XKCD, Fish
via the laser-like humor of Randall Munroe at XKCD.
Ristić's Model
Ivan Ristić's SSL Threat Model. Hat Tip to Firewall Consultants.
PermaCoin...
Evidently, the focus could be [if the proposal is to be taken seriously] to combine, if you will, the standard BitCoin mining technique of SOP (or, the scratch-off-puzzle routine) and the notion of distributed data storage...
XKCD, Urn
via the insightful humor of Randall Munroe at XKCD.
Nequissimus Cogitatio
Apparently, adding that extra key in the Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows XP registry does not provision security prophylaxis...
News from the Crypt
TrueCrypt, that is...
Now in it's second round of safety audits, the Open Crypto Audit Project is remaining on track (notwithstanding the apparent closure of the original TrueCrypt project) targeting TrueCrypt for their planned audit, based on the highly successful on-line generated bankrolled. The already published Phase 1 Audit Report (in PDF format), reveals little on the downside, unless you expect ruthless attention to detail, and tight coding best practices...
XKCD, Astronaut Vandalism
via the astounding sarcasm of Randall Munroe at XKCD.
Kali Linux, The Update Chronicles
News, of the release of the latest update of security distribution Kali Linux [now at 1.0.7]; just in time for a proverbial weekend update-fest, methinks!
TrueCrypt, Kaput
Unfortunate news, for TrueCrypt users, and project contributors... Apparently, the developers of the full disk encryption (FDE) open source product are in the process of shuttering the projects SourceForge site, along with directions targeting the product's users to migrate TrueCrypt partitions to BitLocker.
XKCD, Screenshot
via the insightful humor of Randall Munroe at XKCD.
Cyber Security, Theory of Power
In today's MustRead, we focus or attention on a fundamentally well-wrought thought piece targeting the notion of leverage and power, encapsulated within the cyber-security realm.
If you read anything today, read Billy Pope's tremendous screed and think on it, just a tad...
XKCD, Brightness
via the encyclopedic mind of Randall Munroe at XKCD.
Darkcoin, Riseth
Darkcoin is apparently- if you believe the chatter- the truly anonymous, successor to Bitcoin. May the Bestcoin win...
The money quote (pun only partially intended):
'Darkcoin adds an extra layer of privacy by automatically combining any transaction its users make with those of two other users–a feature it calls Darksend–so that anyone analyzing the blockchain has a harder time figuring out where a particular user’s money ended up' - via Wired's Andy Greenburg