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Defcon 2007: Robert Graham, Errata Security

04:08 | Martin McKeay | Aug 21st, 2007 5:03pm |

Robert Graham is the CEO of Errata Security, as well as being a well-known security blogger, appropriately at the Errata Security blog. We took a few minutes at Defcon to talk about the Wall of Sheep, as well as a vulnerability in Gmail and all of the major Web-based email systems. While such systems use HTTPS to establish a secure connection for the initial user name and password transactions, they do not continue to use HTTPS for the entire session. Because of this, anyone who intercepts the communication between your system and their servers can capture your cookies and impersonate you until the cookie expires. Robert explained this vulnerability during his talk at Black Hat.

LunchMeet: Memetic Engineering with Sticker Nation

08:27 | Eddie Codel | Aug 10th, 2007 |

While in Las Vegas recently for DEFCON, I had a chance to sit down with my pal Srini Kumar, the proprieter and meme crafter behind Unamerican.com and StickerNation. Srini, who recently published Sticker Nation: The Big Book of Subversive Stickers, Volume I, describes his intentions and ...
Defcon 2007: The Insecurity of Widgets

08:59 | Martin McKeay | Aug 7th, 2007 |

I caught up with Iftach Ian Amit from Finjan right after his talk at Defcon. He explained why widgets and gadgets on various websites and platforms are inherently insecure, despite the fact that standards exist to create secure gadgets. No platform is safe from these insecurities, as ...
Defcon 2007: Bumping the Medeco Lock

07:38 | Martin McKeay | Aug 6th, 2007 |

Lock bumping became big news at last year’s Defcon when 11-year-old Jennalynn showed an exceptional talent for being able to bump almost any lock set in front of her. This year she again shows her talent by bumping the Medeco M3 high security lock, a lock that is supposedly ...