I like this story because it highlights several problems in detecting elusive and unpredictable events: Lt. Steve Cleveland from the Vineland police department said the idea of a black panther in the area was so unheard of that when the department first received the report, they thought someone was talking about the Black Panther Party … Continue reading Panther detection
Oracle security is a funny thing. Take this alert from red-database for example: By specifing a special value for the parameter desname Oracle Reports can overwrite any file on the application server. […] History 12-aug-2003 Oracle secalert was informed 26-sep-2003 Bug confirmed 15-apr-2005 Red-Database-Security informed Oracle secalert that this vulnerability will publish after CPU July … Continue reading Breakable Oracle
The BBC calls it a loophole. But at the end of the day a control on who can purchase a firearm is just that, and a really good idea: An existing loophole meant Cho was not entered onto the database even when a Virginia judge ruled he was a danger to himself, because he was … Continue reading Virginia restricts handgun sales
Is this an “only in Ohio” story? I think not. The lesson here seems to be that if you can recite versus from the bible, you get favorable treatment in America even if you were caught trying to use stolen credit cards: When Eric Hine appeared in court this morning, his attorney described him as … Continue reading Credit card thief applauded by Ohio courtroom