I have recently came across that Department of Defence website where they provide free and unclassified Windows Security Guides. From Windows 2000 to windows 7, they provide a set of checklist and “STIG” which stands for Security Technical Implementation Guides. Having only checked the Windows 7 “STIG”, I found it a useful resource when one [...]
I have updated the information I wrote about what I consider to be a potentially new type of cryptanalysis attack. Although the described attack is relevant to my BUGS algorithm, it could also be used to attack any algorithms using some type of Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) or Cipher Feedback (CFB) mode of operation, in [...]
The following article from Macworld describes a new patent from Apple to detect jail-broken iphone/ipad. It also gives an interesting security twist on that patent, where it is in theory possible to take hidden photos and voice recording of a potential thief, analyse the accelerometer data to define if the thief is walking, driving or [...]
There is maybe nothing new about governments protecting their national hackers but this is a good example on how a hacker can openly operate in his own country and then get caught in another. The article below also makes reference to an earlier case where a Russian hacker was lured to the USA and arrested [...]
According to the article below both companies’ board of directors have agreed a deal. With Intel looking at providing some “hardware-enhanced” security i wonder if we will one day see an AV aware CPU? :) SC Magazine Article According to the article below both companies’ board of directors have agreed a deal. With Intel looking [...]
This morning I checked my spam folder related to this website/domain name and noticed there had been no new spam for about a week… not that I am missing it but this did not sound quite right! Indeed, it looks like my service provider recently had some issues with one of their site being compromised [...]
