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Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon

Do you even read your own stuff?From your quote:". . . will be releasing a $50 kit at the end of August that will make reading 125-kHz RFID chips ? the kind embedded in [b]employee access cards[/b] ? trivial." emphasis addedAnd yet you go and say that this is a...

Tags: WPA2, passport, RFID, pwnd, RFIDiocy, RFIDiocy pwnd, security, DefCon, Federal Reserve Board

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

(Photos: Defcon badge inspires hacks)

(Photos: Defcon badge inspires hacks)Glorious GeekeryCan't help but bow before the imagination and skill of these amazing geeks!!!RE: (Photos: Defcon badge inspires hacks)lol what an epic device. What picture does it form if you put them together? A nuke symbol? RE: (Photos: Defcon badge inspires hacks)As a...

Tags: Team management, Hacking, DefCon, team, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Defcon 1.1 (Mobile)

Defcon is remake of the classic game where your objective is to destroy all the incoming nukes with ground to air missiles.Uses Retro graphics and makes use of iPhone/iPod multitouch to launch multiple missiles at once. Note: The "Download Now" link directs you to the iTunes App Store, where you...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, HiB, Defcon, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-03-28

News to know: Open source court victory; Surveillance; SAP; VMware

Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, Yourself Olympics Victor: NBC, Over YouTube Lessig blog: Huge and important news: free licenses upheld NYT: Ruling Is a Victory for Supporters of Free Software Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Open Source, SAP AG, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Defcon, 3G, Notebooks, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-08-14

Defcon's over but MBTA wants gag order to remain

Defcon's over but MBTA wants gag order to remainHAHA this wont stick for long.Better hurry up and fix your system mass. Its on the CD and probably on every hacking board. Trying to plug in a hole in a dam with chewing gum... not going to hold for...

Tags: MBTA, DefCon

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

Defcon's over but MBTA wants gag order to remain

With negotiations between the EFF-represented MIT students and the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority over a temporary restraining order at a standstill, the MBTA will go to court Thursday to ask for an extension of the temporary restraining order issued against the students this weekend. The current order expires Aug. 19....

Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Defcon, MBTA, Free Trade, Finance, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-13

Facebook and MySpace: Walking the security-social networking line

Security--actually insecurity--is a very social thing. Get a cute malware infested email and forward it along to your contact list. See a site that's interesting--but is really just a phishing expedition--and you get hit with a virus/worm/rootkit. Social engineering makes the security world go around. So what do you do...

Tags: facebook, network, myspace, defcon, phishing, web site development, security, viruses and worms, spam and phishing, internet, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-08

Blowing up generators remotely

Blowing up generators remotelyObscurity does not make me feel much betterObscurity does not make me feel much better. It never works against a half-way decent and determined hacker much less a good hacker.No newsThis is not news. Any generator can be made to blow up if you can force...

Tags: Hacking, Telecom & Utilities, SECURITY, BLOWING UP, Obscurity DOES, DefCon

Discussion threads 2007-09-28

DEFCON 1.4.3 (Mac)

DEFCON is a stunning, online multi-player simulation of global thermonuclear war. The game, inspired by the 1983 cult-classic film, WarGames, superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion surrounding the Cold War era. You play the role of a military Commander hidden deep within an underground bunker. Your mission - to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Opponent, Attack, Ambrosia Software, DEFCON, Desktops, Security, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-08-09

Podcast: News to know midday: Fake Steve; New iMac; DEFCON flap revisited

On today's podcast: Fake Steve Jobs is outed. Bummer. New iMac coming? Ryan Naraine and George Ou on the DEFCON vs. Dateline flap. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Podcast, Apple iMac, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-08-06

Something uncomfortable about DEFCON's treatment of Dateline NBC reporter

I don't know about you but after watching the video and reading the reports (George Ou, Techmeme, Threat Level) about DEFCON's outing of Dateline NBC producer Michelle Madigan, I came away with an uncomfortable feeling that it was rather childish, over-the-top and unnecessary.For starters, there's the irony of underground hackers...

Tags: Hacking, TV, Reporter, Hacker, Conference, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-08-06

Elite programmers compete in CTF at DEFCON

Elite programmers compete in CTF at DEFCONMmmm... A Security Man's DreamI wish I was even partially as good as those guys to compete on their level.Elite?While I understand the enthusiasm breaking in and destroying things, I question whether these people should be described as elite. Creation is always harder...

Tags: Team management, Development tools, Cyberthreats, CTF, DefCon, reverse engineering, programmer, team, security

Discussion threads 2006-08-08

Wondering what's up at DefCon?

Alex Moskalyuk is posting frequently from DefCon. Check out his blog. I like the attacks against kiosks.

Tags: DefCon

Blog posts 2006-08-05

Feds hang out with hackers at Defcon

Once upon a time there was virtually no distance between the Defense establishment and cutting-edge computer visionaries. Most of the groundbreaking research that has yielded today's Internet, personal computers and interactive software was done by scientists working on defense and intelligence projects. That perception shifted with the spread of...

Tags: DefCon, hacker

Blog posts 2005-08-12

Additional Resources

Apple drops (another) Mac OS X security patch

The patch to fix the patch that fixed the patch that Jack builtI laugh and I laugh and I laugh at those who suggest that people have to patch Windows more frequently than OS X. Those same people will then turn around and cheer Apple for releasing patches "as soon...

Tags: Patches, Emperor, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., vulnerability, patch, OSX, security

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

News to know: VMWare; Facebook acquires Friendfeed; Facebook Search; MS Office;

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: VMware goes shopping: Buys SpringSource for $420 million; Can it keep the open source mojo? Joe McKendrick: Panel: too...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mobile, Microsoft Office, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Storage

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon

NSA spooks gather for a colleague's retirement party at a bar. What they don't know is that an RFID scanner is picking them out - and a wireless Bluetooth webcam is taking their picture. Could that really happen? It already did. The Feds...

Tags: Federal Reserve Board, RFID, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-08-10

News to know: Apple security; Windows 7 bug?; Cisco; HP

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image files About the Mac OS X v10.5.8 Update ...

Tags: Security, Apple Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard Co., T-Mobile, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Camera, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, 3G, Operating Systems, Software, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Photos: Defcon badge inspires hacks

Likely the most sophisticated around, Defcon conference badges feature customized circuitry, interactive LEDs, and hidden features for attendees to hack and explore. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Feature, Engineering, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-08-05

Apple keyboard vulnerable to hack attack

Apple keyboard vulnerable to hack attackUse Microsoft Keyboard with MacUse Microsoft Keyboard with Mac !! Very safe combination !!!!RE: Apple keyboard vulnerable to hack attackNo choice? Sir, if it becomes a serious problem, any USB keyboard will do as a replacement for the Apple one.As I understood the issue (I...

Tags: Keyboards, Macs security, keyboard, Apple Inc., Apple Keyboard, attack, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-03