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Category Archives: news
Conducting open source intelligence gathering
There’s an excellent article, The Subtle Art of OSINT, that details gathering intelligence from freely available sources. Some of the sources discussed include: Google hacking Wayback machine Social media WHOIS / Robtex Maltego
A Guide to Defending Privacy at U.S. Border
Take a look at the EFF’s latest article “Defending Privacy at the U.S. Border: A Guide for Travelers Carrying Digital Devices” Account Passwords vs. Full Disk Encryption: This distinction makes a major practical difference. Bypassing an account password is a … Continue reading
Uncrackable Passwords
The H has an interesting article on storing passwords to prevent unauthorized access and identity theft. The article discusses the following methods and downfalls associated with each: Plaintext Hashing Hashing with salt Key stretching Hashing with multiple rounds Determining cipher … Continue reading
Stallman: Still an eccentric?
There’s an interesting article at OSNews about Richard Stallman and his FSF principles. His philosophy rings especially true in these times with the recent passing of the NDAA, SOPA discussions, and the growing threat of increased monitoring and restrictions. To … Continue reading
Future of the Global Positioning System (GPS)
There’s an interesting read from the Congressional Budget Office (USA) on cost estimates for the next generation GPS system. This is particularly of interest now due to reports that Iran may have jammed the captured US drone’s GPS receiver in … Continue reading
Wall Street Journal’s Surveillance Catalog
Documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal open a rare window into a new global market for the off-the-shelf surveillance technology that has arisen in the decade since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The techniques described in the … Continue reading
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Recent Development Efforts for Military Airships
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a document that examines the potential capabilities of airships for ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) and airlift missions. During the past decade’s operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. military has come to … Continue reading
Microsoft & UEFI Secure Boot
A technical solution has finally been proposed to avoid locking out Linux and other OS vendors from UEFI shipped motherboards. A couple of months ago Microsoft made waves by announcing their Windows 8 support for UEFI. Open source supports took … Continue reading
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How advanced attacks succeed, despite $20B spent annually on enterprise IT security
The FireEye Advanced Threat Report focuses on the threats that have successfully evaded traditional defenses. As the findings below show, to close the gap in their networks, enterprise security leaders must assume that their networks are compromised, familiarize themselves with … Continue reading