Security is what I do, it’s how I earn my living - and it is odd. You end up thinking about the world in a completely different way to other people. I’ve walked into meetings before now and asked questions that no-one else has asked during the whole lifecycle of the meeting. It’s caused more [...]

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Microsoft has publicly unveiled a USB key fob that enables people (currently law enforcement but that’ll soon change) to bypass Windows security and allow full access to anything on the disk.

Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes.
The [...]

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Now here’s a post that very important to all Wordpress users: The security of your blog. The whole Speckyboy article lists 10 useful plugins that will help to secure your WordPress site.
Just think about it — all your posts, comments and even your theme, GONE. No way to get them back.

Now that you have that [...]

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Wired has a nice piece on the state of Privacy in America - expect none under Bush.
President Bush has failed to nominate candidates for a congressionally empowered privacy board intended to police anti-terrorism programs.
Photo: AP / Monsivais
The Bush administration has failed to nominate any candidates to a newly empowered privacy and civil-liberties commission. This leaves [...]

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Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel prize-winner in economics, says the Iraq war has cost $3 trillion so far.
According to the Guardian, “three trillion could have fixed America’s social security problem for half a century.”
Or it could have wiped out America’s debt to the rest of the world. Instead it went on a war which [...]

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How to Protect your Laptop, MacBook or MacBook Pro
So you’ve just spent a small fortune on your new laptop? Money that could have gone toward gold plating your dog, cat or toddler. Although you missed on on the gold plating, you do have a wonderful new shiny laptop. All is well with the world - [...]

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Attacks are on the rise.
More than 725,000 PCs were scanned using the Prevx CSI malware scanner over a two-month period. Of the around 291,000 users who scanned their PCs during October 2007, some form of spyware or malware was found on one in six.
Significantly, although rootkits were detected on 15.6% of PCs during October [...]

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See here.
Neat. It may have few games, little industry support and be in third place by far; but at least it has a use now. Hacking!
The Cell processor at the heart of the PS3 is the key to speeding up the time it takes to crack a password.
In a presentation given at the Kiwicon [...]

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