Comment Not very serious (Score 1) 95
I've get to some across a virtual server provider that has a floppy disk driver enabled. Seems a lot of hype about nothing to be honest and scaremongering.
Comment Willing to help (Score 1) 102
I'm also a comp sci prof and have played many cybersec ctfs. If you want to have a chat on the phone pm me and I can give some tips.
Best
Gareth
Comment Details of bug (Score 5, Informative) 101
The bug is that the cn hostname from the certificate is not verified. So it's possible to use your own website SSL cert as a cert for any other site and Apple devices will accept it no question. Of course, to exploit, you'd need to modify a tool like webmitm to serve a fixed certificate.
Very very dangerous, seems to be a result of switching away from OpenSSL although details are still flaky.
Comment Link to coroner's report (Score 1) 1
Submission + - Barnaby Jack died of drug overdose (bbc.co.uk) 1
DrDevil writes: Barnaby Jack, the computer security expert who was due to give a presentation on hacking pacemakers at last year's Blackhat died of a drug overdose. The coroner withheld the report which led to much speculation given the timing of his death.
Mr Jack appears to have taken a cocktail of drugs and was found dead by his girlfriend. His girlfriend stated that he had used drugs regularly.
Mr Jack appears to have taken a cocktail of drugs and was found dead by his girlfriend. His girlfriend stated that he had used drugs regularly.
Submission + - Anonymous intercepts FBI conference call (telegraph.co.uk)
DrDevil writes: A member of the computer hacking group Anonymous has hacked into a telephone conference between the FBI and Scotland Yard (London Police) and posted it on the internet.
The Daily Telegraph has a comprehensive article on the hack at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9059580/Anonymous-hackers-intercept-conversation-between-FBI-and-Scotland-Yard-on-how-to-deal-with-hackers.html.
The audio of the call can be heard at http://t.co/vrdop7No.
The Daily Telegraph has a comprehensive article on the hack at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9059580/Anonymous-hackers-intercept-conversation-between-FBI-and-Scotland-Yard-on-how-to-deal-with-hackers.html.
The audio of the call can be heard at http://t.co/vrdop7No.
Comment Re:Screen recorder (Score 1) 107
The screen recorder is Camtasia - Linux is running in a VM under Windows.
Submission + - GCHQ Challenge solution explained (blogspot.com)
DrDevil writes: ""The British spy agency GCHQ recently published a puzzle on www.canyoucrackit.co.uk (as featured on slashdot), now just a few days later an academic at the University of Greenwich in England has posted a full video explanation of the puzzle. The puzzle has three stages and is not at all simple — likely to challenge even the best computer science graduates.
Solution and explanation at http://gchqchallenge.blogspot.com/""
Solution and explanation at http://gchqchallenge.blogspot.com/""
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