I posted far too much on Schneier’s Blog about Gary McKinnon. I started to get curious after reading other comments that asked what exactly was going on…so here’s my uneducated perspective: Well, now that Harald is doing my work for me on historical facts, I thought I’d post some the details documented in the appeal: … Continue reading Gary McKinnon
I have already started to hear a number of security professionals rebroadcast a new McAfee report about small to medium business (SMB) owners in America. McAfee is said to show that the business owners are naive and unprepared because they do not focus their time on security vulnerabilities, even after they suffer a breach. My … Continue reading McAfee Marketing and Fear Tactics
A US federal court has ruled that Exxon need not pay the penalty for spilling over 11 million gallons of oil along more than 1,200 miles of Alaskan coastline in 1989. The BBC reports: In the original court ruling, Exxon was ordered to pay out $5bn. Later decisions ordered the lower Alaskan court to set … Continue reading Exxon fines significantly reduced for Valdez Spill
This is the kind of movie chock full of security easter-eggs. Consider the synopsis, for example: Tae-suk is homeless and lives like a phantom. His daily routine involves temporarily staying in houses and apartments he knows to be vacant. He never steals from, nor damages, his unknowing hosts’ homes; rather, he is like a kind … Continue reading 3-Iron