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Arduino is out of puberty

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Ron — No Comments ↓

Yep, it is now official. As I mentioned in this prior post, Arduino is coming of age and today’s announcement that the software development kit has reached version 1.0 is further proof. Hooray for all the makers in the world! Continue reading →

Posted in Arduino, future, Maker | Tagged 1.0, Arduino, hack, maker, makers, SDK, software | Leave a reply

Son of Stuxnet is Coming

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Ron — No Comments ↓

The fields are ripe for a major Stuxnet derived disruption. Stuxnet itself had a very narrow target and one that many people felt was justified. Son of Stuxnet will almost surely be considered more costly when it is finally unleashed. Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, future, security | Tagged hack, infrastructure, security, Stuxnet, Symantec, trojan, vulnerability | Leave a reply

RSA’s crappy explanation of SecurID Hack

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Ron — No Comments ↓

So RSA wants to blame a nation-state with no revelation of evidence to support that and also says even though they know the two groups responsible don’t know what nation-state was involved? I can hear the credibility ship sinking… RSA Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Privacy, security | Tagged hack, hacking, multi-factor, RSA, SecurID, security, two-factor | Leave a reply

WiFly no longer spacey

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Ron — No Comments ↓

I needed to spend some time last night exploring the source to the library that comes with the SparkFun WiFly device. In the process I discovered why it wasn’t possible to use the library’s code to join a WiFi network Continue reading →

Posted in Arduino, Maker | Tagged Arduino, Ethernet, fix, hack, patch, Print, space, SSID, Stream, WiFi, WiFly | Leave a reply

Sony Makes History, and Not in a Good Way

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Ron — No Comments ↓

Sony has finally come clean on the full scale of the breach in the Playstation Network. It is enormous in scale and more than just an inconvenience to gamers. The hacker was able to get everything needed to launch identity Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Privacy, security | Tagged 1Password, breach, credit card, design, hack, ID theft, one time use, privacy, security, Sony | Leave a reply

iPhone Security Vulnerability – passwords revealed

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Ron — No Comments ↓

This is a good read. If someone grabs your iPhone, jailbreaks it, and then follows a few steps they can grab passwords for things like email accounts, VPNs, WiFi networks, etc. Not cool and a fundamental flaw in iOS. Your Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Commentary, security | Tagged hack, iOS, iPhone, jailbreak, passwords | Leave a reply

How to play AVI files on the Apple TV

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Ron — 1 Comment ↓

Getting this to work requires putting on your Geek chops but I know some of you want to know about this “hack” for the Apple TV. Thanks Erica! via TUAW Apple TV plays live-converted AVI files using Air Video Server, AirPlayer, Continue reading →

Posted in Apple | Tagged Apple TV, AVI, hack, transcode | 1 Reply

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