Posts Tagged ‘security’

A Call to Cyber Arms

November 19, 2013

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6123/1026

A Call to Cyber Arms: Highlights the effectiveness of #stuxnet & the potential of future cyberweapons
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6123/1026 #security

Interesting discussion of various bits of computer security in relation to the United States and China. There is mention that by far the most successful weapon developed thus far is the Stuxnet virus, which has not been publicly claimed by the United States or Israel but is suggested to have originated with them. There is also mention of a Snowden-like character from China who gave an interview to a US publication in relation to the extent of Chinese hacking.

N.S.A. Foils Much Internet Encryption – NYTimes.com

September 7, 2013

#NSA Foils Much Internet Encryption, hurting credibility of
private-company solutions v opensource http://nyti.ms/1aaj0QI MT @BrianBrownNet

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/us/nsa-foils-much-internet-encryption.html

Five Best Online Backup Services

August 6, 2013

5 Best Online #Backup Services, including #SpiderOak for security & #Bitcasa for cheap multi-Tb capacity http://bit.ly/1eot7Bv
via @kmkubo
http://lifehacker.com/five-best-online-backup-services-1006345049

Security Now 256 | TWiT.TV – LastPass

August 3, 2013

Great eval of @LastPass on old @SecurityNow episode, highlighting total #encryption approach & plan if company tanks

Also, login grids, 1-time passwords

Steve thoroughly evaluates LastPass, explains why high-security passwords are necessary, and tells us how LastPass makes storing those passwords secure.
http://twit.tv/show/security-now/256

downloaded, synched, listened & posted

Fact or Fiction: Encryption Prevents Digital Eavesdropping: Scientific American

July 21, 2013

Fact or Fiction: #Encryption Prevents Digital Eavesdropping
http://bit.ly/12XkyHl via @sciam @lggreenemeier – Nice technology overview

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fact-fiction-encryption-prevents-digital-eavesdropping

PwdHash

July 20, 2013

http://crypto.stanford.edu/PwdHash

Info on DDOS attack on EasyDNS

June 8, 2013

An update on the DDOS attack that knocked out gersteinlab.org for a day http://blog.easydns.org/2013/06/04/post-mortem-of-the-june-3-4th-ddos/

Things to note: easydns is still vulnerable to this kind of attack. They are implementing design changes to mitigate future attacks.

Account of the the DNS hosts being under attack
http://blog.easydns.org/2013/06/03/ddos-in-progress-2/

Chinese Hackers Infiltrate New York Times Computers – NYTimes.com

March 2, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/technology/chinese-hackers-infiltrate-new-york-times-computers.html?_r=1&&pagewanted=all

Steganography: Speaking with silence | The Economist

February 19, 2013

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21571120-tinkering-skype-can-allow-people-send-undetectable-messages-speaking

Article: Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can’t Protect Us Anymore

November 17, 2012

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/ff-mat-honan-password-hacker/