Tag: security
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More Geeky Fun - Hack Security Cameras
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The Ten Weirdest Sex Toys I've ever seen (2009)!
A dirty-looking calendar I found at work (2011).
My beliefs about why it's wrong to lie to children about Santa (2009), complete with pictures of naughty elves. … -
Security Through Obscurity Reaches A New Low
PowerPizza! It's a laptop bag that looks like a pizza box! No longer do you have to worry about your attractive laptop being an easy target for thieves - who'd want to steal a pizza box?
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Internet Explorer Exploit Of The Day
There's yet another killer Internet Explorer bug out there, which is manifesting itself in the form of a new trojan, Phel.A. This one only affects Windows PCs updated with SP2 (the supposedly 'safe' people) and works by confusing the 'trusted' and 'untrusted' zones.
I always find reports like this interesting, so I've written an exploit of … -
A Selection Of News Items From Around The World
[this post has been partially damaged during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004, and it has been possible to recover only a part of it]
[more of this post was recovered on Friday 24 November 2017]
Here's some stuff I found interesting this weekend:
Swedish health workers, in an effort to stem the growing cases of … -
“To Test Security On Your PC, You Must First Make It Inherently Insecure”
WTF??? If you go to Symantec's Online Virus Scanner using most browsers, you'll be told that you need to use Microsoft Internet Explorer to continue! Isn't this just asking for trouble? It's like saying, "Yes, we'll check your house is secure. Now just unlock your door..."
Just plain weird.
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Sian wrote:
People are funny. I get to look at the accounts of people who have signed up for Children First newsletter updates, and their passwords make me laugh. The number of people who’s password question is just their password is scary.
I also worry for the person who put their password question as ‘opposite of … -
Smart Alex
Alex, my incompetent co-worker, came up with the following gem in today's meeting when talking about a product that would aid employers in securely tracking how long their employees actually spend working:
"It's not going to have any of that... security... nonsense."
I shall have to beat him to death later.
P.S. told you that this thing was … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #41:
Discover a major security flaw in the university network, that provides any user with half a brain, a computer in their room, some practice, and a lot of patience, the means to get the password of anybody else on your …