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flaw-in-mail-list-compromises-password-file

Posted by: admin 16 years, 3 months ago

There are a number of things that make passwords increasingly unusable. One of the biggest problems with passwords is that you're supposed to use different ones for different systems. It's a no-no to use the same password in multiple places because if one gets compromised, then the other systems are compromised.

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comment-on-the-t-mobile-attack

Posted by: admin 16 years, 3 months ago
I'm sure everyone (in security) has seen the article at Security Focus about the T-Mobile attack and probably some of the great commentary about it, especially here.


I only have one comment: Everyone write your bank, cellular company, credit card company, utility companies and tell them that you want strong authentication and you want it now.

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follow-up-on-t-mobile-security

Posted by: admin 16 years, 3 months ago

So this weekend, the blog started getting a ton of hits from google searches for "Paris Hitlon T-moble hacked SideKick" etc. I couldn't figure out why the big rush all the sudden until I read the Register this a.m..

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could-two-factor-authentication-have-saved-7

Posted by: admin 16 years, 3 months ago

Well, it is hard to say since there is still debate about whether the alleged rouge trader worked alone, but there are reports that using two-factor authentication might have it harder for him to make fake trades that appeared to offset losses.

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debian-cvs-server-compromised

Posted by: admin 16 years, 3 months ago

Hat tip to Chris Walsh at Emergent Chaos on the Debian server compromise. No information on wheter it was an authentication attack, like the last time in 2003.

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