Computer Security
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Light Blue TouchpaperLight Blue Touchpaper Security Research, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge Attack of the Zombie Photos One of the defining features of Web 2.0 is user-uploaded content, specifically photos. I believe that photo-sharing has quietly been the killer application which has driven ...
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PIN Crackers Nab Holy Grail of Bank Card Security | Threat Level from Wired.comPIN Crackers Nab Holy Grail of Bank Card Security Hackers have crossed into new frontiers by devising sophisticated ways to steal large amounts of personal identification numbers, or PINs, protecting credit and debit cards, says an investigator. The attacks involve both unencrypted PINs and ...
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Interview with yours truly in VentureBeat todaySee this (including a response from me which appears at the very end). And for background, see this month's Wired magazine article . Cheers, - David Scott "Lightman" Lewis (yep, some hackers convinced me that I should start using my hacker alias, "Lightman")
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Something you didn't know about me ...Since Hrafn always meant this to be a social network for Twine Power Users (and I, along with Nova) were the first two co-admins invited by Hrafn, here's something I might as well share: Guess what, I'm the real David Lightman (well, as close as there is to a real David Lightman) -- as in the movie, ...
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Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed SystemsThis is absolutely not a book solely about computers, with yet another explanation of Alice and Bob and how they exchange public keys in order to exchange messages in secret. Anderson explores, for example, the ingenious ways in which European truck drivers defeat their vehicles' speed-logging ...crispy added 15 months ago -
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The New School of Information SecurityWhy is information security so dysfunctional? Are you wasting the money you spend on security? This book shows how to spend it more effectively. How can you make more effective security decisions? This book explains why professionals have taken to studying economics, not cryptography--and why ...crispy added 15 months ago -
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QBL session next Wednesday night (23 July) on Internet SecurityThis July's topic: Internet & Desktop Security: From free personal VPNs to the latest free anti-malware software * Not only may you not be able to access certain sites outside China, but did you know that your IP address may be blocked? I'll tell you how to get around ...
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DEFCON + related twinesFYI, I have a "Computer Security" twine. There is also an "Infosec" twine. Anybody on this twine going to DEFCON? If so, I'd love to hook up. BTW, the forthcoming August issue of Wired has a 25 year retro feature on WarGames. (It's an oral history.) I'm quoted and noted by the author as ...
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Human Perceivable Authentication ... in Short-Distance Wireless NetworkingSent to you by David Scott Lewis via Google Reader: Welcome to IEEE Xplore 2.0: Human Perceivable Authentication: An Economical Solution for Security Associations in Short-Distance Wireless Networking via ieeexplore.ieee.org on 5/31/08
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Behavioral Modeling: An Overview (PDF, 8 pp., 2008)Abstract: This exploratory paper begins with an overview of a multidisciplinary problem of behavior modeling and correlation of different behaviors. It looks at many possible applications of such technology and proposes some novel directions for future research. From the security point of view ...
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