Gadgets

These Clutter-Saving Locks Open With Your Car Keys

Helping to wage the war on keychains that look like medieval weaponry, these Bolt locks don’t come with keys of their own. Instead, the first time you insert your ignition key, they’re ‘programmed’ to only open with it in the future.


Computing

Self-Destruct Buttons On This SSD Will Physically Destroy Your Drive

Are you worried about the FBI kicking down your door in search of all your digital contraband? If so then it’s time to upgrade to RunCore’s new InVincible SSD drive with its pair of red and green self-destruct buttons that will keep you one step ahead of prying eyes.


May 16, 2012
Cameras

Most Popular Surveillance Cameras Can Be Hacked

In a world where security cameras are nearly as ubiquitous as light fixtures, someone is always watching you. But the watcher might not always be who you think it is.


May 15, 2012
Computing

Hard Drive-Annihilating Microwave Blasts Your Data With A Single Zap

We already know how the DoD wipes its hard drives. It’s effective, but it takes time. This weapons-grade data nuke instantaneously sends your disks back to the Stone Age in a flash with the push of a button.


May 10, 2012
News

TSA Finds Gun-Stuffed Mickey Mouse In Four-Year-Old’s Luggage

The TSA does so many ham-fisted pat-downs of seemingly undeserving innocents that it’s easy enough to think of its agents as big ol’ bullies. Then they find gun parts hidden inside a four-year-old’s stuffed animals, and you realise they’re big ol’ bullies who have a pretty good point.


May 9, 2012
News

US Homeland Security Discovers Vulnerabilities In Airport Body Scanners

Federal investigators “identified vulnerabilities in the screening process” at domestic airports using so-called “full body scanners,” according to a classified internal Department of Homeland Security report.


Online

It’s OK To Look Through These Hacked Twitter Passwords

If you’ve ever wanted a Twitter account that has around 10 followers, a randomly generated username and is following thousands of random people, today is your lucky day. Earlier today, an anonymous hacker dumped 55000 usernames and passwords onto Pastebin. Normally, this would be a real inconvenience — and a worrisome breach — but all the affected appear to be spambots with randomly generated passwords and email addresses.


Software

10 Biggest Computer Security Myths Busted

Gizmodo AU

Keeping your computer secure can be confusing, so it’s not surprising that mistaken beliefs often end up taking root. Here are the ten biggest myths about computer security, busted once and for all.


May 8, 2012
Software

Mac OS X Bug Exposes Lion Login Details

With a recent Lion security update which was part of Mac OS X 10.7.3, Apple managed to roll out a debug file that — with some very specific configurations — can leave passwords stored in a log file in clear text.


May 7, 2012
Online

Everyone Has Been Hacked. Now What?

The attackers chose their moment well. On April 7, 2011, five days before Microsoft patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that had been publicly disclosed three months earlier on a security mailing list, unknown attackers launched a spear-phishing attack against workers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.