Monthly Archives: September 2008

Hacking is destroying economic growth

Posted on 26/09/2008 by Roger

As usual (and probably as most of you) I started today scanning through my mails and RSS feeds for important and urgent information. By doing that, I stumbled across an article called Hackers and Nigeria vulnerability to cyber terrorism and … Continue reading →

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Why you should move to IPv6 – NOW!

Posted on 26/09/2008 by Roger

Honestly, if you are not living in China it might not be that urgent but read yourself: China running out of IP addresses Roger

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Information Accountability

Posted on 24/09/2008 by Roger

I just read a pretty interesting paper; you should have a look at. The interesting thing is – from my point of view – the paper is close to your End to End Trust paper we published in March. What … Continue reading →

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Suspended Jail for Hacking Tutorial in France

Posted on 22/09/2008 by Roger

This is pretty remarkable from my point of view: In 2005 our Forensic team together with our Investigators obtained the identification and arrest of M. Jean-Charles S. for the illegal distribution of a hacking tutorial against MSN Hotmail and MSN … Continue reading →

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Rent a Botnet on eBay (Part 2)

Posted on 12/09/2008 by Roger

You might have seen my recent blogpost on the botnet on eBay. They have seen it (we touched base with them as well)– now it’s gone: Cool!! Roger

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Renting a Botnet on eBay

Posted on 11/09/2008 by Roger

It is getting better over time: Now you can rent a Botnet on eBay to increase your hitrate on YouTube (By the way: Free shipping is included): http://cgi.ebay.com/Guaranteed-100-000-views-for-your-YouTube-video_W0QQitemZ220279609299QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220279609299&_trkparms=72%3A1163|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 Roger

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Why I do not like e-Voting (Part 2)

Posted on 09/09/2008 by Roger

As you might know, I blogged on e-Voting recently (Why I do not like e-Voting) and got quite some reactions. A few here but most of them privately. Most of you seem to like e-Voting. Now, think again! Look at … Continue reading →

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This is about processes: Google Chrome Vulnerable to Carpet Bombing

Posted on 03/09/2008 by Roger

This is the kind of stuff I hate to see – definitely within Microsoft but to a similar extent within competitors. I think we have a joint mission: Make the Internet a safer (and more trustworthy) place. There was quite … Continue reading →

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