I think the title says it all. This is a really nice post from the Mike Cardwell’s blog about an interesting attack using status codes to disclose private info from sites such as Facebook or Gmail. [External Link]
Author: Laboratory B
First Solar Sail Unfurled
While not directly related to Security concerns this is still pretty cool! The NanoSail-D spaceship has unfurled a large space age sail while in orbit above the earth.
I for one welcome our new space voyaging overlords.
Cripple the Google CDN’s caching with a single character
Interesting article about maintaining the integrity of https sessions while still making use of CDN caching capabilities for performance reasons. [External Link]
How hackers ruin everything with computers
I think the title says it all! How computer aided/driven technology design is ruined by too many people mucking about with too many computers. [External Link]
New Type of Denial of Service Attack Emerging
Security researchers at this weeks Black Hat detailed a new type of DoS attach which targets layer 7 on the application stack (as opposed to layer 4, eating up available bandwidth with requests). [External Link]
Everything you need to know about Cryptography in 1 hr
Pwn Plug Wireless & NSM Plug
Pwnie Express is Proud to announce new pages for the Pwn Plug Wireless & NSM Plug
Cracking SHA1 Using EC2
A German security researcher is going to release his method for Cracking wireless passwords using Amazons EC2 service. [External Link]
Why You Should Never Search For Free WordPress Themes in Google or Anywhere Else
Really interesting article on hidden evil in “Free” wordpress themes. Be careful kiddies! [External Link]
Obama considers Internet ID for Americans
Are you ready to stop using Passwords for websites? How about ready to have all your online activity tracked under one account — your Internet ID. Big Brother is watching even closer…. [External Link]