Security News Links of the Week

Posted: May 29th, 2005

I have to agree with this, specially the with the following paragraph:

Bad engineering in critical applications should result in corporate pain. If companies want their products to be used in the construction of the online world, they must accept the responsibility of making them fit for the job — and the consequences of cutting corners.

The following 3 links Via Bruce Schneier:
The Paris Hilton Hack.
Social Engineering Via Voicemail – sigh.
Encryption as Evidence of Criminal Intent

And there was more:
Russians Use Affiliate Model To Spread Spyware, Adware
Witty worm flaws reveal source, initial targets
HERT interviews Kismet’s author, Mike Kershaw
Intel quietly adds DRM to new chips – I won’t buy chips with DRM for as long as I have a choice. Well, not until it becomes trivial to bypass – weeks after their introduction? Maybe months, who knows?

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