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Car software security

I stumbled across an article on car software viruses. I did not see anything unexpected really. The experts “hope” to get it all fixed before the word gets out and things start getting messy. Which tells us that things are in a pretty bad shape right now. The funny thing is though that the academic ...

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Biometrics – any good?

I think I already talked about this subject previously but not here. Anyhow, the subject bears repeating. Many go “yippee!” at the mention of biometrics and start to think their user authentication problem is solved. Do not pay attention, they will end up in the newspaper headlines fairly soon, either for massive security failures or ...

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Why bother?

Hmm… Good question… Well, let’s get this straightened out before we jump into other interesting subjects. Every single website and application, every single computer system gets broken into. For fun, money, fame, accidentally. This is just the way it is and I have to accept this as the current reality. I may not like it ...

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Welcome to “Holy Hash!”

This is a lighter software security blog. I start it now mainly because of two reasons. First, something has to be done. The recent break-ins at the likes of LinkedIn and Yahoo show that even at the large companies people do not understand the basics of security. By looking at what is proposed and advised ...

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