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Tag Archives: security
House passes bill requiring police to get a warrant to search cell phones
It appears Rhode Island government has done something correctly for a change. The Providence Journal is reporting that the House has passed a bill requiring law enforcement to obtain a warrant before searching the contents of a suspect’s mobile phone. … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Big Brother, cell phones, Encryption, Free Speech, General Assembly, Mobile Phones, Privacy, Providence, Republicans, Rhode Island, RI, security, security vulnerabilities, warrant, warrantless wiretapping
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57 Simple Sys Admin Mistakes that Someday You’ll Regret
Check out this awesome post and find out what mistakes you’ve made (and find ones to avoid). “Forgetting to close a zone name with a trailing dot. The lack of one simple period stopped mail for 30K users once at … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged DNS, Helpful Tips, Networking, security, Sys Admin, Technical Support, Troubleshooting, User Accounts, Users, Windows
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Attacking CAPTCHAs for Fun and Profit!
This white paper from McAfee is definitely an interesting read. I’ve known for a while now that re-Captcha is pretty useless…. Share/Bookmark
Posted in Humor, Technology
Tagged CAPTCHA, McAfee, security, security vulnerabilities, technology, White Papers
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Chances Are Your Password Sucks
This isn’t the first time I’ve posted about how badly most users are at selecting a password; nor do I think it’ll be the last. Recently the.. ahem.. “Adult Entertainment” site YouPorn was hacked and the user names and passwords … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged e-mail, Encryption, hacking, Password, Passwords, Privacy, security, security vulnerabilities, stupid people, User, User Name
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Security Win of the Day
Yesterday Mozilla wrote on their official security blog that they will no longer allow root Certificate Authorities (CAs) to issue Subordinate CAs which can easily be used to perform man-in-the-middle attacks against end users. Earlier today we sent an email … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Certificate Authorities, DNS, domain names, Encryption, Free Speech, HTTPS, Johnathan Nightingale, Mozilla, Privacy, security, security vulnerabilities, SSL, subCA, Subordinate CAs, technology
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Big Brother Wants You To Watch The Coffee Shop
The FBI and the Justice Department have designed an Orwellian flyer to promote awareness on how to report suspicious activity in Coffee Shops, Internet Cafes, and other public hotspot locations. The amusing flyer lists a variety of fairly standard privacy … Continue reading
Posted in Political, Technology
Tagged 1984, Big Brother, Censorship, Coffee Shop, FBI, George Orwell, Internet Cafe, Justice Department, Orwellian, PGP, Privacy, Proxy, security, Tor, vigilante justice, VPN, wifi
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TERRIBLE COURT RULING OF THE DAY: No Encryption Protection
In a ruling that seems to fly in the face of Fifth Amendment protections a federal judge ordered a defendant in a mortgage scam case to decrypt the hard drive in a device that was seized by law enforcement. District … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Hardware, Technology
Tagged Censorship, data protection, Encryption, Fifth Amendment, Judge Robert Blackburn, Privacy, Ramona Fricosu, security
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Password Security 101
In light of yet another massive hack against an online retailer; a basic primer in Password Security is in order. Don’t use the same password – Using the same password across multiple sites (and systems) is a first good step. … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged 6PM, e-mail, hacking, information technology, Mobile Phones, network security, Password, Passwords, Privacy, scams, security, security vulnerabilities, technology, Zappos
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Google Now Even More Secure
Google has begun using “forward secrecy” in it’s secure web-browsing to prevent hackers from storing and later decrypting your traffic to services such as searches, Gmail, Docs, and Google+ The forward secrecy enabled today requires that the private keys that … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Chrome, e-mail, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Firefox, Google+, hacking, HTTPS, HTTPS Everywhere, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Privacy, security, security vulnerabilities, Tor, Tor Project
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3 Character Password? Don’t Complain About Breaches!
The “threat” of some shadowy hacker for a foreign government taking out our power, water, and other utility systems has been talked about for some time. The problem isn’t going to be fixed with legislation, or by disconnecting essential equipment … Continue reading
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Tagged hacking, human machine interface, Information systems, security, security vulnerabilities, South Houston, supervisory control and data acquisition, technology, Texas, Threatpost
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