Comment Re:One more reason Flash sucks (Score 1, Redundant) 86
Flash isn't a villain here, it was used as a research tool. The researchers are using Flash to detect forged SSL Certs.
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Comment Re:Another foreign PhD at an American University (Score 3, Informative) 86
It's very common for research universities to take students from around the globe. This isn't unique to the US, either. For example, here's some Oxford's PhD students in CS:
http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/...
It's a very positive thing, actually. Provincialism doesn't improve research.
Comment Re:On the subject of collusion (Score 1) 108
"Fuck unions for making my working conditions dangerous."
Oh, the irony.
Hacker Jeff Moss Sworn Into Homeland Security Advisory Council 139
Wolfgang Kandek writes "Hacker Jeff Moss, founder of computer security conferences DEFCON and Black Hat, has been sworn in as one of the new members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) of the DHS. Moss, who goes by the handle 'the Dark Tangent' says he was surprised to be asked to join the council and that he was nominated to bring an 'outside perspective' to its meetings. He said, 'I know there is a new-found emphasis on cybersecurity, and they're looking to diversify the members and to have alternative viewpoints. I think they needed a skeptical outsider's view because that has been missing.'"
Comment Re:Apple (Score 2, Interesting) 264
not for Perl.
It's not cheap but you can get support for Perl:
http://www.apple.com/support/products/macosxserver_sw_supt.html
I've asked them Perl questions and they've always worked on the questions me (and gotten me a good answer).
Submission + - 'Sidejacking ' On WiFi
ancientribe writes: As if you need another reason not to use WiFi unprotected, here's one: a researcher has released a tool that lets hackers "sidejack" your machine and access your Web accounts. Called Hamster, the tool basically clones the victim's cookies by sniffing their session IDs and controlling their Website accounts.
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=130 692&WT.svl=news1_2
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=13
