Some news, views and musing about things going on in the Information Security World.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Communication costs in Canada about to skyrocket
Warrantless spying is about to cause Canada's already too high price of communications to skyrocket. Thanks Stephen Harper. Now even the police are getting greedy.
The Pwn Plug is a little white box that can hack your network
Built by a startup company called Pwnie Express, the Pwn Plug is pretty much the last thing you ever want to find on your network—unless you've hired somebody to put it there. It's a tiny computer that comes preloaded with an arsenal of hacking tools. It can be quickly plugged into any computer network and then used to access it remotely from afar. And it comes with "stealthy decal stickers"—including a little green flowerbud with the word "fresh" underneath it, that makes the device look like an air freshener—so that people won't get suspicious.
Key Words:
0-day,
hacking,
physical security,
policy,
security controls,
social engineering,
spying
Friday, March 16, 2012
Anyone can say they are part of Anonymous... unless it makes them look bad
Anonymous likes to say that anyone can be a member just by saying they are. But apparently anyone creating malware while claiming to be part of Anonymous are officially *not* part of Anonymous. Unless of course it is malware written by other members of Anonymous. This is bizarre circular thinking for folks who have been known to be far more clever in the past. What gives?
Key Words:
0-day,
Anonymous,
computer viruses,
hacking,
security controls,
social engineering,
trojan
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