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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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Multilingual MSN Messenger Worm Spreads

Users of Microsoft’s MSN Messenger should be aware of a new “smart” worm that checks the configuration of their Windows client and sends a message in the appropriate language, according to security companies Akonix Systems and Symantec. The message in … Continue reading

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Hackers Attack Via Chinese Web Sites

Washington Post (08/25/05) P. A1; Graham, Bradley; Eggen, Dan Hackers have been focusing attacks on hundreds of unclassified U.S. government systems through Chinese Web sites for several years, reported anonymous government officials. Analysts are split on whether these intrusions are … Continue reading

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Copyright Program to Require Explorer

Washington Post (08/25/05) P. D5; Krim, Jonathan Starting Oct. 24, artists can go online to pre-register certain works for copyright protection with the U.S. Copyright Office, but are required to use Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. Technologists and other experts object … Continue reading

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Security blog

This blog started on August 28, 2005. Dragan Pleskonjic

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