Posted in Forensics on Sep 26th, 2009
Congratulations to all of our rock star investigators who solved the Network Forensics Puzzle Contest! We received over 100 submissions, many of which were truly excellent. Figuring out a winner was challenging, but in the end, one submission stood out over all. We asked you for the most elegant solution. It was possible to solve [...]
Posted in Forensics on Sep 19th, 2009
To our excellent contestants, We received so many great contest entries, including custom-written tools, that we will be taking a few more days to finish testing all of the code we received. The winner will be announced on the PaulDotCom podcast next Thursday and posted on this site. Great job everybody! Stay tuned.
Posted in Privacy on Sep 12th, 2009
Today a local liquor store decided to swipe my identification card into their computer systems for the first time. Here’s my response. To the management of Local Liquor Store*, I’ve been a customer of your store for about a year now. My husband and I stop by to stock up for parties. Your staff are [...]
Posted in Credit Cards, Government, Privacy, Transit on Sep 7th, 2009
Here’s a real copy of an American citizen’s DHS Travel Record retrieved from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s Automated Targeting System (ATS). This was obtained through a FOIA/Privacy Act request and sent in by an anonymous reader (thanks!) The document reveals that the DHS is storing the reader’s: Credit card number and expiration (really) [...]
