Have you ever wondered how much your signature matters on the receipts for your credit card purchases? You can follow the journey of one man to figure out how goofy he can make his credit card signature before someone notices: The Credit Card Prank 1 & 2. Experiment 1 Experiment 2 … [Read more...]
Hotmail No Longer Allows Common Password, Takes Strides To Prevent Account Hijacking
Hotmail has introduced a few new features to help protect users from account hijacking. I've seen a lot of hijacking in the past few years where somebody will get access to your e-mail account like a Hotmail or Yahoo!. Instead of taking over the account and changing the password or anything, they might send a few messages out to all your contacts and the messages might be spam … [Read more...]
Wirelessly Hijacking What’s Typed Into a Keyboard
http://vimeo.com/2007855 This reminds me of Van Eck Phreaking where you could do the same thing with CRT monitors. The video is 3 years old but still a bit scary. Good luck finding a laptop with a P/S2 port on it. Read the full article and download the paper on wirelessly reading from a wired keyboard using its own electromagnetic emanations. … [Read more...]
Mozilla Introduces BrowserID To Manage Logins Across Browsers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0t9yDLAmFo The video above does a very good job of explaining the experimental technology that was announced on the Mozilla Identity blog. BrowserID is: easy to use Users gain a streamlined one-click experience that feels the same on any site they visit. Developers save time by deploying BrowserID, eliminating the need to implement email … [Read more...]
Department of Defense Launches Strategy For Operating in Cyberspace; Reveals Network Defense Pilot
The US Department of Defense announced in a press release today that it has created a DoD Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace (DSOC). You can download the 19-page PDF and view the Strategy for yourself. … [Read more...]