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November 20 2009

raistlin
21:51
9456_f3ca
→ failblog.org
via If they don’t spot him, we’re doomed. « FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments

November 14 2009

raistlin
19:59

Researcher busts into Twitter via SSL reneg hole

So much for "it's a theoretical issue"...

November 07 2009

raistlin
21:42

Make More Mistakes

raistlin
15:45

Sense About Science | Sign up now to keep the libel laws out of science!

October 20 2009

raistlin
20:48
2063_637a
→ www.mamma.am
via Omofobia
Reposted fromsid77 sid77

October 18 2009

raistlin
10:53
4973_a47a_500
→ www.phdcomics.com

October 06 2009

raistlin
22:32

Schneier on Security: Don't Let Hacker Inmates Reprogram Prison Computers

And what about "genius" phishers (since when do you need to be a genius to do phishing?) recruited by silly security companies ?

October 02 2009

raistlin
10:22
“ In recent years, several authors began to work on the concept of security attacks against wireless communication protocols—in particular, the propagation of malware through them. The idea challenged and thrilled us, mainly because it brought back the concept of physical and geographic interaction in attack scenarios.I believe that the latest "developments" on these threats are stepping progressively away from reality and into an abstract, academic world of their own—something that might be just as fun, but that should be brought back into perspective when assessing the actual risks related to these scenarios. Here we see why, with two distinct examples. ”
— Wireless Malware Propagation: A Reality Check

September 28 2009

raistlin
22:04
6609_58c0_500
→ www.7yearwinter.com
Reposted bysid77 sid77

September 25 2009

raistlin
08:14
2973_b840_500
→ www.dilbert.com
How true!

September 24 2009

raistlin
21:19

Students can now join IEEE and IEEE Computer Society for the whole 2010 and get free access to the Computer Society Digital Library for $40 US - take advantage of this!

raistlin
21:01
Podcast of my interview on RMC (in Italian, sorry, that's the language we usually speak over here :-p )

September 23 2009

raistlin
21:00

Metasploit Unleashed - Mastering the Framework

Reposted byarik arik
raistlin
20:39

This is really news...

As some of you may know, I am chairing a scientific conference (http://www.ec2nd.org). I received an interesting scam message:

Subject: INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION IN YOUR CONFERENCE
From: universityofmala@aol.com

Attention: Conference Organiser,

I write onbehalf of the management of University Of Malawi, In respect of our four Schorlaship Postgraduate student whom they are on schorlaship to participate in your upcoming conference.

They intend to attend your conference to gain more knowledge in compeleting there final year project, All the travelling expenses of this students to attend this event will be borne by THETE GROUP OF COMPANY Here in Malawi.


From:

REGISTRATION FEES.

RETURN AIR TICKET.

MEDICAL TRAVEL INSURANCE.

ACCOMODATION.

BASIC TRAVEL ALLOWANCES.

The management of our University will request for official letter of invitation on behalf of this students and you can send this by email attachment as soon as possible.

Our outmost regards to the entire conference working committees.

Yours Sincerely,

Prof. Magret Ngoma

Of course there are several things here that alert to the scam:
1) the bad spelling, of course
2) the low likelihood of "several students" from a small, far away country, being expensed by a company to attend a conference in Europe, which programme is still in the making
3) the fact that the mail comes from a non-official address
4) the fact that a web search for the name of the professor doesn't turn out anything...

But what can be the purpose of such a scam? My first guess is that the point is getting me to send an official letter of invitation, which can then be used to obtain a visa which would be valid for all of the Schengen countries.

Does anybody have any other ideas?
raistlin
19:48

Crypto backdoor in Qnap storage devices

Crypto backdoor in Qnap storage devices

September 09 2009

raistlin
11:46
5893_e992
→ www.smbc-comics.com

Reposted fromoelsen oelsen viasand sand
raistlin
11:44
Hey, I was there too :)
raistlin
11:38
9043_14fb
Oct 21

SEaCURE.it Preview

08:00–Oct 23, 2009 19:00 Milano, FieraMilanoCity Add this event to a calendar application
The first international information security conference in Italy. 2 days of top notch trainings (SAP and Oracle hacker-level security) and 1 day of conference with bleeding edge talks (Snow Leopard hacking, SAP exploiting and great insights on the underground economy, among the others).
Reposted fromblackfire blackfire

September 08 2009

raistlin
10:59
8446_51e8
→ gilioli.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it
Reposted byvdk vdk
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