Privacy & Security

Researchers Break Browser Encryption that Protects Almost the Entire Internet

Do you use Gmail? How about Facebook? Maybe Amazon? All of these rely on SSL, an encryption technology that keeps what goes between you and a website. It’s the little lock icon. Now two guys say they’ve cracked the code. Thai Duong and Juliano Rizzo are these two guys. This week, The Register reports, they’ll…

Privacy & Security Sam Biddle

Will Your Facebook Page Resemble These Antique Report Cards in 80 Years?

This is the 1930 report card of Marie Garaventa. It has her academic evaluations, performance, and even a detailed history of the places she worked after she graduated. It’s whimsical and nostalgic and wonderfully voyeuristic. And in another 80 years, it might resemble all the data you store (and that’s stored about you) online. The…

Privacy & Security Kyle Wagner

If You Are Famous and Take Nude Photos of Yourself, They Will End Up on the Internet

Attention celebrities, I have some shocking news: People really want to see you naked. So if you take a photograph of yourself in the buff, someone’s gonna find it. So put down that cameraphone. Or don’t! By now, you’ve probably heard that possibly genuine nude photographs of someone who may or may not be Scarlett…

Privacy & Security Joe Brown

The TSA Will Finally Stop Groping Kids…Kind of

The TSA will no longer require children 12 years or younger to remove their shoes while going through airport security. It’s part of a larger change that might even stop the nasty TSA from groping kids too. It sounds good but it’s really not. Specifically, Department of Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano says that they’ve…

Privacy & Security Casey Chan

Japanese Air Traffic Controller Posts Air Force One Flight Plan to Personal Blog

As we learned over at the New York Times today, if you were perusing the personal blogs of Japanese air traffic controllers in November you might have come across detailed flight plans for Air Force One. Oops! The security lapse was the work of one currently unnamed Japanese air traffic controller, who reportedly posted the…

Privacy & Security Jack Loftus

How to Terror-Proof the New World Trade Center

Developers of the new World Trade Center learned a slew of lessons from the numerous attacks and eventual collapse of the original buildings—reexamining every aspect of the security and safety systems. Here’s what they’ve figured out. A Befitting Pedestal The September 11th attacks were not the first successful assault on the complex. In 1993, a…

Privacy & Security Andrew Tarantola

Real-Life Crime Victims Are Also More Likely to Be Victims of Online Crime

Norton put out a study on cybercrime, deducing that people who fall victim to acts of real-worl crime, such as burglary or robbery, are also more likely to have their identity stolen or fall victim to a phishing scheme. According to Lifehacker AU, the report, which canvassed 20,000 people, says that while there is an…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert

How Researchers Stole 20GB of E-Mail from Fortune 500 Companies

Two researchers who set up doppelganger domains to mimic legitimate domains belonging to Fortune 500 companies say they managed to vacuum up 20 gigabytes of misaddressed e-mail over six months. The intercepted correspondence included employee usernames and passwords, sensitive security information about the configuration of corporate network architecture that would be useful to hackers, affidavits…

Privacy & Security Kim Zetter - Wired

Top Secret America Looks At The Dark Side Of The War On Terror

Ever wonder how we went from carefree flying to mandatory groping at airport gates in less than ten years? Or how the Joint Special Operations Command grew from an unknown hostage rescue team into the crew that killed Bin Laden? PBS Frontline is airing, Top Secret America, a documentary that explores how the government manipulated…

Privacy & Security Kelly

Can 000000 Secretly Open Your Hotel Safe?

This is a little disconcerting. Frequent traveler and caution-monger skyrangerpro discovered something bad about his hotel safe: it can be opened, overriding his own password, by entering all zeros. You might want to check your hotel safe today. We’re still trying to discern the make of the unit in question up there, but it looks…

Privacy & Security Sam Biddle

Sony Just Hired a Department of Homeland Security Alum

In the wake of this year’s nigh catastrophic hacking escapades courtesy of LulzSec, Sony’s just taken on former DOHS Cyber Security director Philip Reitinger as their new chief information security officer. Does this mean I can play PS3 now? [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/hackers-spill-over-1-000-000-sony-pictures-online-accou-5807996

Privacy & Security Kwame Opam

Wikileaks Blames Guardian Reporter in Recent Security Breach

The Wikileaks security gaffe earlier this week that resulted in the distribution of a quarter million unredacted cables, like any sufficiently-sized SNAFU, will progress in phases. Today, it entered the second phase—finger pointing. https://gizmodo.com/wikileaks-accidentally-released-dangerous-unredacted-ca-5835410 It’s believed that the Twitter user that posted a link to the unredacted files gleaned the password and location of the…

Privacy & Security Andrew Tarantola

Substitute Teacher Sues Security Company for Stealing Her Nude Chat Pics

We’ve seen creepy fools messing around with stolen laptops before. But what if you didn’t know the laptop you were doing a striptease on was stolen? It would be kind of messed up if the cops came to door, naked pics of you in hand, right? https://gizmodo.com/is-this-a-laptop-thief-in-action-5807175 That just happened to Ohio substitute teacher Susan…

Privacy & Security Kwame Opam

How to Become the Most Wanted Hacker in the World

Kevin Mitnick was one of the most notorious hackers of all time. But when he hacked Japanese computer security expert “the Samurai,” he set into motion the events that would eventually lead to his capture. Ghost in the Wires is a portal into the highest levels of online espionage. With my new identity credentials in…

Privacy & Security Kevin Mitnick

A Man Found a Mysterious, Possibly Mafia-Connected Safe Inside a Casino Wall and Plans to Open It Live on the Internet

Mike Laub recently bought Bill’s casino in Lake Tahoe and was in the process of renovating the building. But when he started tearing down walls, Laub found a four foot tall, black locked safe that was hidden underneath a staircase and sealed off behind a wall. What the hell? How did no one know about…

Privacy & Security Casey Chan

A TV That Knows When The Gun You’re Waving Around Is Causing a Panic

The London Riots caused so much havoc that they continue to spook British officials. So much so that they’re thinking of implementing so-called “Smart CCTV” that can track potential subjects and their behavior. Cue the requisite 1984/V for Vendetta comparisons. https://gizmodo.com/uk-riot-destruction-before-and-after-5829095 The way it works is it can recognize certain behavior and pinpoint where it…

Privacy & Security Kwame Opam

The U.S. Coast Guard Spent $7 Billion and Has Two Ships to Show for It

10 years ago, the Coast Guard was guaranteed $17 billion dollars to purchase or re-outfit 250 ships over a period of 25 years. After spending $7 billion, there are two completed ships. There are supposed to be at least eight. According to the AP, blunders by contractors have pushed the estimated budget up to $24.2…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert

RC Combat-Bot Is Straight Out of Call of Duty

Killstreak Reward! The RC-XD in Call of Duty: Black Ops is a remote controlled bomb so fun to use that it’s no surprise the government’s been drooling over the combat potential of bots like the new iRobot 110 IRL. Like the RC-XD, the backpack-bot is agile, quick and tough with the ability to survive 15-foot…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar

Public Charging Kiosks May Steal Your Data

You’re at the airport. You must send an important email. Your smartphone is about to die. Every outlet is being taken up by other idiots travelers. You spot a charging kiosk! You plug in! Now say goodbye to your data. According to Krebs on Security, when you hook up your cell phone to a charging…

Privacy & Security Brent Rose

Hulu and MSN Caught Using Supercookies to Track User Data

The WSJ says that Hulu and MSN, among others, have been found using supercookies to monitor the info of those who visit their sites. Extremely difficult to detect and erase, supercookies can provide significantly more information than standard cookies. Supercookies can be used to steal a users entire browser history, which can provide highly valuable…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert

Researchers Break Browser Encryption that Protects Almost the Entire Internet

Will Your Facebook Page Resemble These Antique Report Cards in 80 Years?

If You Are Famous and Take Nude Photos of Yourself, They Will End Up on the Internet

The TSA Will Finally Stop Groping Kids…Kind of

Japanese Air Traffic Controller Posts Air Force One Flight Plan to Personal Blog

How to Terror-Proof the New World Trade Center

Real-Life Crime Victims Are Also More Likely to Be Victims of Online Crime

How Researchers Stole 20GB of E-Mail from Fortune 500 Companies

Top Secret America Looks At The Dark Side Of The War On Terror

Can 000000 Secretly Open Your Hotel Safe?

Sony Just Hired a Department of Homeland Security Alum

Wikileaks Blames Guardian Reporter in Recent Security Breach

Substitute Teacher Sues Security Company for Stealing Her Nude Chat Pics

How to Become the Most Wanted Hacker in the World

A Man Found a Mysterious, Possibly Mafia-Connected Safe Inside a Casino Wall and Plans to Open It Live on the Internet

A TV That Knows When The Gun You’re Waving Around Is Causing a Panic

The U.S. Coast Guard Spent $7 Billion and Has Two Ships to Show for It

RC Combat-Bot Is Straight Out of Call of Duty

Public Charging Kiosks May Steal Your Data

Hulu and MSN Caught Using Supercookies to Track User Data

Getting Stuck Inside a Glitching Robotaxi Is a Whole New Thing to Be Scared of

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