links for 2009-01-14

ABC News: Dirty Bomb Concerns Remain; Security Gaps Still Exist GAO determines that US has no long-term plan to deter smuggling of nuclear material ... containers and GAO experiments with Cesium 137 packed in automobiles. (tags: uspolitics security nuclear ... and they fail precisely the same test a year later. (tags: nuclear smuggling security shipping [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:04:34

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links for 2009-01-14

Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes medical leave This doesn't sound good. (tags: apple health stevejobs ohshit) Interview with an Adware Author ( ... , there's some interesting insight into the security model of Windows here. (tags: security windows privacy ethics ... in the coalmine for general publishing. How long before the print magazine is extinct? (tags [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:01:09

Kwikset update touchpad doorlock

Keys have served mankind well for thousands of years yet we all know the horrible feeling associated with misplacing those ubiquitous chunks of ... keyless entry deadbolt. .. Tags: Security Related Articles: Biometric Home Security - entry via fingerprint scan Chevrolet unveils new Avalanche with E85 FlexFuel Chevrolet SSR convertible utility [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 08:15:54

AVG snaps up Sana Security

AVG snaps up Sana Security Posted by Adam O'Donnell @ 5:57 pm Categories: Viruses and Worms, Anti Virus, Malware, Tools Tags: Sana Security Inc., HIPS, Intrusion Detection, Mergers & Acquisitions, Firewalls, Security, Network Security ... Security has been acquired by the popular AV vendor AVG for an undisclosed sum.  What is HIPS you may ask [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 01:57:55

links for 2009-01-12

The Sky is Falling! - O'Reilly Radar Pundits who predict the death of print would do well to look at similar death pronouncements - the idea that ... . (tags: china data security privacy circumvention halroberts berkman dynaweb freespeech) ... with prognostication. (tags: media internet journalism technology innovation history publishing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:03:50

Windows 7 Beta 1: Ribbonized For Your Pleasure

Windows 7 Beta 1: Ribbonized For Your Pleasure Posted by Jason Perlow @ 4:50 pm Categories: Microsoft, Software Infrastructure, Enterprise Computing, Desktop, Personal Technology, Business, Security Tags: Microsoft Office ... more granular tuning of User Account Control (UAC) security prompts, a reduced memory footprint [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 00:50:33

Mini sensor to improve detection of greenhouse gases

Governments could be able to more easily and cheaply monitor greenhouse gas emissions thanks to a miniature gas sensor being developed by a new ... , Security Related Articles: GE develops battery-free RFID tags Autonomous unmanned helicopters ... sensor technology into their products Security Phone [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 01:27:22

Advertisers kill Mythbusters spy-chip story

p2pnet news view Cool | Advertising:- “Credit-card companies killed Mythbusters segment on RFID vulnerabilities,” says a Boing Boing headline ... out of airing a program about how crappy the security in RFID tags is,” suggests the text, in turn linking ... outgunned …’ In the video,  “We were gonna do RFID and on several levels how hackable, how [more...]

Date: 2008-09-01 13:32:04

MM Lee’s fan arrested for vandalism?

"Hi Harry Lee I love you"Via Straits Times.com. As most Singaporeans would know, Harry Lee is the English name of our Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew ... , a guard held up a piece of cardboard to cover up the words.Soon after, other security personnel ... investigations are ongoing.’Technorati Tags: parliament house, vandalism, singapore parliament house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:26:15

links for 2008-12-07

World's Fastest Robot — Computational Neuroscientists And Engineers Build Robot That Teaches Itself To Walk Up And Down Hills ( ... mainframe desktop) Berlin hacker con will use RFID badges to simulate life in a totalitarian panopticon - Boing Boing Ten years time we could all be wearing those!!! (tags: RFID ITGS privacy security [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 04:02:46

links for 2008-12-07

World's Fastest Robot — Computational Neuroscientists And Engineers Build Robot That Teaches Itself To Walk Up And Down Hills ( ... mainframe desktop) Berlin hacker con will use RFID badges to simulate life in a totalitarian panopticon - Boing Boing Ten years time we could all be wearing those!!! (tags: RFID ITGS privacy security [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 21:02:03

Biovein Secuity Control System Uses Vascular Recognition

biovein Although biometric access controls such as retina and fingerprint recognition are nothing new, in the search for ultimate security, ... on the original – and few bad guys are willing to take things that far… Tags: access control ... the Biovein security control system from French innovator Easydentic Group, verifies your identity [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 19:35:53

RFID tinkering kit

Radio frequency identification tags are not the most secure things in the world ... in concealed locations. Hide readers in an equal number of places around my house. Then, when you put ... lair… For added security, one might put the last reader in the bookshelf itself, and the last tag [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 22:44:17

A Seat at the Table

Obama Change After I was screened for security, I was awarded a tag that read "Escort Required," ... in regard to sustainable business. Jonathan Greenblatt, who worked in the Clinton White House before ... visited us in Vermont, to discuss business synergies. Now he's pitching in to work with the White [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:07:10

UK Considers RFID Chip Implants to monitor prisoners

"UK ministers are planning to implant "machine-readable" ... tagging scheme that would create more space in British jails. Amid concerns about the security of existing tagging systems and prison overcrowding, the Ministry of Justice is investigating the use [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 08:31:00

Security Implications of Microsoft Tags

So, as I said yesterday, I'm a big fan of Microsoft Tags ... wanted more details on, snapping a picture of a small barcode is much easier than jotting down ... implications of them. Let's imagine it's a year from now and tags are wildly popular [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 21:02:03

Fooled

January 7, 2009 · Filed under Airport security, Biometric identification, Surveillance society, Useful resources Tagged fake fingerprints, fingerprint scanners I blogged recently about biometric systems at Japan’s airports ... of both hands onto a fingerprint scanner, which scans your fingerprints and instantly cross-checks them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 02:00:33

Israel forces the US to Abstain on UN Ceasefire Vote

Am I the only one who thinks Israel has an inordinate amount of power and control over the U.S. government? ... in Gaza, because the government said it did not provide for Israel’s security. It passed 14 ... ? Technorati Tags:Israel, Gaza, Palestine, George Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Ehud Olmert, United [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 10:18:00

Iranian Maoists: Strategic Preparations for Horrors of U.S. Attack

Iran MapThere has been considerable debate in an accompanying thread, over what stand Iranian communists should take if the U.S ... and the U.S. tags Iran as the “Greatest Security Threat against America.” Most importantly, the Naval, Air [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:36:53

Domino RFID-Enabled Data Center Management

Domino RFID-Enabled Data Center Management Domino ISG provides real-time traffic control that eliminates the delays, errors, and omissions of manual tracking. Asset tracking systems automatically monitors movements at... Intellitag 915 MHz Intelligent ID Cards MIKOH Smart&Secure: Retail RFID Tag Venture Research: RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 04:02:35

Intellitag 915 MHz Intelligent ID Cards

Intellitag 915 MHz Intelligent ID Cards First credit card format intelligent ID card providing both long-range identification and read/write ... Smart&Secure: Retail RFID Tag Venture Research: RFID Antennas Motorola VC6096 WWAN In-Vehicle/Fixed Mount Mobile Computer Psion Teklogix 7530 G2 Handheld Computer Domino RFID-Enabled Data Center [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 19:19:51

Daily news beat for August 20, 2008

RFID's new utility in the datacenter. The No. 1 growth category for RFID tags is IT asset management ... information security. Related: Four exotic uses of RFID that just might surprise you. CRM host Salesforce.com scoops up InStranet, the maker of knowledge-based management products for call centers in a deal [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 17:40:07

Motorola VC6096 WWAN In-Vehicle/Fixed Mount Mobile Computer

Motorola VC6096 WWAN In-Vehicle/Fixed Mount Mobile Computer Simultaneous support for GPS and telematics applications provides the information you ... ... Psion Teklogix 7530 G2 Handheld Computer Domino RFID-Enabled Data Center Management Intellitag 915 MHz Intelligent ID Cards MIKOH Smart&Secure: Retail RFID Tag Venture Research: RFID Antennas [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 18:31:15

Intermec solutions

Electronic items have become ubiquitous these days and their contribution in every field has enabled us to improve the quality of the service that we ... are RFID readers , Intermec printers like tag printers , Bar code scanners , high speed computing , secure [more...]

Date: 2008-07-11 03:07:00

Privacy Issues Highlighted in the September issue of Scientific American

Via Dan Solove: Daniel J.  Solove, Do Social Networks Bring the End of Privacy? ... Steven Ashley, Digital Surveillance: Tools of the Spy Trade Katherine Albrecht, How RFID Tags Could ... of Privacy May Mean Loss of Security Anna Lysyanskaya, Cryptography: How to Keep Your Secrets Safe [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 17:27:19

RFID Security and Privacy Cybertrust Grant

UVa Today has an article about our (myself, abhi shelat, John Lach, and Ben Calhoun) recent NSF Cybertrust grant on RFID security and privacy: U.Va ... available on common RFID tags. Providing a solution that adds virtually no cost is crucial, because ... . Team Receives $1 Million Grant To Improve RFID Security, by Brevy Cannon, 9 January 2009 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:27:08

How to hack RFID-enabled credit cards for $8

A number of credit card companies now issue credit cards with embedded RFIDs (radio frequency ID tags), with promises of enhanced security and speedy transactions. But on today’s episode of Boing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 14:49:16

Cory Doctorow's Little Brother is a Manual for our Kids to Save the Future

The fates seemed to decree that I wouldn't review Little Brother ... , the Department of Homeland Security clamps down tight, tracking the citizenry with RFID tags, gait recognition scanners and advanced data modeling software. They set up a secret prison on Treasure Island [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 14:00:03

Public Library to Install RFID Security System

Tagging of some 50,000 circulation items has begun, and installation is expected to be completed by the end of November. [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 20:17:00

California's Landmark Combat PTSD Case: Former Army Ranger Sargent Binkley Receives Treatment, Not Jail Sentence

If you ever feel less than empowered, if you ever wonder if members of society can actively play a role in shaping how its returning veterans are ... with his parents. Full details in extended.Click on 'Article Link' below tags for details on the decision ... on two approaching drug trafficking security guards, killing them both. One turned [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:31:00

Welcome to Parallelnormal

more about “Welcome to Parallelnormal“, posted with vodpod Posted in Big Brother, Globalism, Homeland Security, Personal tech, Privacy, Propaganda, Psyops, RFID, Surveillance, Ubiquitous computing, Uncategorized Tagged: animations, Journalism, technologists, technology, Videos [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 19:40:26

the future at airports

Remember the movie Total Recall? Commuters were x-rayed to reveal concealed weapons. It’s coming to airports soon ... to proceed to the security checkpoint. At the checkpoint, an agent waves his rfid reader tag in front of the wallet in your pocket, and you stick your hand in a biometric ID reader. The agent stares [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 06:03:03

Cost Of Bailouts Surpasses Price Tag Of Every War America Has Ever Fought

Of course, Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid did that a long time ago individually, though we never hear anyone talking about that ... in the bailouts of 2008. That includes actual expenditures as well as loan and asset guarantees [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 23:05:21

Apple’s 8 hour battery: breakthrough or bungle?

Apple’s 8 hour battery: breakthrough or bungle? Posted by Robin Harris @ 8:41 am Categories: Infrastructure Tags: Battery, Apple Inc ... of DOD and intelligence community national security [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:41:50

Secway SimpPro v2.2.15

You use instant messengers to chat with your friends or colleagues ... of SimpLite, currently used by more than 50,000 security-aware IM users worldwide. Click here ... | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: allyoulike, application, easyshare, funbox, rapidshare, Secway [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:00:43

barry obamates on Tim Geithner the tax cheat

January 14, 2009It’s not a barry Rezko “boneheaded mistake” this time it’s an “innocent mistake”. This is absolutely insane ... people..Tags: 2008 presidential election, barack obama, barry, cabinet, citizens against proobama ... , proobamedia, Social security tax, tax fraud, tim geithner [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:57:41

Security

I have heard that a primary school in Japan is testing a system to improve the security of students and also give their parents peace of mind. A radio frequency identification tag carried by each student sends a signal to receivers at school gates, and a computer shows when each student enters or leaves. The system can automatically send [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 15:17:24

You've already used RFID

Image via WikipediaHave you ever walked out of a bookstore and walked between the unassuming shoulder-height bars at the door? ... (or security guard) will approach you to see what set it off.Guess what? That was an RFID tag printed ... higher for barcodes. What's keeping RFID from replacing barcodes is privacy issues and standardization [more...]

Date: 2008-04-13 00:59:00

SecureRF receives SBIR grant to develop a secure, satellite-enabled, RFID system

Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher SecureRF Corporation has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) ... identification (RFID) system. The secure global RFID system is intended to verify the actual location ... protocol within an active RFID tag with GPS functions. For more information, see the press release [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 22:08:19

Beijing's medical ticket scalpers ring

The Beijing News January 13, 2009 For sick people from the less-advantaged areas of the country, ... asked to leave. A security guard confirmed that some people in the line do not seem to be regular ... hospital Tags: criminal gangs, scalper, The Beijing News This article is from Danwei.org [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 07:57:14

Virus Bulletin: VB100 award

# Security Fix: October is Cyber Security (Un)Awareness Month Posted: 02 Oct 2008 21:49:01 # The Register: ... California outlaws RFID tag skimming Posted: 02 Oct 2008 21:44:55 # Page 2 News in audio: Info | Podcast | PC Feed Send a quick memo to Rootsecure.net [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 19:52:20

Combat Crisis with Low Interest Payday Loans

A posh car or a toy car; what it needs to make it your own is money. Difference lies only in the amount ... placing any of your security. Thus you remain free from the threat of repossession of property ... . Credit Card Deals Commercial Building Insurance Tags: cash advance loans, Finance, payday cash advance [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:37:26

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01Dec08 Bigelow’s Replay: WCW Nitro 1/13/97 By bigelow34 Categories: WCW Tags: American Males, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Four Horsemen, ... and screaming for Hogan. He is held at bay by security and we head out to the arena where ... star Jerry Lynn under a mask. J.L. has control early as Tony runs down our card for the evening [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 23:10:13

Hayden Panettiere Kicked Out of Night Club

Hayden Panettiere was kicked out of a New York State nightclub last month, ... was at a 21+ venue when the security staff spotted her and questioned her. When they learned ... ! Image Credited to Pacific Coast News Source: Teen Hollywood Tags: Gossip, Hayden Panettiere [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:59:33

New PDA for our new President?

Barak Obama is notorious for his Blackberry use, but he’ll likely have to give it up when he takes office. The main issue is security ... that’s been certified by the National Security Agency as being acceptable for Top Secret voice ... , a princely sum that’s reflected in the Pentagon-worthy price tags for accessories: a simple adapter [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:11:41

Cali, Nevada, Massachussets Pass Data Security Protections

New protections at the state-wide level are being enacted, covering a wide range of topics from RFID tags to encryption. Here’s a look at the states moving forward now: California — Our Governator passed a law making it illegal to secretly scan RFID tags He then killed a bill that would limit the amount of time [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 16:44:03

Kwikset Introduces Keyless Entries for your Home

Do you want your home to carry the modern tag? Well you can start by upgrading the locks and do away with the usual door handles and keys for security reasons and entry. Kwikset has unveiled the next generation Touchpad Electronic Deadbolt which allows home owners to gain access using assigned codes to their homes. We see this type [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 20:11:23

Schools using RFID for security enhancement

Aeroscout Inc., a provider of asset visibility solutions, has announced the adoption of its visibilty solution by two educational institutions ... based Active RFID tags are affixed to the equipment. The tags communicate with the school’ ... some real world examples of how schools can use RFID technology to cope with various school security [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 19:15:00

Schools using RFID for security enhancement

Aeroscout Inc., a provider of asset visibility solutions, has announced the adoption of its visibilty solution by two educational institutions ... based Active RFID tags are affixed to the equipment. The tags communicate with the school’ ... some real world examples of how schools can use RFID technology to cope with various school security [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 19:15:00

Smartcard Hack Can Be Published

A Dutch court ruled today that a group of researchers who figured out how to break into RFID tags used in smartcards around the world can publish ... programmers make such mistakes and to provide information to consumers about the security [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 17:59:41

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