July 11th 2008
DNS is vulnerable. Duh.
The real news here is that multiple vulnerabilities have been lashed together into a new, more effective attack.
This particular report is pretty closely tied to the primary reports from CERT. As such, it is factual without being sensational (and borderline silly) like postings on various newspaper blogs.
July 11th 2008
OK, I took the Star Trek quiz, following the suggestion of So Says Green Weaver.
I come out highest as Spock, second as Beverly Crusher, though none are as high a match as Green Weaver got.
July 11th 2008
If this article had been written in 1935 about Karpis, Dillinger, and their friends, the author would have said things like “Cars, Red Meat, Cash, Lake Cottages,” and other non-criminal things that we look upon as either necessities or calm, conventional parts of life.
The “cybercriminal” list includes things like “Broadband, Wi-Fi, Removable Media..”
A realistic list should indicate things that really matter, like Executable Content, Non-existent Vendor Quality Control, or Languages that Ignore Buffer Overflow. Continue Reading »
July 7th 2008
A recent article on Wired News by AP writer Anick Jesdaunin talks about the problem of trigger-happy Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who are inclined to take a customer off-line at the first hint of “trouble” - where trouble is defined as any complaint that sounds scary: porn on non-porn vendors, copyright infringement, or posting “hacker tools. Continue Reading »