UBS Access Key (IBM Zone Trusted Information Channel)

What do you think... good idea? Biz banking saver?

Hitler and Cloud Computing Security

Don't Be A Dummy - InfoSec is About Trust

I read your email...

Martial Law for Cyberspace?

Danger Will Robinson - the iPhone will be the end of civilization!

The federal government isn't prepared to cope with a widespread cyber attack, former top Bush and Clinton administration officials said Tuesday.

The officials participated in a public cybersecurity war game, where they simulated how the government would respond to a widespread cyber attack. The scenario started with malware spread through an iPhone app; the attack eventually crippled cell phone networks and Internet service, and it ended with much of the East Coast without power due to a failing electrical grid.

Full story here.

Simon the IT Dummy

This whole series rocks. Simon the IT Dummy, the poster boy for under appreciated IT (Security) people everywhere.

ShmooCon 2010 Wrap Up

Sweet and complete 2010 ShmooCon wrap up here.

Cloud security news and whimsy sans the bullshit.

Similar format to Liquidmatrix.org a new site dedicated to cloud security.

DC Snowpocalypse 2010

McAfee Labs Quarterly Threat Report Posted

A good read... You can find it here.

How to catch an iPhone thief

Thanks to Brian Krebs for finding... this is a way cool story.

Monday - The Setup

The whole thing started when my plane landed in Los Angeles on Monday afternoon at 2:55pm coming from Cabo San Lucas. The guy sitting next to me on the plane asked me to loan him a pen so that he could fill out his customs form. I watched him fill out the form and clearly remember his birth year of 1984, but am a bit unsure about his name. I think it was -----, but in this story, we will refer to him as Pinche.

The rest of the story here.

"Operation Aurora" nice post on aurora research

Operation Aurora: Clues in the Code

Secure Your Pants

Note to terrorist

You really want to terrorize the US? Just put a dud bomb in your butt, get on a plane and tell people about it. Next up... cavity searches for everyone!

Robertson: Haiti had pact with devil

WTF! Why not blame it on the Easter Bunny or Santa. Relating what he called a "true story," Rev. Pat Robertson asserted on his TV show, "The 700 Club" that Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake because its founding fathers made a pact with the devil.

Money Mules Helped to Rob W. Va. Bank

Interesting story from Brian Krebs.

BackTrack 4 Final Released

http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/

Fun site for toys

Some of the product descriptions are a fun read...

http://www.chinawholesale365.com/

The Coolest Data Center Video Tours

Here’s a look at five of the coolest video tours of major data centers, along with a list of links to 10 other worthwhile video tours.

OWASP Testing Guide v3 and Secure Software Development

Happy Holidays!