Sexy Jihad

Wired has made a list of what they think are some of the worst bugs in computer history:
Last month automaker Toyota announced a recall of 160,000 of its Prius hybrid vehicles following reports of vehicle warning lights illuminating for no reason, and cars’ gasoline engines stalling unexpectedly. But unlike the large-scale auto recalls of years […]

Some dude at rootkit.com has dome some reverse engineering on World of Warcraft and uncovered some disturbing finds:
I recently performed a rather long reversing session on a piece of software written by Blizzard Entertainment, yes - the ones who made Warcraft, and World of Warcraft (which has 4.5 million+ players now, apparently). This software is […]

Bruce Scheier reports of yet another case that morons can break any well thought out security:
AN INGENIOUS fraudster is believed to be sunning himself on a beach after persuading leading banks to pay him more than €5 million (£3.5 million) in the belief that he was a secret service agent engaged in the fight against […]

CNN has an interesting interview with Kevin Mitnick, specifically focusing on his take on his past notereity:
(CNN) — To many, the name Kevin Mitnick is synonymous with hacking, the cinematic sort where a snot-nosed kid thumbs his nose at authority. But, Mitnick says, the characterization is a bit overdone and the legend untrue, if not […]

In another bout of wisdom, Bruce Schneier has written a piece on wired on how banks should be held responsible for phishing. While this may at first sound ludicrous, after reading his arguments it makes a hell of a lot of sense:
The actual problem to be solved is that of fraudulent transactions. Financial institutions make […]

The Observer writes that some specially trained military dolphins were able to escape because of Hurricane Katrina and are now probably swimming in the gulf of Mexico:
It may be the oddest tale to emerge from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may […]

Bruce Schneier links to an interesting (& funny) essay on the six dumbest ideas in computer security:
There’s lots of innovation going on in security - we’re inundated with a steady stream of new stuff and it all sounds like it works just great. Every couple of months I’m invited to a new computer security conference, […]

Just read an interesting blurb on Bruce Schneiers blog on a new tool called The Car Whisperer to listen in on Bluetooth and take part in other peoples conversations :
The carwhisperer project intends to sensibilise manufacturers of carkits and other Bluetooth appliances without display and keyboard for the possible security threat evolving from […]

Wired has an interesting interview with Mkie Lynn, of Cisco & ISS fame:
LAS VEGAS — Security researcher Mike Lynn roiled the Black Hat conference Wednesday when he resigned from his job at Internet Security Systems to deliver a talk about a serious vulnerability in Cisco IOS, the operating system powering its routers, defying efforts by […]

What most people expected has shown itself to be true. Phrack is releasing its last issue with the current editorial team:
For 20 years PHRACK magazine has been the most technical, most original,
the most Hacker magazine in the world. The last five of those years have
been under the guidance of the current editorial team. Over that […]