I was loaned this book by a friend who thought I would like it, knowing that I am in the security field and enjoy cryptography. I must say that I had high hopes for it. Sadly, I had the entire book figured out in less than 75 pages. This is the second Dan Brown book [...]
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
Several Microsoft zero day vulnerabilities announced last week
For those of you who haven’t heard, Microsoft announced several zero-day vulnerabilities last week. I can hear my mother now: “What’s a zero day vulnerability and why should I care?” A zero day vulnerability is one that has been previously unknown to security professionals/the tech community at large, and once known, can be exploited right away [...]
Patapon for the Playstation Portable
My husband and I bit the bullet last week and bought one of the new PSP 3000s. I originally wanted it to play Patapon (http://www.us.playstation.com/patapon/), a cute game with beautiful graphics where you direct your army of little eyeballs (known as Patapons) with drum beats. It’s sort of like playing Simon Says in a way. [...]
The problem with being concerned about security…
…is that it makes it hard to write a blog. I am finding it difficult to write about interesting topics without relating too much of my personal information. How much is too much information to share with complete strangers on the internet? You obviously can tell that I am interested in science as well as [...]