Defcon 16 is over and the papers are available for viewing.
Saturday, 6 September 2008
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
The BGP intercept attack as described by Anton "Tony" Kapela and Alex Pilosov at Defcon 16 has been gaining notoriety, so I thought I would start gathering some of the information here as a centralised resource.
The Wired article is probably the best place to start. They added an additional article to further describe the attack and a bit of the history behind it.
The effect of the BGP re-route has already been seen with the Pakistan – YouTube incident.
The link to the Defcon slides is here.
The Wired article is probably the best place to start. They added an additional article to further describe the attack and a bit of the history behind it.
The effect of the BGP re-route has already been seen with the Pakistan – YouTube incident.
The link to the Defcon slides is here.
Another Security Truism
It seems that restaurant owners are able to alter their sales records on electronic cash registers using zappers.
It just proves that physical access to a computer means you can alter it.
In other words, if you can touch the box, you can own the box.
It just proves that physical access to a computer means you can alter it.
In other words, if you can touch the box, you can own the box.
Monday, 1 September 2008
Zen Info Sec Starts
Decided on Zen info Sec after deciding the previous company name was terrible.
I will be using this to post general Security postings. Mainly so that I can keep track of stuff
I will be using this to post general Security postings. Mainly so that I can keep track of stuff
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