What was that you said? [Proof of concept GSM security break]
Well, it’s finally happened: the elements necessary to build a computer setup capable of passively decrypting GSM have been cobbled together by …
Call me daft, but that isn’t secure. [Bank telephone security]
In the past few months, I have become increasingly aware of a glaring problem with the security model banks, utility companies, et …
Open sesame! [WordPress 2.8.3 change password vulnerability]
Well that was fortuetous! I was trying to find details on why the Suhosin extension keeps segfaulting PHP 5.2.10, and somehow ended …
Past expoits, new trend? [Attempted retrieval of /etc/passwd in httpd logs]
There isn’t precisely a flood of traffic on this site, so I occasionally take a gander through the logs. The webserver logs …
Personal website [Personal website]
In anticipation of my desire to post “everything but the kitchen sink” on this blog, I though it best to setup a …
Knowing me, knowing you… ah-ha! [The hidden 'credit reference agency' - N Hunter Limited]
This evening, I stumbled accross an article on the Guardian’s website; it details a little known agency which is apparently owned by …
Fiddle, fuddle [Unicode characters in Openoffice under Gnome]
Slightly off topic, but annoying enough that I thought it worthwhile. If you’re ever trying to work out how to enter unicode …
Sgàil Revisions & Corrections
Well, its finally been done – Sgàil has been updated to fix the error described in this post which allowed second pre-image …
It’s crypto, but not as we’d like it cap’in. [Cryptography implementation failures and misattribution of trust]
How many times have you looked at an apparent security measure and wondered what on earth was going through the mind of …
Right, will somebody please tell me why the toaster is trying to eat the sofa? [Nokia Home Control Centre - a disaster in waiting]
Every so often I read about a planned technology or idea and think, “wow, that really is monumentally stupid”, and this month …