Security Leftovers
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Hackaday ☛ Beating Bitlocker In 43 Seconds [Ed: Back doors [1, 2]]
How long does it take to steal your Bitlocker keys? Try 43 seconds, using less than $10 in hardware. Encrypting your hard drive is good security. If you’re running Windows, the most popular system is BitLocker, which has come with Windows since Vista. We’ve known for some time that Bitlocker could be defeated with direct access to the hardware. Microsoft claims that the process requires an attacker with skill and lengthy access to the hardware. [Stacksmashing] wanted to define lengthy, so he gave it a try. The result is a shockingly fast attack.
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SANS ☛ Computer viruses are celebrating their 40th birthday (well, 54th, really), (Tue, Feb 6th)
Although "cyber security" is a relatively new field, it already has quite an interesting history, and it is worthwhile to look back at it from time to time.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Mini PC maker ships systems with factory-installed spyware — AceMagic says issue was contained to the 'first shipment'
Different user reports claim that the AceMagic AD08, AD15, and S1 mini-PCs contain malware from the Bladabindi and Redline families.
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Silicon Angle ☛ Google report warns of risk posed by commercial surveillance industry [Ed: But Google itself is a commercial surveillance industry]
A new report released today by Surveillance Giant Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group warns of the dangers posed by the commercial surveillance industry and how those providers exploit vulnerabilities in consumer devices to install spyware for governments worldwide.
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Scoop News Group ☛ Google: Governments need to do more to combat commercial spyware
The commercial spyware industry continues to supply highly advanced surveillance capabilities despite efforts to better regulate it.
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