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MBTA Put Profit Before Security?

August 25th

In a quick post reflecting on Chris Wysopal’s commentary related to a article from our friends at Veracode, I would agree that their security model was flawed, but perhaps disagree from a business perspective in MBTA’s decision to attempt to silence the three MIT students exposing an gaping security flaw.

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Server Up for OSX86Scene

August 10th

We enjoy watching Internet-based grassroots efforts flourish, opening doors to universal access and we think our friends at the OSX86Scene are doing just that. Through relations cultivated between a contributor of heReformed and the OSX86Scene, we’ve recently decided to move forward and link our private irc server to others, complimenting several associates of ours have [...]

Chinese Pervasive Censorship Culture

August 1st

As the 2008 Beijing Olympics loom closer, the perceived threat of open international journalism on the Internet in the eyes of China increases dramatically. Who would have thought that the Chinese government would have been so open to a free accessibility to a unfiltered, unfettered Internet? Apparently the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the governing/planning body [...]

POLL: Dan Kaminskys DNS Poisoning Bug

July 23rd

More than a week later, we mull over Dan Kaminsky’s recent finding that has directly impacted the Internet and it’s support industry, vendors and consumer and stirred controversy that has led some to speculate whether he is only looking for exposure before his talk at the BlackHat briefings this year - we’re posting this poll, [...]

Unintentional Betrayal or Faux Ignorance?

July 23rd

You tell us… at this point, we don’t know what could have possibly been going through Matasano Chargen’s collective mind when they commented on Halvar Flake’s hypothesisreference: Halvar Flake) and posting that content directly to the web - this unfortunately doesn’t mix well with the already ’scene’ headache over Dan’s less-than-forthcoming disclosure method (

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High Performance Computing with CUDA

July 7th

This article will probably not inspire everyone, but I hope it highlights some of the interesting evolutions in computer hardware and how computers are going to evolve over the next couple of months.
CUDA is a new technology from Nvidia that, as much as possible, gives you access to the power of your commercial-grade graphics card.

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proactive action needed in ballistic forensics

July 7th

As a brief thought, I was reading some analysis materials and a white paper on ballistic forensics and how scientists are overcoming barriers to processing crime scenes involving a firearm that utilizes ballistic projectiles. As a strong proponent of our right to bear arms, responsibly, in the United States, I also find myself increasingly interested [...]

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