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The Internet of Things (IoT) is slowly taking over consumer markets in every category, from coffee makers to fitness trackers. Yet while smart automation might seem like the ideal for consumer convenience, when it comes to home security systems, connecting to the Internet can lead to increased vulnerability. In this article, we take a look […]… Read More
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Many years ago [ScorchWorks] built an electrical-discharge machining tool (EDM) and recently decided to write about it. And there’s a video embedded after the break.
The build is based on the designs described in the book “Build an EDM” by Robert Langolois. An EDM works by creating lots of little electrical discharges between an electrode in the desired shape and a material underneath a dielectric solvent bath. This dissolves the material exactly where the operator would like it dissolved. It is one of the most precise and gentle machining operations possible.
His EDM is built mostly out of found parts. …read more
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By Wednesday morning at Black Hat, the traffic profile switched from compartmentalized, per-classroom monitoring to a more distributed and chaotic sea of general conference wireless. This meant a shift from mostly student laptop-generated traffic, to about 90% of all Black Hat activity being generated by mobile devices. Choosing how to monitor an environment like this, given no…
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Hanging in the NOC these last couple of days has confirmed one thing. Creation of content to support an information security program is an ongoing process. It starts with the identification and deployment of out-of-the-box content useful for the audience, but a good security operations plan does not stop there. The RSA NOC team…
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We are approaching the end of Black Hat‘s training days. It’s an interesting time when the expo floor still sits quiet, but the Black Hat network is as noisy as ever – as seen by the RSA volunteers working inside the Black Hat NOC. The majority of this noise is being generated by teachers and students, demonstrating…
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I started my day by reading an article about how to stay safe during Black Hat and DEF CON. There were suggestions such as not bringing a laptop to the conference, not bringing your smartphone, not bringing your wallet and only carry cash. Why would such suggestions be made? Black Hat and DEF CON attract…
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A glimpse into training day. Yesterday marked the official start of Black Hat 2016, kicked off with various training courses spread throughout the convention center. For the RSA NOC team this meant a chance to validate yesterday’s installation and get an initial glimpse into the activity within and around the classroom and conference networks before the…
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With the start of Black Hat 2016 merely a day away, white, black, and grey hats from around the world are whetting their appetites – eagerly waiting to show off and consume the fruit of an entire year’s research. Whether for education, research, bragging rights, or mal-intent, the Black Hat network will host anything from basic brute force attacks to…
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In technology – especially information security – the pace of change can be overwhelming. Adversaries continually invent new (and more often, reinvent old) ways to infiltrate and compromise organizations, while the good guys try to take advantage of the innovation in technologies, techniques, and processes to protect their organizations against these adversaries. But there are…
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Smart home tech is on the rise, but cost or lack of specific functionality may give pause to prospective buyers. [Whiskey Tango Hotel] opted to design their own system using a Raspberry Pi and Bluetooth device connectivity. Combining two ubiquitous technologies provides a reliable proximity activation of handy functions upon one’s arrival home.
The primary function is to turn on a strip of LEDs when [Whiskey Tango Hotel] gets home to avoid fumbling for the lights in the dark, and to turn them off after a set time. The Raspberry Pi and Bluetooth dongle detect when a specified discoverable Bluetooth …read more
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