Monday, March 31, 2008

Let's try something


I have had Google AdSense ads on my blog for a little over a year now. I don't pay much attention to them but I wanted to see what gets generated if they few regular readers of my bog click the links every day. So, if you don't mind, during the next thirty days whenever you visit Captain Dude's blog please click one of the links from AdSense.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Application Layer Attacks (Apple Sucks)



I saw this today and loved it:
Apple Is Loser in Three-Way Hacking Contest
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 28th Mar 2008 20:39 UTC, submitted by irbis
Privacy, Security, Encryption "An Apple Mac was the first victim in a hacker shoot-out to determine which operating system is the most secure. A former US National Security Agency employee has trousered USD 10000 for breaking into a MacBook Air at CanSecWest security conference's PWN 2 OWN hacking contest. The MacBook was lined up against Linux and Vista PCs - which have so far remained uncracked. Nobody was able to hack into the systems on the first day of the contest when contestants were only allowed to attack the computers over the network, but yesterday the rules were relaxed so that attackers could direct contest organisers using the computers to do things like visit websites or open email messages. The MacBook was the only system to be hacked by Thursday. Miller didn't need much time. He quickly directed the contest's organisers to visit a website that contained his exploit code, which then allowed him to seize control of the computer, as about 20 onlookers cheered him on. He was the first contestant to attempt an attack on any of the systems." There is more bad news for Apple: "If you have Apple and compare it to Microsoft, the number of unpatched vulnerabilities are higher at Apple." Update: The contest is over. Vista got hacked using Adobe's Flash, Ubuntu was left standing.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Can

My friend Mike sent me this today. I watch these guys every year when they run the Ironman in Hawaii.

Awesome!

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

American Idol

Last night I sat down and my wife turned the show on. I haven't watched this program since Daughtry was sent packing a couple of years ago, but I am glad I caught this. Who would have thought you could do this with Lionel Richie.