Security BlogQaddisin security blogSony rootkit thoughts- November 20, 2005 Bruce Schneier nails the Sony rootkit story. I didn't pay much attention to it, because I haven't purchased a CD in close to 2 years (thanks iTunes). But I skimmed the news stories coming out and each time my jaw dropped a little further: 500k machines infected including government boxes, cloaking software, Sony's CEO making silly statements... But the real story, as Bruce Schneier points out - why the hell didn't any Antivirus software (or IDS for that matter), detect this software sooner We...http://blog.qaddisin.com/2005/11/sony-rootkit-thoughts.html Hackers and Crime- November 17, 2005 An OK article that reiterates what I have feared for quite some time. We've moved passed the nerdy age of hacking. They're becoming more sophisticated and zeroing in on profit...Forget the outdated hacker image of a spotty anarchic teenager holed up in his bedroom defacing the Web sites of global organisations, today's hackers are not only older but more determined than ever to claim your cash and identity.http://blog.qaddisin.com/2005/11/hackers-and-crime.html Internal database abuse- November 14, 2005 Scary article from the Post Dispatch on internal database abuse, this time by a police officer....ran a heroin distribution ring that was violent and tightly knit, making it difficult for informers to penetrate it, federal authorities say.The gang also had a secret weapon: It cultivated a police officer to dig into a law enforcement database to figure out which of its customers might be undercover informers...But I'm not sure I agree with the chief of police's comments:"This case personifies...http://blog.qaddisin.com/2005/11/internal-database-abuse.html Lynn update- November 8, 2005 This made me smile. Glad to see he's back on his feet.Michael Lynn, the hacker who hit the headlines in July for exposing a Cisco router flaw is now employed by arch-rival Juniper, according to the vendor. Juniper declined to reveal what role Lynn is occupying.The security researcher was dramatically sued by Cisco earlier in the year after he discovered a Cisco router IOS flaw and defied the networking giant and then-employer ISS to publicise the flaw at a hacking convention in Las Vegas.Lynn...http://blog.qaddisin.com/2005/11/lynn-update.html |