed set of lists

Jun

2007

* The Big Picture | Cognitive Biases: A Short List — great list of the ways we screw up decisions * marca’s view on the best scifi of the decade * Larry’s recommended security blogs * EDSBS’s top 5 legends of football parenting, or, how to give your child a lifetime of therapy. * super ...

Credit card fraud and reverse DNS

Nov

2006

We had a credit card stolen a while back and I was just on the phone with the bank clearing up one last transaction. The vendor, Steam, was claiming that the charge was valid. It took me about 2 minutes to convince the card issuer that the charge was not valid by simple reverse DNS ...

Biopassword challenge to hackers

Oct

2006

The Insider: BioPassword to hackers — crack this account — will be interesting to see how much traffic this generates.

Simson on hard drive contents

Nov

2005

Good analysis on used hard drive content. Cross-drive analysis is fascinating. A good reminder — physically destroy your hard disks when you are done with them. Related posts: Philips amBX, Rootkit safety

Rootkit safety

Nov

2005

Advice for friends and family: If you have autorun turned on, turn it off, now. Never open any link sent to you by anyone on IM. Unless you know what you are doing.