Michael Gracie 

I was out last night (fancy that), and as can be expected when you order a Guiness Stout, I was asked for my ID. What happened next was interesting, to say the least.
The gal who asked for the ID disappeared with it. Turns out, she was off swiping on an “ID Check” system. [...]

A company in China was just fined by its government for spamming.
Yes. That would be the same Chinese that people point the finger at for the spam problem, while guys in Boca Raton, Florida are laughing.

Or at least that is what Bruce Schneier is suggesting.
TrackMeNot is a Firefox plugin that is supposed to do just that, by sending random search queries out to engines while you are doing something besides searching for porn and bomb-making instructions.
It sounds to me like it just makes for lengthier data mining periods, and a [...]

The debate continues, even though many say the Mac is only less susceptible to malware because there are less Macs in the world. Tom Yager provides more “guts” on the matter.
No judgement here – I just want to hear those security through obscurity comments from Windows users again.

Qwest was recently praised for ingoring a request from the NSA for data on it’s subscribers. They looked like good guys and gals. People purportedly rushed to get their services. Their employees certainly ran around town, chatting it up.
Fast forward.
Qwest is at it again, only this time the talk is heavy endorsement [...]

That day would be this last Sunday, and that former hacker turned security expert would be Kevin Mitnick and his website.

I shut down my personal blog at thoughtmarket.com a few weeks back. Reasons:
1) I don’t have time (too busy fishing);
2) I am a crappy writer (highly apparent, even here);
3) I know precisely jack shit about politics and economics (although I have about the same knowledge base regarding internet security, and people still seem to [...]

Why? Hacking has become big business, yet malcreants don’t seem interested in the site.
I wonder if advertisers will get the same idea.

A taped demo at Blackhat (taped because the demonstrators were fearful someone would interfere) was supposed to show a MacBook wireless vulnerability. As it turns out, the drivers that SecureWorks researchers used were from a third party.
So much for taped demos.
***UPDATE***
You have to love this line:
“As part of a responsible disclosure policy, we are [...]

ConsumerReports just completed a study which tested anti-virus softwares for their effectiveness. But instead of just using the known threats and existing signatures, they created thousands of virus variants of their own to see if protective measures did any good. Of course, you have to be a subscriber to their magazine to get [...]