In Through The Out Door

Navy Probes Data Leak On 100,000 Sailors, Marines:

DoD releases OTD Roadmap:The Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) has announced the release of a Department of Defense (DoD) report entitled the Open Technology Development Roadmap which focuses on how to make the use of open technology development an integral part of the Department of Defense (DoD) software acquisition and development processes.

The Ten Most Beautiful OS X Apps:As someone in the Macintosh shareware business, as part of my job, I make the daily crawl through MacUpdate to look for the latest and greatest in Mac software. One thing I’ve been noticing recently is a renaissance of extremely polished and beautiful Mac apps, so I thought I’d share some of these finds with you guys. Without further ado, presenting the top ten most beautiful OS X apps. Hopefully you’ll find some new gems in there, even I found a few surprises while compiling this list. Enjoy!

Security company gives Mac a boost:In the just released Sophos Security Threat Management Report (requires registration), the dominant cybersecurity threat is from Trojans, which the report said outnumber viruses and worms by 4:1, compared to 2:1 a year ago. In light of the Trojan horses and the dominance of Windows-based threats,  Sophos suggests that home users should consider purchasing a [...]

In this attack, you can seize control of someone’s computer using his WiFi interface, even if he’s not connected to a network.The two researchers used an open-source 802.11 hacking tool called LORCON (Loss of Radio Connectivity) to throw an extremely large number of wireless packets at different wireless cards. Hackers use this technique, called fuzzing, to see if they can cause programs to fail, or perhaps even run unauthorized software when they are bombarded with unexpected data. Using tools like LORCON, Maynor and Ellch were able to discover many examples of wireless device driver flaws, including one that allowed them to take over a laptop by exploiting a bug in an 802.11 wireless driver. They also examined other networking technologies including Bluetooth, Ev-Do (EVolution-Data Only), and HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access).No details yet. The researchers are presenting their results at BlackHat on August 2.

Infocus: Basic journey of a packet:

Basic journey of a packet