The ATR-42 is a small turbo-prop plane. It stores baggage next to the lavatory as you can see in the far right portion of these three cabin layouts. The Daily Mail claims that a security guard put nearly $2 million on board an ATR-42 in three bags. They say a passenger then created a story … Continue reading $238K Stolen From Plane Lavatory→
Provocative title? Although I originally am from Kansas I spent several years working and living in Wisconsin so I know the area fairly well. Remember the book called “What’s the Matter with Kansas” by Thomas Frank? It seems like he might want to publish a new edition that takes a look at the roots of … Continue reading WTF is Wrong with Wisconsin?→
Cisco has released six new security patches including a couple for their firewall products. One (CVE-2011-0393) involves a denial of service condition when the ASA when configured to be in “transparent” mode . Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances are affected by the following vulnerabilities: * Transparent Firewall Packet Buffer Exhaustion Vulnerability * Skinny … Continue reading Cisco ASA 5500 IPv6 Vulnerability→
Cigital interviews Ralph Langner of Langner Communications Ralph was the first to determine that Stuxnet is a directed cybersecurity attack against the kinds of Siemens control systems used to control nuclear centrifuges in Iran. Gary and Ralph discuss what’s involved in introducing the concept of cybersecurity to control systems engineers, how anti-virus vendors originally responded … Continue reading Langner Stuxnet Interview→