Archive for the 'Security' Category

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Did you backup?!

« 26 November 2006 | 14:00 | Humor, Security | 4 Comments | 1,936 Views »

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Stealing Money from a ATM using a MP3 Player

« 25 November 2006 | 20:34 | Security, Stories | 1 Comment | 2,028 Views »

According to TIMES a fraudster outwitted sophisticated banking security systems by using an ordinary MP3 music player to bug cash machines and steal customers’ credit card secrets.
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Cracking the Bluetooth PIN

« 7 November 2006 | 16:14 | Security, Stories | No Comments | 2,103 Views »

Thierry Zoller and Kevin Finistere gave a presentation in the Hack.lu 2006 conference on Bluetooth Cracking. They also showed a demo of BTCrack, a Windows tool that can crack Bluetooth PIN and Linkkey in almost real-time. All you need is



Buying Phishing Domain Names

« 29 October 2006 | 15:49 | Security, Stories | 2 Comments | 4,247 Views »

Mikko from F-Secure made a quick research on the domain name market. They made some searches on Sedo.com and found out that they are reselling domains like chasebank-online.com, citi-bank.com and bankofameriuca.com. According to Mikko and Sedo are more obviously fraudulent domains available,
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The real story behind BT buying Counterpane

« 27 October 2006 | 11:55 | Humor, Security, Stories | No Comments | 1,410 Views »

Bruce Schneiers announced in his blog that BT (aka British Telecom) has acquired Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. Ok, so far so good. But in a blog comment Carlo Graziani told the “real” storybehind this deal. Verry funny.
Bruce himself voted this comment for “Best blog comment ever.”



Online Passwort Checker from Microsoft

« 17 October 2006 | 8:21 | Security | 1 Comment | 1,237 Views »

Microsoft just published an online passwort checking tool on its website. The password checker can help you to gauge the strength of your password. I think they test the strength based on this rules:



Default passwords in ATM

« 6 October 2006 | 15:32 | Security, Stories | No Comments | 1,525 Views »

I saw some interesting articles about the old problem with default passwords on IT systems combined with the new problem that the manufactur published it on the internet. In this case we are speaking about ATM’s. Got cash?



2006 Australian Computer Crime and Security Survey available

« 3 October 2006 | 11:54 | Forensics, Security | No Comments | 1,054 Views »

The AusCERT computer crime and security site survey provides the most up to date and authoritative analysis of computer network attack and computer misuse trends in Australia over the last 12 months. The survey aims to raise awareness of the complex nature of computer security issues, identify areas of concern and, where appropriate, to [...]



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