• Sneaky tracking code (finally) purged from Microsoft sites • The Register

    Updated: 2011-08-24 15:38:36
    It looks like Microsoft got caught using “evercookie” or “supercookie” technologies to recreate tracking cookies even after users have tried to delete them from their browsers. Sneaky tracking code (finally) purged from Microsoft sites • The Register

  • Amazon Wishlist can expose your address to strangers

    Updated: 2011-08-16 22:00:24
    Amazon Customer’s Privacy Exposed In theory, your Amazon wish list should allow people to buy you gifts, but should not reveal anything but the list of items you want. Evidently, if you buy something for someone off their list, you can then see the delivery address in the order reports in your account. Solution is [...]

  • Stolen Credit Card website hacked

    Updated: 2011-08-15 18:49:19
    Vendor of Stolen Bank Cards Hacked — Krebs on Security Brian Krebs has an interesting blog post on how all of the credit card information was stolen by a hacker from a website that sells stolen credit cards. This is in the “don’t know whether to laugh or cry” department.

  • Researchers show about a dozen US ISPs redirecting search requests

    Updated: 2011-08-05 15:37:27
    Researchers analyzing results from the ICSI Netalyzer project have found ISPs redirecting traffic bound for Yahoo! and Bing to third parties like Paxfire, Barefruit, and Golog. According to this EFF article: Netalyzr’s measurements show that approximately a dozen US Internet Service Providers (ISPs), including DirecPC, Frontier, Hughes, and Wide Open West, deliberately and with no [...]

  • Encrypt your portable devices

    Updated: 2011-08-04 21:45:47
    I just recently bought a new netbook. Now, I know that netbooks are supposedly on the way out, but I love the low price, long battery life, and massive portability. But there’s a problem with netbooks and security. They’re massively portable – whether the person doing the porting is me or a thief. I do [...]

  • Facebook says “Anonymity on the Internet has to go away”

    Updated: 2011-08-03 18:39:31
    Randi Zuckerberg, marketing director and co-founder of Facebook said: I think anonymity on the Internet has to go away… People behave a lot better when they have their real names down. … I think people hide behind anonymity and they feel like they can say whatever they want behind closed doors. <irony> This of course [...]

  • House panel votes to mandate massive user tracking

    Updated: 2011-07-30 15:59:09
    House panel approves broadened ISP snooping bill | Privacy Inc. – CNET News Declan McCullagh of CNET is reporting on a bill to require ISPs to maintain massive records on their users. According to the article this bill requires commercial Internet providers to retain “customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, [...]

  • ‘War Texting’ Attack Hacks Car Alarm System – Dark Reading

    Updated: 2011-07-29 14:15:58
    This makes a good case for why it concerns me that we seem to be willing to automate all kinds of things that can really impact us without including real security. ‘War Texting’ Attack Hacks Car Alarm System – Dark Reading

  • Matt Blaze: Wiretapping and Cryptography Today

    Updated: 2011-07-28 15:38:09
    Matt Blaze analyzes why the widespread use of cryptography has had almsost no impact on our practical ability to do wiretaps and gather information under legitimate court orders. Not too technical and absolutely worth a read. Matt Blaze: Wiretapping and Cryptography Today:

  • A Firefox Toolbox for Web App Hacking

    Updated: 2011-07-21 22:38:16
    If you’re new to the world of testing web application security, you may not be aware of the many great Firefox add-ons available that greatly help such endeavors. While others have compiled similar lists in the past, I thought this week would be a good time for me to share a few of the favorite [...]

  • Visio in Security Testing

    Updated: 2011-07-14 16:02:30
    I hesitate to say that visio is only useful in pen-testing, because it can also be useful in developing a secure architecture, or a web page, and really just putting all the moving parts onto your screen (or paper) so that you can look at the big picture. I use Visio to diagram networks and [...]

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