Lifehacker: Why You May Want to Avoid Non-ASCII Characters in Your Passwords
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Lifehacker: Why You May Want to Avoid Non-ASCII Characters in Your Passwords
Security Week: Seller of Counterfeit Video Games Gets 30 Months in Prison
New York Times: Gadgets Bring New Opportunities for Hackers
Grandma Embedded Linux, aka Grannybuntu: The next big thing in desktop technology, or just another fanboy pipe dream? Well, who cares; As long as it has pipes, it’s cool.
It turns out that hacking together a security keypad is remarkably simple if you know what you’re doing. [Don] needed to add a keypad with an RFID reader on it. He had previously built a USB RFID reader and thought he could integrate those concepts into the new unit. He once again started with a [...]![]()
[Toby] wanted to have a remote shutter trigger for his RICOH GR III camera. This brand doesn’t have a dedicated port for remote operation but a bit of research allowed him to build his own trigger. The camera’s USB port is used for triggering but not using the USB protocol. Instead, a pulse pattern on [...]![]()
Apple iOS Networking Packet Filter Rules Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Mantis Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Mantis ‘manage_proj_cat_add.php’ HTML Injection Vulnerability
Many times i download live cd distros to preview and install them, but sometimes the livecd does not have an installer, even the official site says that this cd cannot be installed, thats the case with CentOS 5.5 livecd. Well i did install it, with "some assembly required" but i did it, this are my notes to make this process "easy" to you.
As a biomedical equipment technician [Adam Outler] equipment needs to be in top working condition. The emergency room staff were complaining about erroneous noise on the electrocardiogram and it’s his job to fix it. He suspected EMF interference so as a quick first step he decided to throw together an EMF detector using an Arduino. [...]![]()

If you start a company, it will probably happen to you someday. Maybe it will be your VC or a board member. Maybe it will be your co-founder.
Sooner or later, they’ll try to fire you.
I’m an investor in or advisor to dozens of startups, and at least once a quarter, I get the call: “Chris, they’re trying to fire me.” (The other urgent call I get is when they’re negotiating a financing round, merger, or sale. I much prefer those calls!)
Most entrepreneurs are surprised the first time their investors or co-founders try to fire them. They can’t imagine being banished from the company that they created. Maybe they were the only employee of the company for years. Maybe they recruited and courted the very person who comes to carry out the execution.
The sad fact is, founder firings are the rule, not the exception.![]()
Debian Linux Security Advisory 2139-1 – Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin, a tool to administer MySQL over the web.
A null-free shellcode for 32-bit versions of Windows 5.0 – 7.0 all service packs that uses the Microsoft Speech API to say “You got pwned!” over the speakers. Includes optional code that fixes stack alignment (adds 5 bytes) and bypasses EAF (adds 29 by…
[Andrew] built himself a stoplight that flashes along with the music. Unlike the traffic signal we checked in on a year ago, this one’s not a reused municipal fixture. [Andrew] imported a 3D model into Sketchup, printed out the results, and traced them onto Bristol board to make his templates. He cut out the parts, [...]![]()
Wired: Unsmart Investments in Smartcards
H Security: Critical update for WordPress
Emma – Graphical toolkit for MySQL database developers and administrators
While there is now the Calligra Suite following an internal KOffice fork by its developers, having been released today is KOffice 2.3.0 that includes the work leading up the formation of Calligra. KOffice 2.3 features include Krita being certified as r…
One thing a lot of security researchers have been predicting for years is rise in mobile malware. Ho …(more)…
SQL Injection in LightNEasy
Path disclousure in ocPortal
MantisBT ‘upgrade_unattended.php’ Local File Include and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
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