Monday, October 17th, 2011
This is the first feature-complete mobile version of NoScript. In other words, it provides all the major security features of its desktop counterpart which make sense on a mobile device.
http://hackademix.net/2011/10/15/noscript-for-mobile-is-complete/
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
I'm mainly archiving this for myself but, if you have an entire weekend to kill and want to learn from some of the best, here are all the videos from DerbyCon this past weekend.
http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/derbycon1/mainlist
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Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
The premise of a new (and fake) Facebook app called "If I Die" is sweet if a little morbid: You record a video message that will be played for your loved ones after your death. As the app advertisement says: "Death can catch you anywhere, anytime. Leave your If I ...
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Monday, September 5th, 2011
Read the September 5th update at the bottom of this page:
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002223.html
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Sunday, September 4th, 2011
Keep in mind that today's DNS hacks of popular websites such as acer.com, ups.com, theregister.co.uk were just that. A DNS hack. The actual sites themselves have not been compromised. For example:
UPS.com was altered to point to ups.com.85621INNSns1.yumurtakabugu.com
The attackers only changed the NS records for the website. This could have been much worse.
References:
http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=11503&rss
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/09/04/dns-hack-hits-popular-websites-telegraph-register-ups-etc/
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