Collaborate Disseminate
3D fingerprints and unlocking Android, Ticking off another command injection, Alexa, audio, and annotations, STS no longer just for HTTP, and Hardenize goes beyond TLS. News Bugs, Breaches, and More! 3d fingerprints and unlocking Android Ticking of… Continue reading Application News – Application Security Weekly #57
One of the most complicated machines ever built was the US space shuttle (technically, the STS or Space Transportation System). Despite the title, we doubt anyone is going to duplicate it. However, one of the most interesting things about the shuttle’s avionics — the electronics that operate the machine — is that being a government project there is a ridiculous amount of material available about how it works. NASA has a page that gathers up a description of the vehicle’s avionics. If you are more interested in the actual rocket science, just back up a few levels.
We will warn …read more
Continue reading If You Are Planning On Building Your Own Space Shuttle…
On February 1st, 2003 at eighteen seconds past 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up during atmospheric entry over Texas. Still traveling at approximately Mach 18.3, the disintegration of Columbia was complete and nearly instantaneous. According to the official accident investigation, the crew had at most one minute from realizing they were in a desperate situation to complete destruction of the spacecraft. Due to the design of the Space Shuttle, no contingency plan or emergency procedure could have saved the crew at this point in the mission: all seven crew members were lost in this tragedy. …read more
Continue reading The Hard-Learned Lessons of the Columbia Disaster