Archive for December, 2006

Nmap 4.20 Out

From the nmap-dev mailing list:
From: Fyodor
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 20:19:00 -0800
Hi Everyone,
I just posted the binaries for 4.20! Woohoo! This is the first “stable” release in almost 6 months, and contains tons of important changes over 4.11. But I think you guys are well familiar with those.
Please give it a […]

Open Letter to Domain Registrars

Get right down to it! F-Secure has posted this letter asking domain registrars to double-check the names people register for domains to help combat phishing. The example they give is just one of many that go wild:

Like, say, somebody trying to register a .com domain with the words “ebay” and “sign in” in it? Isn’t […]

Control our Christmas Tree :)

A couple students at my school hacked our Christmas tree. You can control it here you’ll have to open up two browser windows to view the cameras and control it simultaneously(to prevent abuse). It’s been featured on Make and some more pictures here. The web server is hosting the the web page on a PINK […]

Nike + Ipod… nothing new

I’ve been seeing stories about the Nike+Ipod sport kit and how researchers have come up with a way to track people wearing them. This is nothing new, people have been able to do this for quite some time, called SIGINT (signals intelligence).  You’ve been carrying around a personal tracking device since (at least) the early […]