You might remember a while back, i posted some entries about using your ATI GPU to do some number-crunching for you. Specifically, Pyrit can be used to break the PMK or Pairwise Master Key of a WPA protected WLAN. Pyrit can use both ATI and NVIDIA cards (plus some others); this entry will deal only […]
Read MoreWhat is it with the state of security that i’m seeing around me? People are using weak passwords, or the same password for everything, and not only that. The people who are supposed to be responsible for security do not discourage or prohibit the use of such passwords. Hell, weak passwords are sometimes even encouraged. […]
Read MoreForskningsavdelningen means “Research Department” in English. A Swedish hackerspace, located in the south-western part of Sweden in Malmö, was raided recently. The reason for the raid was said to be an un-licenced party being held at the premise, and suspicion of alcohol being served to minors. Nothing strange here, the laws on alcohol are usually […]
Read MoreI’ve been giving megacorporations a whole lot of thought lately. In this article, i’ll be looking at three of them: Microsoft, Google and Apple. First, let’s delve in to the big G, Google. Google is a verb. How many companies have ever become a verb? “Google that.”. There’s a whole lot of buzz around Google, […]
Read MoreI, xxx xxxx hereby declare that if Timo Soini, of the right-wing populist “True Finn”-party gets elected as president of Finland, i will move out of the country within one month of his inauguration. The stupidity must end.
Read MoreThis is just a bit of news i picked up elsewhere, it’s probably in all the major news outlets here, so i won’t bother with sources. Check any magazine. There’s 87 million euros (that’s like a kazillion u.s. dollars) of money that’s been collected by different organisations to benefit the veterans of our wars. There […]
Read MoreI actually got a reply from YTV! I asked them three specifying questions, and they answered them all. So the new and updated technical information is: – The “use once cards” are in fact the lowest of the low, MIFARE Ultralight. No crypto, no brains, no nothing. – The normal cards are DESfire (first generation), […]
Read MoreMicrosoft seeded the the Fall update to their Xbox 360 gaming console. The update was significant in that it finally offers the possibility to “rent” movies from the Zune store (i guess in the US they have like Netflicks or whatever as well?). So naturally, i was a bit excited. One could even say anxious, […]
Read MoreMany of you may have heard about the new Matkakortti, being rolled out as of last week (10.11.2009). Ads for the new card have appeared all over the place, and urge people to change the card during their next re-charge. The new card has a nice flashy green graphic printed on it, no doubt to […]
Read MoreA client was generous enough to donate me an old laptop to play with. It’s a Compaq EVO N610C. You may remember if from about 8 years ago, or so? It’s got that silver wlan antenna thingy behind the screen? Yeah. That one. Anyway, it’s a nice piece of work despite being old. It’s a […]
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