Sony BRAVIA TV Datagram Flooding Denial of Service

Here's an interesting vulnerability...

Who would have thought you'd need to worry about your TV being subject to an attack?

A vulnerability has been reported in Sony BRAVIA TV, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

Source: Secunia Advisory SA48705

Project Beekeeper - A Mobile Honeypot Project

I'm proud to announce my latest research project, Project Beekeeper.

In this project I will be creating a mobile "hotspot" and taking it to public locations, keeping track of how many people connect at each location over a period of time.

I won't be scanning them when they connect, simply recording their system/phone name and MAC address, and collecting statistics.

I'll be using a rooted HTC T-Mobile G1 running Android 1.6, which is no longer connected to a wireless carrier.

This will all be made possible by Barnacle Wifi Tether, a great piece of software which is available on Google Play.

Why am I in Computer Security? Ask the U.S. Commerce Department

Should we ever get to the point where the computers we use present more risk than provide value, it will undoubtedly be time to unplug them.

I could write a very lengthy article on why I am in the computer security field.  But I'm not going to.

Instead, I'm going to link to a news article about the U.S. Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration.  This is what I want to help prevent from happening. 

Computer Virus Plunges Government Agency Into Dark Ages