Monthly Archives: July 2011

Interesting: Security researcher Charlie Miller, widely known for his work on Mac OS X and Apple’s iOS, has discovered an interesting method that enables him to completely disable the batteries on Apple laptops, making them permanently unusable, and perform a … Continue reading →

Bypassing the lock on luggage. More here

“ALDI external hard drives available for sale as part of its "special buys'' purchases have been found to contain a computer virus. The Fission External 4-in-1 hard drive, DVD, USB and card reader device was withdrawn from sale this morning. … Continue reading →

Amazon.com just posted my four star review of Ninja Hacking by Thomas Wilhelm and Jason Andress. From the review: Ninja Hacking is not a typical digital security book. When I saw the title I expected the use of “Ninja” to … Continue reading →

Amazon.com just posted my three star review of Gray Hat Hacking, 3rd Ed by Allen Harper, Shon Harris, Jonathan Ness, Chris Eagle, Gideon Lenkey, and Terron Williams. From the review: Critical reviews are my least favorite aspect of my Amazon … Continue reading →

Amazon.com just posted my five star review of Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Ed by Jon Erickson. From the review: This is the last in a recent collection of reviews on “hacking” books. Jon Erickson’s Hacking, 2nd Ed (H2E) … Continue reading →

We were tipped by an alert user (thanks Walt) about this phishing scam targeting F-Secure and Bellsouth. The fake email used in the attack looks like this:

Good analysis: Companies would be better off if they all provided meaningful privacy protections for consumers, but privacy is a collective action problem for them: many companies would love to see the ecosystem fixed, but no one wants to put … Continue reading →

ShareMeNot is a Firefox add-on for preventing tracking from third-party buttons (like the Facebook “Like” button or the Google “+1″ button) until the user actually chooses to interact with them. That is, ShareMeNot doesn’t disable/remove these buttons completely. Rather, it … Continue reading →

Cloud Computing providers offer gigabytes of storage for free, and the cybercriminals use to maintain and spread malware of all the kind. At the same time, many legitimate services are not free, but are still very attractive to cybercrime gangs. … Continue reading →