Archive for March, 2008

You can guess 40,000 billion passwords a second for about 10 million bucks

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, March 31, 2008

David Jevans, CEO of IronKey was on Security Now 135 and stunned me with this quote: “You can guess 40,000 billion passwords a second for about 10 million bucks”. Now that’s some serious speed (and some serious money), but nothing I don’t expect several governments to have to hand. Keep those passwords strong and long…

Follow Twitter Conversations – Quotably.com

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, March 27, 2008

Caught this little blessing on Veronica‘s Twitter feed: Quotably.com gives you an easy way to follow Twitter conversations.

Security lapse exposes Facebook photos

By Surferbill - Last updated: Tuesday, March 25, 2008

As I’ve said before, if you don’t want something made public, don’t put it online. The latest Facebook security lapse reinforces this.

New video of BDI’s Big Dog robot

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, March 20, 2008

Now this is amazing: “Boston Dynamics has just released a brand new video of their DARPA-funded Big Dog robot”. Isn’t this how films like Terminator start? (Thanks, Si, for the link!)

Security guide to customs-proofing your laptop

By Surferbill - Last updated: Tuesday, March 18, 2008

“If you travel across national borders, it’s time to customs-proof your laptop.”

Google Search Privacy

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, March 10, 2008

Videos by Google on Search Privacy.