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Multiple flaws in the TCP stack could lead to DoS attacks
“Jack found some anomalies in which machines would stop working in some very specific circumstances while being scanned,” Lee told CNET News. One of the behaviors experienced was packet loss where the packets just kept trying, and trying, and trying, creating, more or less, a denial of service (DoS) on that machine.” More Info…
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Snow on Mars discovered by NASA’s robot
Forget trying to find evidence that there used to be water on Mars. Scientists from NASA said today that its instruments on the Red Planet have detected falling snow. More Info…
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Today is a Historical day in the fight for Human Rights
September, 25 1789 – James Madison lead US Congress to approve 12 amendments to the Constitution, 10 of those later form the Bill of Rights.. September 25, 1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, AK was integrated.. Let these inspire you to go out and exercise, or fight for these rights today. Because even…
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Grandpa Hack
A Solana Beach man was arraigned Monday in federal court after being indicted for computer intrusion and extortion, officials said. Bruce Mengler a 60 year old man seemed to have found a hole in a marketing website used by Maserati. The site was used for as a promotional tool for their new products but also…
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The Race to Space.. In an Elevator
It looks as if Japanese scientists are racing to beat US scientists to construct the first “Space Elevator”. As the name implies this will be able to transport cargo to space using much less energy than current rocket technology.. A space elevator would open civilian space travel, and would allow vast amounts of cargo to…
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Day in the Life of Web 2.0 Hacker
PC Magazine is running an interesting article on Web 2.0 “Hacking”. While I agree there is some hacking going on here with malicious code etc.. But really how great is it to be able to harvest information from some teenagers MySpace account? They harvest data about you, your family, your friends, and your work directly…
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Palin Personal Email Hacked!
It seems someone has claimed they have gained access to Sarah Palin’s personal Yahoo account and reportedly posted pictures and screenshots as proof. The truth to the claims may not have been verified yet but even more interesting is the response from the McCain/Palin camp. “This is a shocking invasion of the Governor’s privacy and…
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YouTube… CENSORED
So is it just me or does it seem Google is talking out of both sides of their mouth these days? As Google they say “We will never give in to Government” as they deny access to user search information, stats, etc.. But dressed up as YouTube they are bending faster than a noodle in…
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Dark no more…
October 4th is the expected date when the Market goes Dark for good..While I may not always agree with the way information can be used, I am still and will remain an advocate for “free information”. That is why I feel it is blog worthy to point out this recent site closure.The website DarkMarket has…
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US Government to Deploy "DNSSEC" by December 2009
In a memo (pdf) to agency chief information officers, Karen Evans, Adminstrator for the Office of E-Government and Information Technology at the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, said its time to lock down the infrastructure. More Info…
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