Kim Dot Com’s new Mega site has XSS Security Holes
Any new site, not just Mega is going to have security holes, and reports have surfaced in Twitter, Reddit, and over on ZDNet that Mega has a couple of persistent XSS security holes that are going to make users days a little bit harder. Beyond the crypto issues that you can read on ZDNet, persistent [...]
On Privacy, US Legislation and Cloud Vendors
While in the US a week or two ago I spent some time talking with vendors about the security of Cloud data, in particular the impact of the DCMA and Patriot Act on non US customers of vendors. As part of my research I spent some time talking with Lindsay
Cloud and the Enterprise
Recently I spent a remarkably enjoyable hour chatting with Steve Gillmor and John Taschek on a special enterprise-focused Gillmor Gang. Somehow I was roped in to be the provocateur and judging by many of the comments on the back channel – it would seem I was successful. Over the next
The Day Network News Died
I have been reading an entry over on Torrent Freak about the shut down of one of the few Tier-1 Usenet servers on the planet. Usenet is a holdover from the very early days of the internet and has been one of the major ways that people communicated and shared information before P2P and long [...]
