Category Archives: Security
An FBI Target Puts His Whole Life Online
Elahi’s site is the perfect alibi. Or an audacious art project. Or both. The Bangladeshi-born American says the US government mistakenly listed him on its terrorist watch list — and once you’re on, it’s hard to get off. To convince … Continue reading
TJX Failed to Notice Thieves Moving 80-GBytes of Data on its Network on Threat Level
More information about the TJX data theft is coming out in court papers filed this week against the retail company. Earlier this week it was reported that the breach of customer credit and debit card info was much larger than … Continue reading
psad – Intrusion Detection with iptables, iptables Log Analysis, iptables Policy Analysis
Psad is a collection of three lightweight system daemons (two main daemons and one helper daemon) that run on Linux machines and analyze iptables log messages to detect port scans and other suspicious traffic. A typical deployment is to run … Continue reading
Wiretapping Lies Continue, This Time in the NY Post
Monday’s New York Post ran a story by bureau chief Charles Hurt blaming a delay in NSA surveillance activities to find information about captured soldiers in Iraq on the privacy framework that protects Americans from unfettered surveillance. The biting story, … Continue reading
From The Magazine : Radar Online : Inside Cryptome, the website the CIA doesn’t want you to see
From The Magazine : Radar Online : Inside Cryptome, the website the CIA doesn’t want you to see During the past few years, Young has published detailed overhead satellite imagery of Site R, a military installation in Pennsylvania that he … Continue reading
Bank Of India Site Co-Opted By Malware | WebProNews
Bank Of India Site Co-Opted By Malware | WebProNews Just as it happened with the Dolphin Stadium website before the most recent Super Bowl, the Bank of India website has suffered an attack that dumps malware onto a visitor’s system. … Continue reading
freshmeat.net: Project details for BlackRoute
freshmeat.net: Project details for BlackRoute BlackRoute is another Linux distribution for security and forensics analysis on x86 compatible architectures. It was originally based on Slackware. The goal of the project is to create a GNU/Linux distribution for advanced users, lovers … Continue reading
How To Steal Cars — A Practical Attack on KeeLoq
How To Steal Cars — A Practical Attack on KeeLoq KeeLoq is a cipher used in several car anti-theft mechanisms distributed by Microchip Technology Inc. It may protect your car if you own a Chrysler, Daewoo, Fiat, General Motors, Honda, … Continue reading
Classified surveillance intel revealed – U.S. Security – MSNBC.com
Classified surveillance intel revealed – U.S. Security – MSNBC.com McConnell confirmed for the first time that the private sector assisted with President Bush’s warrantless surveillance program. AT&T, Verizon and other telecommunications companies are being sued for their cooperation. “Now if … Continue reading
Phony Ad On Job Sites Leads To 100,000 Stolen Identities — ID Theft — InformationWeek
Phony Ad On Job Sites Leads To 100,000 Stolen Identities — ID Theft — InformationWeek He said the latest variant of the Prg Trojan has been running on fraudulent ads on at least two online job sites. One, he said, … Continue reading