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Month: April 2013
Pwn2Own 2013 Recap
Full recap of browser and plugin exploits at CanSecWest 2013, with prize money coming from sponsors.
See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn2Own
cracking Web browsers at CanSecWest
cracking Web browsers at CanSecWest
ZDNet had a story over a month ago about a competition for security folks to find exploits for IE 10, Chrome, Firefox, etc. The report after one day focuses on Windows 8 and Windows 7. It’s part of something called the HP Zero Day Initiative’s (ZDI) annual Pwn2Own competition .
“comte de Voilemont” = Esterhazy, Dreyfus Affair
Correction to earlier post, Voilement changed to Voilemont. Comte de Voilemount, Count de Voilemont was an alias of Major Esterhazy in the Dreyfus Affair, France, 1894- 1905 and beyond.
“You can’t recover from a lost master password.”
“You can’t recover from a lost master password.”
Oops … I lost my master password . No, I don’t think I did. But there’s FireMaster if you’re really serious and you remember something about the master password: http://lifehacker.com/5350375/how-to-recover-your-firefox-master-password
Viewing and deleting passwords in Firefox
Viewing and deleting passwords in Firefox
I tried out the feature “Viewing and deleting passwords” in Firefox from the Edit> Preferences > Security panel, as explained, and it works. It’s good to know which sites I store passwords for have weak, old or identical passwords …
Technical details, master password crypto
Technical details, master password crypto
Firefox and Thunderbird uses triple-DES to encrypt saved passwords, presumably using the master password as key.
Using a master password in Firefox
Using a master password in Firefox
I recently changed my wordpress password. I chose a very long password and saved it in a discreet place on my computer. I logged out of WordPress, and quit Firefox. Then, I restarted Firefox, went to wordpres, entered my username; the “password” field had my old, shorter password, judging by the number of ‘*’s. So I copied and pasted the new password. Firefox asked “Replace saved password?” and I clicked Yes. So my WordPress password is now very hard to guess. I use the master password feature a lot in Firefox. This password is kept somewhere on my computer. It is not super-hard, because I want to remember it. But it is only on my computer, which in practice I’m the only one to use. I suggest taking a look at Master Password if you use Firefox.
“Count de Voilement”, alias of Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
Source: Harpenden Local History Society, UK. A newspaper called the “Herts Advertiser” disclosed in 1923 that Esterhazy had been living under an alias name in Harpenden until his death in 1923. http://www.harpenden-history.org.uk/page_id__275_path__0p3p.aspx
Surprise …
Warren report
“transcript of the final meeting of the Warren Commission held on Sept. 18, 1964” disappeared … source: Donald E. Wilks, newspaper article, 1989 http://www.law.uga.edu/dwilkes_more/jfk_9russell.html
UK claim arising from sinking of SS Springfjord
A Web search that the UK National Archives has a “box” about that.
Lady in Hypercube looking for washrooms
Lady in Hypercube looking for washrooms
I’m watching “Cube 2: Hypercube”, a movie made in 2002. People are lost in a strange place with connecting rooms. Sense of claustrophobia.
a public key, 2048 bits (maybe)
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Physical Surveillance recruitment video
Physical Surveillance recruitment video
From CSIS (Canada). It seems they do like MI5, these physical surveillance people, and maybe some MI6 …