Archive for February, 2010
Links…
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Legal stuff on Electronic Communications Privacy and Wiretap Acts: http://www.internetlibrary.com/topics/electronic_cpa.cfm
Cell Phone Location
Saturday, February 13th, 2010Fascinating — I didn’t know the difference between CDMA & GMS in how they locate phones, or the more sophisticated time based triangulation by T-Mobile: The Federal Communications Commission’s “Enhanced 911″ (E911) requirements allowed rough estimates to be transformed into precise coordinates. Wireless carriers using CDMA networks, such as Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel, tend [...]
Seven Principles for Security Systems
Thursday, February 11th, 2010This is a very good report: Understanding scam victims: seven principles for systems security Frank Stajano, Paul Wilson August 2009 Archived here. While reading the example scams in the article, it becomes clear much like corporate fraud they depend on collusion. A team pulling off a social hack is far stronger then a single person [...]
Atlantic article on Cyber Attacks
Thursday, February 11th, 2010It is well-funded and pursued by mature individuals and groups of professionals with deep financial and technical resources, often with local government (or other countries’) toleration if not support. It is already responsible for billions of dollars a year in losses, and it is growing and becoming more capable. We have largely ignored it, and [...]
Rootkit Hunters
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010A few resources for finding rootkits: Linux: Rootkit Hunter Chkrootkit Windows: RootkitRevealer
Some Sun Tzu quotes…
Friday, February 5th, 2010Good for Information Security: All warfare is based on deception. He who occupies the field of battle first and awaits his enemy is at ease, he who rushes into the fight is weary. A speedy victory is the main object in war. If this is long in coming, weapons are blunted and morale depressed. Generally, [...]
Nice explanation of Solid State Drives:
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Everything you ever wanted to know about how SSD works