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DigiNotar CA compromise

31

Aug

2011

SSL certificates are used to validate the identity of a website to users. Over the weekend, it was found that DigiNotar, a Dutch Certificate Authority, had issued a rogue SSL certificate for *.google.com. Today, this was confirmed by DigiNotar in a press release.According to DigiNotar’s own investigation, they found out that they were compromised on […]

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Blackhat: breaking SMS – war texting

04

Aug

2011

If you could use texting to break networks, what could you do? Well, Don Bailey, with ISEC Partners, in his talk today at Blackhat, muses that you could break a lot, driving around and dropping in on various networks as you saw fit. Well, really his proof-of-concept collection of tools is aimed at educating mobile […]

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Protecting your personal information

07

Jul

2011

Are you concerned about trusting businesses with personal information in light of publicized hacks? Here is what I would recommend: – Only give the information that is mandatory. (Any optional field in various online forms should be left blank). The idea is that the more information someone has about you, the greater the risk of […]

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