Daily Archives: November 17, 2006

UK RFID Passport Cracked!!!

Guardian article says: Three million Britons have been issued with the new hi-tech passport, designed to frustrate terrorists and fraudsters. So why did Steve Boggan and a friendly computer expert find it so easy to break the security codes? and: … Continue reading

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PIN Cracking

Research paper by Omer Berkman and Odelia Moshe Ostrovsky: “The Unbearable Lightness of PIN Cracking” describes an inherent flaw with the way ATM PINs are encrypted and transmitted on the international financial networks, making them vulnerable to attack from malicious … Continue reading

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Poll: Top Security Conferences

In my previous post, I mentioned Gartner IT Security Summit. In meantime I’ve found interesting pool on top security conferences by Dr Anton Chuvakin, on his blog, with question: “Which information security conference do you like the most?” You can … Continue reading

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Gartner IT Security Summit

Gartner announced its IT Security Summit to be held: 4-6 June 2007 Washington, DC Marriott Wardman Park Early Bird Price is US $1795. Not cheap by my opinion. You will decide is event worh that price. Read full information here.

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