Tag Archive for 'security'

Bank scams by phone

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Anton
on June 15, 2008
in Blogging and Humor
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UserFriendly has 2 fabulous comic strips on Bank scams by phone (the kind where someone phones you up and pretends to be your bank in order to get secure information by asking you to “confirm” some details)
Cartoon 1, Cartoon 2

Its a shame that they don’t let you hotlink the images like xkcd does

Installing/Updating WordPress with Subversion

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Anton
on April 28, 2008
in Blogging and Internet
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So, as there is a new version of Wordpress (2.5.1) which has some serious security fixes, I thought I would move my blog to running from svn. This doesnt mean I am running bleeding edge code, it just means updating the Wordpress code is as simple as svn sw new_version_url. Which is a lot simpler than downloading and unpacking tars over the top.

Installing/Updating WordPress with Subversion « WordPress Codex

Theres also a configuration option for the new wordpress that improves the cryptography

Fingerprint secured USB memory sticks

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Anton
on March 14, 2008
in Technology
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When I first heard about these, I thought “what a great idea”. Then, almost immediately, I wondered if they were really secure or if it was a gimmick and the security was in fact rubbish - Well, I know now…

Secure USB sticks cracked - heise Security UK

Apparently the security is controlled by the OS, and it tells the usb stick when to unlock the hidden data - all you have to do is run a single command, and you can get to the supposedly protected data