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The Smackin9 of Hakin9
The folks here at SecurityPimp.net have been doing this Information Security thing for some time. Back in the early days knowledge, tools, and training usually took place on a hidden BBS, and later private IRC’s. But as technology and the internet have evolved so has the training methods and sharing in our hacking community. It’s…
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“The end of the world begins September 1, 2012”
Looking for a chance to have fun and show your stuff to the industry players? CSAW CTF Begins this weekend. “CSAW CTF is a entry-level CTF, designed for undergraduate students who are trying to break into security. Challenges are specifically designed to point students in directions that will help them understand fundamental concepts and develop…
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Why Your 8 Character Password Sucks
“Passwords must contain 8 characters and include upper case and numbers” This ‘rule’ is often used by many websites, corporate domains, and networking devices. But as is the case with many information security standards by the time it is adopted by the masses it is already weakened or outdated.
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Behind the iPhone meltdown
One of the good things about long airport layovers are the chances you finally get to catch up on your reading. Which is what it finally took to crack open my last issue of Wired magazine. I must say I was quite amused to find an article outlining the love/hate relationship between AT&T and Apple.…
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Android Wireless Recon Fun
Sometimes carrying around a laptop to conduct wireless recon can be a pain. Today I will show how with your rooted Android & a couple free programs from the Android marketplace you can begin doing some real wireless recon. Install: To start search for and install the following 5 programs. 1) Droidwall 2) WiFi Analyzer…
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Keeping my Droid “G”
Freshly back from a new round of security based conferences I will take a moment to point out one of the more interesting topics for me this time around. The discussion on Cell Phone Spying (not that I made it inside the actual talk with the ungodly line). More specifically how by using a frequency…
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Pimpin’ is Pimpin’
Rest assured the security pimp is still pimpin’ He is just doing it in another fashion at the moment. My first home studio album will be released next month..
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XKCD: Keyboards Are Disgusting
With all the disease scare going on lately. Just a reminder to clean out those Doritos chip lined keyboards every once in a while.
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Former IT analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank Arrested
Curtis & Kenneth Wiltshire were arrested & charged with identity theft using stolden data. A former employee at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and his brother were arrested Friday on suspicion of obtaining loans using stolen identities. Having seen some pretty shabby excuses for IT analysts thru the years somehow I suspect this…