FDIC closed...
25 in 2008
140 in 2009
64 so far this year...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Sunday, May 02, 2010
本: běn. The Chinese character 本 signifies an origin or the beginning place; It signifies exactly what the first version of the NanoNote is: a beginning.
The 本 version of NanoNote is an ultra small form factor computing device. The device sports a 336 MHz processor, 2GB of flash memory, microSD slot, head phone jack, USB device and 850mAh Li-ion battery. It boots Linux out of the box and also boots over USB. It’s targeted squarely at developers who see the promise of open hardware and want to roll their own end user experience. It’s the perfect companion for open content; we envision developers turning the device into a music or video player for Ogg or an offline Wikipedia or MIT OpenCourseWare appliance. Or you can simply amaze your friends by creating an ultra small handheld notebook computer. You choose the distribution. The 本 Nanonote is the first in a line of products that will see the addition of other hardware capabilities. Get your NanoNote and start a Nanoproject today. Or join one of the existing projects in our developer community.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Salmonella outbreak tracked by shopper cards
What do you think - good thing or bad? Can certainly see the good use, but what if used for the wrong reasons? A witch hunt of sorts...
Health authorities in the U.S. have for the first time used department store credit cards to help trace the source of a recent salmonella outbreak that left hundreds of Americans ill.
Investigators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were scrambling to find the source of the outbreak when they hit upon the idea of tracking grocery purchases of those who became ill.
With permission from the patients, health authorities followed the trail of grocery purchases to a Rhode Island company that makes salami, then zeroed in on the pepper used to season the meat.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/12/consumer-salmonella.html#ixzz0iFhw2XUI
Health authorities in the U.S. have for the first time used department store credit cards to help trace the source of a recent salmonella outbreak that left hundreds of Americans ill.
Investigators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were scrambling to find the source of the outbreak when they hit upon the idea of tracking grocery purchases of those who became ill.
With permission from the patients, health authorities followed the trail of grocery purchases to a Rhode Island company that makes salami, then zeroed in on the pepper used to season the meat.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/12/consumer-salmonella.html#ixzz0iFhw2XUI
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Rainbow Tables hosted on an SSD
SANS/CWE Top 25 Dangerous Programming Errors list
SANS/CWE released a top 25 dangerous programming errors list. It contains their list of the most common errors that developers are likely to make. The intention is to raise awareness to these problems and help prioritize the order of importance for organizations new into the security game. Their blog has been covering each of the Top 25 problems and provides some commentary on each of them. They are up to #13
Read all about it here.
Read all about it here.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Friday, March 05, 2010
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Report: The Command Structure of the Aurora Botnet: History, Patterns, and Findings
Did the "experts" get it wrong? Were the attacks on Google by amateurs?
"Many security vendors have explained the operation against Google, dubbed “Operation Aurora,” using a military vernacular. However, based upon analysis of exhaustive data surrounding these attacks and examination of both the malware and the CnC topologies used by the criminals behind Aurora, it appears that this threat can best be classified as a just another common botnet attack – and one that is more amateur than average."
Read the report from Damballa here.
"Many security vendors have explained the operation against Google, dubbed “Operation Aurora,” using a military vernacular. However, based upon analysis of exhaustive data surrounding these attacks and examination of both the malware and the CnC topologies used by the criminals behind Aurora, it appears that this threat can best be classified as a just another common botnet attack – and one that is more amateur than average."
Read the report from Damballa here.
Monday, March 01, 2010
Defrauding and Hacking Ticketmaster
This really a hack?
"To defeat the Online Ticket Vendors' technologies, the defendants worked with computer programmers in Bulgaria to establish a nationwide network of computers that impersonated individual visitors to the Online Ticket Vendors' websites, the indictment alleges. The network – described as the "CAPTCHA Bots" in the indictment – gave Wiseguys the ability to flood the Online Ticket Vendors' computers at the exact moment that event tickets went on sale."
Full story here.
"To defeat the Online Ticket Vendors' technologies, the defendants worked with computer programmers in Bulgaria to establish a nationwide network of computers that impersonated individual visitors to the Online Ticket Vendors' websites, the indictment alleges. The network – described as the "CAPTCHA Bots" in the indictment – gave Wiseguys the ability to flood the Online Ticket Vendors' computers at the exact moment that event tickets went on sale."
Full story here.
Friday, February 26, 2010
UBS Access Key (IBM Zone Trusted Information Channel)
What do you think... good idea? Biz banking saver?
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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.
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.
