91
Tor project decides to fork Firefox
In a random bar about two years ago, a Google Chrome developer asked me why Torbutton didn't...
Topics /
Security & Privacy
The most popular blog posts about security & privacy on Hacker News. 184 posts.
92
93
94
95
96
Secret iOS business; what you don’t know about your apps
In the beginning, there was the web and you accessed it though the browser and all was good. Stuff didn’t download until you clicked on something; you expected cookies to be tracking you and you always knew if HTTPS was being used. In general, the casual observer had a
97
98
99
Repairing Corrupted ZIP Files by Brute Force Scanning in C
My brother is a wonderful photographer , and took 14 gigabytes of photos at my recent graduation from Columbia, some of which I hope to post on PhotoFloat -- my web 2.0 photo gallery done right via static JSON & dynamic javascript .
100
101
102
Hackers Can Kill Diabetics w/ Insulin Pumps? Facts vs. Fear Mongering
UPDATE: Jay Radcliffe, the researcher discussed in this post, has emailed me, a ...
103
104
Hidden warning message found in Samsung’s Galaxy tablet
The authoritative information platform for the semiconductor industry. Learn why TechInsights is the most trusted source of actionable, in-depth intelligence to the semiconductor industry.
105
106
107
Undeletable Cookies
A couple of weeks ago Wired reported the discovery of a new, undeletable, web cookie: Researchers at U.C. Berkeley have discovered that some of the net’s most popular sites are using a tracking service that can’t be evaded—even when users block cookies, turn off storage in Flash, or use browsers’ “incognito”…
108
Carrier IQ Tries to Censor Research With Baseless Legal Threat
Last week, security researcher Trevor Eckhart posted an analysis of software produced by Carrier IQ, which describes itself as "the world's leading provider of Mobile Service Intelligence solutions." Eckhart concluded that the software, which comes by default on many mobile devices and runs quietly...
109
CNN, NYTimes, Mashable all vulnerable to XSS
Pretending innocence, I ask why all these high profile websites have their homepages covered in spinning images? CNN (screenshot) The New York Times (screenshot) Mashable (screenshot) Fox News (screenshot) Okay, obviously enough, I’m messing with them. But how can I do that? The answer is cross site scripting (“XSS”)…
110
111
Multiple programming languages vulnerable to DoS via hash algorithm collision
oCERT-2011-003 multiple implementations denial-of-service via hash algorithm collision
112
Advanced sign-in security for your Google account
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
113
114
An update on attempted man-in-the-middle attacks
Posted by Heather Adkins, Information Security Manager Today we received reports of attempted SSL man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks again...
115
116
117
LulzSec's 'Topiary' arrested
The Sophos Blog
118
DigiNotar root CA trust removal follow-up
Earlier this week we revoked our trust in the DigiNotar certificate authority from all Mozilla software. This is not a temporary suspension, it is a complete removal from our trusted ...
119
120