Important Browser Security Updates – CA revocation for DigiNotar

Over that last couple of days, most (hopefully all) of the Web clients (browsers) are being updated to revoke the CA (Certificat Authority) for DigiNotar. It’s important that you perform this update.

The reason is simple. They were hacked last week, and several bogus CERTs (SSL private/public key generated certificates used in secure HTTP [...]

iPhone Cellular Tracking – Redux. Can it be turned off, at all?

If you managed to catch my previous post on the iPhone Cellular Location Tracking Controversy, you saw that I did a little more research into the issue than most of the other articles. Or, at least I showed my work. So why post today? I’m going to walk through a check to see if turning [...]

The Great iPhone Location File Controversy

The Great iPhone Location File Controversy – is it really a problem?

Unless you have been living under a rock, or use a Windows Mobile Device (no difference), you no-doubt have heard about the reports floating around in the last day or so about the infamous consolidated.db location history file that is maintained on each [...]

Twitter twits, silenced!

Yeah.. if anyone knows who I can call to thank, shoot me a message.

Hackers Silence Twitter

URGENT: Global cyber talk at the popular social networking site ‘defending against denial-of-service attack’; Facebook also reporting problems

Also reported by Reuters:

Hack attack silences Twitter, Facebook sees delays

By Alexei Oreskovic

SAN [...]

Hybrid smug pollution – HSD not so ‘hip’?

This all reminds me of a favorite South Park Episode (I’ll admit it, guilty as charged), where the ‘Smug’ from the Prius owners chokes the town in ‘snug pollution’. Great episode. In light of that, read this little article. The quote from the lucky owner says it all:

The Flip Side of the Perfect Prius [...]

Conficker – has the chaos started? (it’s April 1 in Melbourne)

UPDATED:

I recently received a link to the this analysis of the crime-ware.  Pretty sophisticated!!!  The Conficker Cabal is busy trying to measure it’s function and effectivness.  If you have the time, and the stomach for a tech article, I suggest you read this!

SRI International – Techncial Report on Conficker C

— MY PREVIOUS [...]

Massive Chinese cyber espionage network discovered

Researchers in Toronto released a report this weekend, regarding the discovery of a massive cyber-espionage and data theft network that appears to have 3 of it’s 4 Command-and-Control (C&C) located in China.

Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries By JOHN MARKOFF Published: March 28, 2009

TORONTO — A vast electronic spying operation has [...]