Security for Connected Devices

With this post, I want to continue from earlier discussions on security posted here and here and focus on Connected Devices or the Internet of Things IoT. IoT typically represents a network of physical objects or “things” embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and connectivity to enable...

Astoria — Advanced Tor Client Designed to Avoid NSA Attacks

In response to the threat of intelligence agencies like NSA and GCHQ, Security researchers from American and Israeli academics have developed a new advanced Tor client called Astoria specially designed to make eavesdropping harder. Tor The Onion Router is the most popular anonymity network that i...

Google Report Lauds Android Security Enhancements

Google has put some hard numbers behind the effectiveness of the security enhancements it has dropped into Android in the past year, and results show that things such as SE Linux SE Android, Verify Apps and Safety Net have cut down on successful attacks against the Android operating system,...

smurf.txt

THE LATEST IN DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS: "SMURFING" DESCRIPTION AND INFORMATION TO MINIMIZE EFFECTS Craig A. Huegen [email protected] Last Update: Wed Dec 30 19:33:38 PST 1998 New additions: Added more vendor info [email protected] Editor's plea: please distribute this information...