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Airport security part 6: Skimming at airport kiosks

Airport security part 6: Skimming at airport kiosksNot just at YYZI know those kiosks at Toronto Airport, having just used one. I don't think someone added a skimmer externally. They have trained staff helping passengers, and who would spot anything amiss. Also, airports have CCTVs, so the...

Tags: airport kiosk, skimmer, airport security

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

Airport security part 6: Skimming at airport kiosks

We've talked a lot about airport security here see other links at the bottom of this article, but one thing we haven't covered yet is airport kiosks.  Not that they haven't caught my attention, there's just so much wrong at the airport, it takes time to cover it all.  Richard...

Tags: Credit Card, Airport Security, Airport Kiosk, Stiennon, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-28

Airport security part 5: Snakes on planes? Check. Marshalls on planes? Nope.

Airport security part 5: Snakes on planes? Check. Marshalls on planes? Nope.And used "roll" instead of "role" in the post"TSA actually discusses FAMs increasing roll post 9/11..."From this statement, I would guess that the TSA is somehow increasing their spin? ;)You misspelled 'Knew'on your poll ;-) ...

Tags: Transportation, Airliners, Snake, airport security, Nate, Transportation Security Administration, Nope, Federal Reserve Board

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Airport security part 5: Snakes on planes? Check. Marshalls on planes? Nope.

Update: TSA has commented on the CNN story on their website. From our good friend Dave Lewis from Liquidmatrix Security Digest, and memorable quotes from Samuel L. Jackson, apparently we can draw the conclusion that we have snakes on planes, but not Federal...

Tags: Airport Security, Transportation Security Administration, Dave Lewis, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!

Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!Airport SecurityI'm fairly sure if anyone was to see me naked... their eyeballs would no longer function anyway. I say go ahead, it's more a punishment for them than me. But I can certainly understand why many people would find...

Tags: airport security, body scanners!, scannerS!, Nate

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!

If you read my blog postings semi-often, you know that I'm very, very critical of problems with airport security.  Nicole Wong of the Boston Globe reported that Boston's Logan International Airport will become the next airport to implement full-body scanners (thanks for the link from the LiquidMatrix guys!) that can see...

Tags: Imaging, Airport Security, Privacy, Transportation Security Administration, Image, Attack, Madness, Scanners, Document Management, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Airport security part 3: Planes, trains, and automobiles

I took a trip home to Michigan this week via Amtrak, and I got to thinking about previous articles I've written about airline security and wondered why are the security concerns so much more lax for trains and cars than they are for planes?  There's certainly some obvious...

Tags: Bottle, Airport Security, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-06-15

Continental's TSA Airport Security is decidedly Un-CLEAR

Continental's TSA Airport Security is decidedly Un-CLEARTotally mootSorry, but Continental could have $5 international tickets and total no-wait-at-all boarding. Whatever it is that they've done to their seats is enough that quite a few of us (and I've had seatmates with the same reaction) only subject ourselves to the...

Tags: security, Continental, Transportation Security Administration, airport security

Discussion threads 2008-06-12

Airport security part 2: TSA is failing us, let my associated ranting begin thusly

I want to start out by saying that I take great personal risk of getting black listed before my flight to K.C. tomorrow morning, but I thought I'd talk about an article by Rafal Los on how the TSA is failing us again.  This actually reminds me of an older article that...

Tags: Airport Security, Transportation Security Administration, Rafal Los, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-06-09

Airport Security Concerns

Airport Security ConcernsHey Ryan, What's going onHow is life over at eWeek?RE: RE: Airport Security ConcernsWhat can I say, I'm a pretty boy, Ryan. They took my cologne too!...Hear hear! Spoken like a true patriot! ]:)To paraphrase:Those who sacrafice liberty for securty deserve neither.- Ben FranklinRE: Actually, it isn't...

Tags: Airport Security Concerns, airport security, security, liberty

Discussion threads 2008-02-29

Airport security part 1: Bluetooth, switchblades and -- wireless X-rays?

Airport security is obviously a major concern in our country, and I've made some observations that I'd like to share from my recent travels. February and March has turned out to be an insane travelling road show for me. When March completes, I will have spoken at...

Tags: Battery, Airport Security, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-02-29

Researcher raided by FBI for blowing whistle on Airport security

Researcher raided by FBI for blowing whistle on Airport securityGet your own facts straight![i]"It's Mathias not Mathius"[/i]Sorry - I didn't understand that such a trivial spelling mistake could change the entire meaning of the post.[i]"He was escorted by military planes on either side ready to shoot him down."[/i]No he wasn't....

Tags: Federal government, FBI, security, airport security

Discussion threads 2006-10-29

Airport security exceptions and subjectivity: What a crock

Airport security exceptions and subjectivity: What a crockSome airports give baggies outI recently flew out of Seattle and Oakland and not only did that pre-screening guy check your baggie, he had baggies to give you if you didn't have one.Regarding Holiday Inns, you've stumbled upon something there. I remember...

Tags: Vertical industries, Holiday Inns, crock, Transportation Security Administration, security, government, airport security, homeland security

Discussion threads 2006-10-20

More drama with Apple's AirPort security

More drama with Apple's AirPort securityThis would be George_Ous oppurtunity to VINDICATE himself .I guess we will all have to continue waiting for as The APPLE Turns here in the ZDNET caves . On another note I've been hearing alot about these same issues with other platforms .one more thing...I...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, security, M&E, Apple Inc., Krebs, airport security, Apple Airport

Discussion threads 2006-09-25

Additional Resources

CIOs vote on Vista for '09

Silicon.com's CIO jury ruled unanimously on the question of whether to implement Microsoft Windows Vista in 2009. The latest silicon.com CIO Jury has unanimously voted that they are not ready to invest in Microsoft's latest OS Vista. When asked if they had any plans to implement Vista,...

Tags: CIO, CIO jury, IT management, Windows Vista, implementation, Julian Goldsmith, silicon.com, Julian Goldsmith, silicon.com

News items 2008-12-02

Vendor claims Acrobat 9 passwords easier to crack than ever

Password recovery software vendor ElcomSoft claims that the password verification mechanism in the new Adobe Acrobat 9 is weaker than the one used in the previous version of Adobe's product, thereby allowing them to improve the brute forcing speed a hundred times faster. The company's claim comes right after Adobe's...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Password, Passphrase, Adobe Acrobat, ElcomSoft, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Google Chrome and the extension conundrum

Google appears to be on the extension bandwagon for its Chrome browser, but that also opens a Pandora's box. In an extensions document via Stephen Shankland and Aaron Boodman Google outlines its plan to build extensions for Chrome. Extensions are the most requested feature for Chrome. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Extension, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-02

News to know: Apple and anti-virus; Vista SP2; Kumo; Palm; Linux

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)? Ryan Naraine: Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus Breaking...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., Antivirus, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Viruses And Worms, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Breaking the zero-day habit

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Mike Rothman Given that this blog is called "Zero Day," I think it's fitting that I'm calling for most security professionals to ignore most of what comes out of the security research community. To be...

Tags: Security Professional, Risks, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Live Webcast: SmartPhone Security and Productivity, Part 2

Without a doubt, we're now dependent on our mobile phones for keeping up with the speed of business. And nowhere is it more apparent than in the rise of so-called SmartPhones. These all-in-one handsets are fast replacing a multitude of other devices by providing access to everything from...

Tags: Security, Webcast, Smartphone, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Webcasts 2008-12-02