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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

Hacker named to Homeland Security Advisory Council

Jeff Moss, founder of the Black Hat and Defcon hacker and security conferences, was among 16 people sworn in on Friday to the Homeland Security Advisory Council. Jeff Moss, founder of the Black Hat and Defcon hacker and security conferences, was among 16 people sworn in on Friday to...

Tags: Hacker, Conference, Computer, Homeland Security, Hacking, Productivity, Government, security, Defon, Black Hat, Jeff Moss, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-06-08

PirateBay founders guilty

PirateBay founders guiltymehPiracy is NOT "ok". It's illegal, it's wrong, and it's cheap, and it's evil!Now, that being said, I'm going to a flaming pit in a handbasket when I die.The recording/movie industry has no one to blame for their "immense damages" except for themselves. They held onto business practices...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, PirateBay, tax

Discussion threads 2009-04-17

Virus hits nearly 75% of systems on Afghanistan military base

Earlier this month we saw the military ban the use of USB drives and other removable media. Apparently the virus outbreak that lead to this measure affected 75% of all systems at the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan. Details are still sparse, but both the...

Tags: Virus, Military, Details, Cyberthreats, Biotechnology, Security, Viruses And Worms, Adam O'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-11-29

Apple fixes 12 Safari security flaws

Apple fixes 12 Safari security flawsApple engineers are an odd bunchApple zealots praise Apple because Apple releases a patch [b]as soon as it is ready[/b] instead of waiting until they can bundle it up in a package that is more convenient to end users. What I find interesting about Apple...

Tags: Viruses and worms, Patches, SAY IT, Apple Inc., Apple fixes 12 Safari security flaw, Apple fixes 12 Safari, Apple Fixes, security flaw, security, Apple Macintosh, Apple Engineers, flaw

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

Why did Microsoft wait 7 years to fix SMBRelay attack flaw?

One of the code execution vulnerabilities fixed in this month's Microsoft Patch Tuesday release dates back to 2001 when it was first disclosed by Cult of the Dead Cow hacker Sir Dystic pictured left. If that wasn't cause for worry, get this:  An exploit for the bug...

Tags: Flaw, Issue, Microsoft Corp., Security Administration, Patches, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€" Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson

Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;  Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€" and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...

Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-27

NoScript mitigates HTTPS cookie hijacking attacks

The invaluable NoScript for Firefox plug-in just got a tad better. According to Giorgio Maone, the developer behind the popular browser extension, a new experimental feature called "Forced Secure Cookies" has been added to NoScript v1.8.0.5 to mitigate the HTTPS cookie hijacking attack vector discussed at DEFCON...

Tags: Attack, Cookie, NoScript, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-11

Who’s Dumber: Bad Guys … Or Good Guys?

In the old cowboy movies, the black hats were villains that created mayhem, until the white hats came along and ended their reigns of fear. Now, we have the spectacle of good guys seemingly educating the bad guys on how to exploit flaws or processes of the Internet, that...

Tags: Hat, Flaw, Internet, Social Security, BGP, Operational Accounting, Government, Networking, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-27