Electronic Voting Machine Vulnerability

Electronic Voting Machine (EVM)

Students who took the advanced levels of computer security training from Rice University in Houston city, is rumored to be able to break the software used in voting machines, that’s been a general application used in the election process, Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).

What’s the emphasis by the professor and deputy director of Rice University Computer Security Lab, an institution that in charge for the training.The students are given the freedom to give their best to break EVM.

In order to succeed the project Wallach divide the students into two groups to perform two tasks in different phases. The first stage, the team has been formed ostensibly to be a programmer with malicious software on the voting machine that can change the results of the election but the vote will not be detected by the authorities.
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Google Chrome’s carpet-bombing flaw

It seems that google is downplaying The Chrome’s carpet bombing flaw, recently Philipp Lenssen interviewed Brian Rakowski from Google here’s the quote;

“Lenssen: are ways to make Chrome automatically download a file without the user confirms this (at least using chromium default). Do not you consider that a potential problem?

Rakowski: On its own, downloading a file is not dangerous. It may be awkward if a site tries to download a set of files to fill your hard drive, but there are other ways of doing things like that and it did not become a problem. The danger arises automatically when a file can be downloaded and run automatically. We have taken steps to prevent this in Google Chrome and will continue to ensure that this is the case. ”

Since its early release Chrome has been getting a lot of criticism internationally, with Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security directing users not to use the browser, alongside the Dutch Computer Emergency Response Team (Govcert. nl) to recommend it to be used for testing purpose since it’s still in the BETA version.

[ source : ZDNet ]

Google Chrome Vulnerability against carpet-bombing flaw

Chrome, Google’s new Web browser is vulnerable to a carpet-bombing vulnerability that could expose Windows users to malicious hacker attacks.

A few hours after the release of Google Chrome, researcher Aviv Raff discovered that he could combine two vulnerabilities ; a Java bug discussed at this year’s Black Hat conference and a flaw in Apple Safari (WebKit) that trap users into launching executables direct from the new browser.

Some early Chrome’s users reported that files downloaded from the Internet are automatically dropped on the desktop, setting up scenarios where a combo-attack could be used in attacks.

Fingerprint Encrypted Mouse, a Simple Security Solution

If you’re looking for a simple gadget that can help you secure your confidential data, Biometric Encrypted Fingerprint Mouse will help you maintain your valuable data safe and sound.

PC-Lock
Windows login and screen saver to prevent access to a user’s computer (only the registered fingerprint will be available after a successful verification!)

Web-banking
Web bank is able to “remember” of personal data (that is, the user names and passwords), when it has been typed into a web form. It can also automatically access and enter the information from you in the future, simply swipe is a registered finger. It is not concerned about a hacker, having a password. Read the rest of this entry

WVC54GCA Home Webcam Linksys from Cisco

Do you want to make sure that your home always safe from any hazard which could possibly come around disturb your peace? Well, you should consider this webcam.

WVC54GCA Linksys by Cisco is a wireless –G internet video camera that you can install anywhere in your house so you can check its condition anytime you want. Unlike ordinary webcam, which will work only if it is connected to a PC/desktop, the WVC54GCA need only connected with internet so that you can access via web browser. The cool thing is, it comes with security mode that will send a short video message including audio to the owner right after it detects any motion. How cool is that…

The See Through Clothes device at the Airport

Security procedures at the airport now get stricter, the airport now supplied with a whole body scanner ProVision door. For example, the trial project at the Los Angeles International Airport, California. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed “sees through clothes device” to check posibility for someone to bring banned things, including weapons and explosives material.Apparently they are also working on a” hyperspectral sensor “which picks stress pheromones in the air - the perfect weapon in an airport against the very rare and elusive traveler overworked variety of terrorists.

The device called millimeter-wave imaging technology throughout the body. This week, the sophisticated machine will be put in place for passengers at random. TSA is not about protests, the scanner can break privacy. The human body can be very detailed, including the most private part.

[ image via onemansblog.com]