Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

“I work in security.” – “Oh really, that’s so _interesting_!!!” #youarelying #socialengineeringihazthis #hhldn

2012/04/25 22:22:20 BST

Turns out she was wanting introductions to “developers” for her “startups”.
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“I do security.” – “What, like in a nightclub?” #notexactly #hhldn

2012/04/25 22:20:02 BST

yes, really.
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BBC News – Scottish wildcats found in Cairngorms

2012/04/25 06:55:02 BST

BBC News – Scottish wildcats found in Cairngorms.
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Twitter Updates for 2012-04-25

2012/04/25 06:00:00 BST

@markpack Proportional legal oversight regards deprivation of liberty would be a good problem to have. cc: @DrJennyWoods @julianhuppert # RT @adrianco: Tropical Dalek says INTOXICATE INTOXICATE!!! http://t.co/fogI5yIS # #netflix engineers gone wild # @markpack Define "collapse". ( cc: @DrJennyWoods @julianhuppert ) # @markpack Would raising the burden of suspicion necessary to request a warrant address…
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BBC News – Sir David Omand – Social media snooping powers out of date #ccdp

2012/04/24 07:31:16 BST

Government surveillance has not kept up with sites like Twitter and Facebook, according to a former head of the UK’s intelligence centre GCHQ. Sir David Omand said criminals, terrorists and paedophiles were using social networks as a “secret space”. The government is to announce plans to plug “gaps” in how intelligence services monitor the internet.…
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censorship and interception
Twitter Updates for 2012-04-24

2012/04/24 06:00:00 BST

Anyone going to @DC4420 tomorrow BE AWARE THAT THE VENUE HAS CHANGED – now at "The Troubadour, SW5 9JA"; the website is ambiguous re: this. # : "The Government stresses that what is proposed is merely an expansion of existing powers" #tootrue #ccdp http://t.co/sVFNSp2V #
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“The Government stresses that what is proposed is merely an expansion of existing powers” #tootrue #ccdp

2012/04/23 18:31:27 BST

They still don’t quite get it… The Government stresses that what is proposed is merely an expansion of existing powers, which cover more traditional forms of communication, to new technology. The authorities would still need a warrant to access the contents of such communication.38 Officials also underline a difference between the current proposals and the…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-04-23

2012/04/23 06:00:00 BST

: I am so glad that @zefrank is back… http://t.co/w4XBaUmM # : [Full-disclosure] phpMyBible 0.5.1 Multiple XSS #security #xss http://t.co/Z5pNHHHt #
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[Full-disclosure] phpMyBible 0.5.1 Multiple XSS #security #xss

2012/04/22 21:08:46 BST

There are days I love information security: # Exploit Title: phpMyBible 0.5.1 Mutiple XSS # Date: 04/15/12 # Author: G13 # Twitter: @g13net # Software http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmybible/?source=directory # Version: 0.5.1 # Category: webapps (php) # ##### Description ##### phpMyBible is an online collaborative project to make an e-book of the Holy Bible in as various language…
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I am so glad that @zefrank is back…

2012/04/22 06:26:12 BST

THIS: A Show.
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Twitter Updates for 2012-04-22

2012/04/22 06:00:00 BST

: British farmer’s quest to find lost Spitfires in Burma – Telegraph http://t.co/c7rlpgFr # : Worm propagation strategies in an IPv6 Internet http://t.co/8AshxgY5 #
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Worm propagation strategies in an IPv6 Internet

2012/04/21 17:40:28 BST

We discuss a number of strategies worms could use in an IPv6-based Internet to ?nd new targets. We separate these into two categories, widearea and local-area searches, somewhat mirroring the IPv6 address architecture. We argue that worms will use different types of information sources to ?rst determine existing networks and establish a presence there, and…
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