A storm is brewing between Kim Cameron and Ben Adida. I do not mean to step into the middle of their dispute over the Google Wifi surveillance fiasco. Both have good arguments to make. I noticed, on the other hand, that Cameron makes a huge error in the blog post today “Misuse of network identifiers … Continue reading Kim Cameron on Google Wifi Surveillance
There is a story flying around, thanks to Engadget, that claims “Bernd Marienfeldt and fellow security guru Jim Herbeck” have “discovered” a security issue in the iPhone. Do they really have to use “guru” as their title? It immediately gives me doubt about the sophistication of the story, but I digress… They say the issue … Continue reading Encrypted iPhone easily accessed using Ubuntu 10.04
Joe Damato checked the source of an AMEX page and then sniffed the traffic to see if his credit card information was encrypted properly. He was not impressed. So I filled out the form with fake information and sniffed the POST to the server. The Daily Wish sign up form from the American Express Network … Continue reading AMEX blasted for security flaw
The Center for Automotive Embedded Systems Security (CAESS), a collaboration between the University of California San Diego and the University of Washington, has exposed a weakness in modern automobile engineering. Their analysis was done by connecting to an ODB-II (a federally-madated On-Board Diagnotics port in almost every car) that gives access to a vehicle’s controller … Continue reading The Insecurity of Modern Cars