CitiBank Card Numbers and PINS Stolen in Server Breach
Many years ago, (like ten or more) there was a major US bank (BoA, CitiBank I don't remember) that had a major security breach. I don't remember all the details,…
Only You Can Prevent ID Theft
I was at Autozone yesterday getting a set of Upper Strut Mounts for my 167K mile old Saturn when the sales guy asked me for my phone number. I didn't…
Interview with The Bug Magazine
About a month or so ago I did an email interview with an online ezine known as The Bug Magazine. They are based in Brazil so most of the magazine…
More POS Hacks Grab CC Numbers
Everyone gets a kick out of TV shows and news reports that feature stupid criminals. People who get themselves locked inside the store they are trying to rob or stuck…
Cyber UL – Reloaded
So about nine years ago Tan at the L0pht first wrote about the creation of a Cyber Underwriters Laboratory. Like the real UL the Cyber UL would be tasked with…
Security Ethics? Are there any?
I have a list of websites that I read as part of my morning ritual just like everybody else. It helps fritter away the first few minutes of the day…
Defacement Archive May Close
One of the more popular features of HNN (The Hacker News Network) was the daily list of web page defacements that was maintained at the time by Attrition.org. Maintaining such…
SourceBoston WrapUp
I had been waiting for the folks at Source Boston to update their website with relevant materials before I posted a recap but they are probably waiting until Monday and…
More USB Snake Oil
I'm still busy recovering from the excellent Source Boston conference and I will post a recap soon but I wanted to get this out there. Last week I wrote about…
Last Day for Source2008
Yesterday I unfortunately missed James Atkinson's talk at Source Boston but evidently it scared a few people and pissed off a few others. I did manage to catch Carole Fennelly's…