JitterBugs could turn your keyboard against you: JitterBug devices are conceptually similar to keystroke loggers, such as the one famously used by the FBI to gather evidence against bookmaker Nicodemo Scarfo Jr. Unlike keystroke loggers, which would have to be physically installed into a subject’s computer and then retrieved, a keyboard JitterBug only needs...
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AOL Proudly Releases Massive Amounts of Private Data
Techcrunch » Blog Archive » AOL Proudly Releases Massive Amounts of Private Data The utter stupidity of this is staggering. AOL has released very private data about its users without their permission. While the AOL username has been changed to a random ID number, the abilitiy to analyze all searches by a single user...
Thought your lock was safe? – Bump Keying
Here is a particularly scary development. This video shows that taking existing keys and making a few slight alterations will allow you to open other people’s locks. The special key is called a bump key. Lock pickers do not particularly like the idea because it requires no skill. I wonder how to get safer...
Ed Foster’s Gripelog || WGA and Activation Failures Don’t Faze Redmond
This article is a must-read if you want to keep abreast of Microsoft’s dark side. Ed Foster’s Gripelog || WGA and Activation Failures Don’t Faze Redmond describes the experience a business had trying to get their computers back up after Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) improperly identified them as using unlicensed software.
sshdfilter: Stop SSH brute force attacks
One of my clients recently complained that one of the servers was a bit slow at times. Upon checking the logs I found a string of attacks against that server. People from Russia, China, Bolivia, the US and many other countries were running scripts to attempt to hack into the server. I investigated many...