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Wall of Sheep at DEFCON illustrates what not to do

Great demo! and Teaching tool!!!Wall of sheep is a great demo. I've run the "Wall of Shame" from www.irongeek.com many time for security groups and computer classes. On a side note, I love the e-mail addresses being blured but not the IP addresses.... ;)

Tags: Wall

Discussion threads 2006-08-08

Additional Resources

Defcon: Everybody Dies v1.2 patch (exe)

This patch expands Defcon: Everybody Dies to include modding support.

Tags: Introversion, Patches, Security

Software downloads 2006-12-21

Defcon brings together security pros and hackers

Check out what's going on at the 16th annual Defcon security conference in Las Vegas. It brings together mainstream security professionals and underground hackers for a unique perspective on security. by Selena Frye

Tags: Hacker, Security, Selena Frye

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Defcon: Everybody Dies demo (exe)

It's global thermonuclear war, and nobody wins. But maybe just maybe you can lose the least. Defcon lets players compete against up to 6 other opponents online in an all-out nuclear war. Strategically place silos, radar, carriers, submarines in order to save as many of your people as possible, while...

Tags: Opponent, Aerospace & Defense, LANs, Games, Network Technology, Networking, Manufacturing, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-10-06

Photos: Hacking at Defcon

In Las Vegas, more than 6,000 attendees party, compete over weekend at world's largest hacker convention.

Tags: photograph, Las Vegas, hacking

Image galleries 2006-08-07

Defcon: Everybody Dies v1.1 patch (exe)

Improve your browser and fix several minor bugs with this patch.

Tags: Bug, Introversion, Patches, Web Browsers, Security, Internet

Software downloads 2006-12-21

Defcon: Everybody Dies Christmas mod (zip)

With this mod for the nuclear-strategy game, everyone wins since you must help deliver gifts to the children of the world.

Tags: Children, Gift, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-12-21

GAMING: Greetings, Dr. Falken. Do You Want To Play a Game?

Introversion doesn't know how to make a bad gameUplink, Darwinia, and now DEFCON. What they lack in quantity they make up for in quality. They're not the most polished titles out there, but they are more playable than a lot of the multimillion-dolla

Tags: Games, nighthawk808, game, Introversion

Discussion threads 2006-11-11

Defcon: Everybody Dies Space6 mod (zip)

This mod replaces the world map with a map of six planes and replaces unit graphics with spaceships.

Tags: Spaceship

Software downloads 2006-12-21

TechRepublic Pro Podcast: IE7, File Sharing, and RFID Hacking

In this installment of the TechRepublic Pro Podcast, Commentator Michael Jackman covers incompatibilities in Microsoft's upcoming Internet Explorer 7, news from DefCon, and a major problem unearthed with Windows 2000.

Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, File-sharing, Podcasts, RFID, Internet, Wireless, Security, Biometrics

Download resources 2005-08-05

Follow these best practices for securing Mac OS X

Secure?Secure enough for a home email checker/weather.com browser perhaps...tho a well designed social engineering attempt could use email as a point of entry. That's not what this post is about though. What about security in a corporate, small office, or public/semi-public setting or an unprivledged user account that...

Tags: Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, brian@..., e-mail, osx, SECURE, security

Discussion threads 2005-07-29

Security news roundup: States urged to do more to tackle cybercrime

This week's security events includes a Defcon talk by MIT students stopped by a court order, a critical vulnerability in the Joomla CMS, Microsoft's bumper Patch Tuesday in the month of August, and states urged to do more to tackle cybercrime. by Paul Mah

Tags: Cybercrime, Critical Vulnerability, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Center For Democracy And Technology, Joomla CMS, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2008-08-15

HTTPS: Surf jacking makes it vulnerable

Cookies and redirection seem to be this year's "attack vector du jour." At DefCon, Mike Perry gave a rather disconcerting talk about surf jacking and how it can be used to capture SSL session cookies. Michael Kassner would like to explain how surf jacking compromises HTTPS security. by Michael Kassner

Tags: Web Server, Web, HTTP, Attacker, Web Browser, Session, Web Page, Cookie, HTTPS, Session Cooky, Session Cookie, Channel Management, Marketing, Michael Kassner

Blog posts 2008-08-20

GAMING: Greetings, Dr. Falken. Do You Want To Play a Game?

I've been reliving some of that cold war, 1980's, Red Dawn angst by watching Jericho on CBS, and I recently screened Wargames for my teenage son (who, quite to my surprise, enjoyed it immensely).  So imagine my post-apocalyptic joy when Macworld mentioned a game (PC only for now, but available...

Tags: Game, Games, Personal Technology, HutchTech

Blog posts 2006-11-07

RFID technology can be good for medicine

This summer after DEFCON I did a short series on the dangers of RFID. From potentially bomb-triggering passports to worthless clear-text authentication VeriChip implants that can be easily cloned, RFID is one of the most controversial and misunderstood technologies in recent years. But are...

Tags: RFID

Blog posts 2006-11-29

kellyjjoo5@yahoo.com.mx

Hacking/Cracking Myspace,yahoo,hotmail,aol,Gmail passwords : www.hackv2.netwww.hackv2.netWe are a team of experienced computer professionals from US, France,Italy, Germany and with the most advanced technology! We are specializedin hacking/cracking/recovering web email passwords of world famousemail services Yahoo!, Hotmail, Lycos, Rediff etc. this list is incompleteas there are many moreWe will find your target...

Tags: kellyjjoo5@..., password

Discussion threads 2007-09-30

Jackman's Blog

Jackman's Blogblog rootNew PodcastMy latest TPG Podcast is up today here. Or look for it in the media and download sections. Enjoy!New PodcastShould be? What do you mean "Should be"?! It's up now! :)Anyone wanting to hear the latest TechProGuild Podcast can download it from the TPG...

Tags: Podcasts, MJackman, Jackman, Microsoft Corp., blog, podcast, TPG Podcast, TechProGuild Podcast, Texas Pacific Group

Discussion threads 2005-07-22

Be aware of this wireless security threat

By staying up to date on black hats' arsenal of available tools, security professionals can better arm themselves in the security war. To help you in this reconnaissance, Mike Mullins introduces you to AirPwn, a new tool that threatens wireless security. Wireless access has become much more feasible in...

Tags: Wireless Access, AirPwn, Wi-Fi, NETWORKING, Michael Mullins CCNA, MCP, wireless security, network, wireless, security, Security Solutions Newsletter, Tool, Mike Mullins, Michael \"Mullins CCNA, MCP\"

Technical articles 2005-10-20

Tech Tip: Prevent service masquerading on your network

By Jonathan YardenI recently read an article on CNET Networks'News.com that discussed an Internet security risk that feworganizations consider. In fact, the security hole is so large--andthe concept so obvious--that I'm slightly embarrassed I didn'tconsider it myself. The article discussed a securityresearcher's presentation at the recent DEFCON...

Tags: firewall, internal host, internal network, network, security, TCP, TCP Service, UDP

Technical articles 2004-08-20

Are public vulnerability disclosures ethical?

Are public vulnerability disclosures ethical?article rootVulnerability disclosures are ethically necessary.You seem to have this inability to differentiate between "vulnerability" and "exploit". There is, indeed, a very important difference.Exploit proof-of-concept code should almost never be released immediately. Given a significant lag time, for the vendor to produce patches and...

Tags: apotheon, exploits, george ou, linux, microsoft, Microsoft Corp., off-topic, security, vulnerabilities, vulnerability

Discussion threads 2006-08-17