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2012.10.31

SONY PS3 Decrypt Keys Released

Keys.., apparently, its' what's for dinner...

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Posted by Marc Handelman on 2012.10.31 at 09:00 in All Is Information, Application Security, Game Security, Host Security, Information Security | Permalink

2012.07.13

Dis-Harmony, The Crackage

Not the conventional view of a happy ending - more on the eHarmony dump and crack, with reports of the majority of password objects cracked by Trustwave's SpiderLabs (utlizing two of our favorites - John the Ripper and oclHashcat).

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Posted by Marc Handelman on 2012.07.13 at 09:00 in All Is Information, Data Security, Database Security, Host Security, Information Security, Vectors, Web Security | Permalink

2012.07.02

The LinkedIn - Dickensonian Reciprocity

Well crafted tale, worthy of Charles John Huffam Dickens, detailing the fascinating connection between the LinkedIn password fiasco and Charles Dickens. Highly Pickwickian.

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Posted by Marc Handelman on 2012.07.02 at 09:00 in All Is Information, Application Security, Database Security, Host Security, Information Security, Malware, Mathematics, Science, You Are LinkedIn Inventory | Permalink

2012.06.08

j4vv4d: System Hardening

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Posted by Marc Handelman on 2012.06.08 at 09:00 in Computation, Data Security, Host Security, Information Security, Infosec Humor, Sarcasm | Permalink

2012.05.29

Flame: Latest State Sponsored Malware

via the inimitable Kim Zetter at Wired's ThreatLevel, comes the latest news of malicious, state-sponsored malware. Discovered by Kaspersky Lab, whom reports bad things flicker within the Flame...

"According to our analysis, the Flame malware is the same as “SkyWiper”, described by the CrySyS Laband by Iran Maher CERT group where it is called “Flamer”..." - via SecureList

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Posted by Marc Handelman on 2012.05.29 at 09:00 in Host Security, Malware, National Security, Network Security, Threat Vector, Vectors | Permalink

2012.05.15

Nitrozac and Snaggy: Facebook Roadshow Blunders

via the comic genius of Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech™

Posted by Marc Handelman on 2012.05.15 at 09:30 in Host Security, Information Security, Intelligence Gathering, The Death of Privacy, You Are Facebook Inventory | Permalink

Purloined: BitCoin, $87K

Yet another BitCoin story of thievery, now entering the Litany of Electronic Coinage Buffoonery. Astonishing.

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Posted by Marc Handelman on 2012.05.15 at 09:00 in Blatant Stupidity, Cryptography, Data Loss Prevention, Data Security, Database Security, Electronic Coinage, Host Security, Network Security | Permalink

2012.05.10

La Bêtise Flagrante Twitter

...or, why I have terminated the use of Twitter. Permanently.

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Posted by Marc Handelman on 2012.05.10 at 09:00 in Blatant Stupidity, Data Loss Prevention, Data Security, Database Security, Host Security, Information Security, Sarcasm, Web Security | Permalink

2012.05.01

TLS/SSL SNAFUs Lead To Flawed Site Security, Go Figure...

Evidently, site and web administrator's need a refresher course in socket and transport layer security configurations... Not particularly surprising, that.