What is DNSSEC?
DNSSEC (short for DNS Security Extensions) adds security to the Domain Name System. DNSSEC was designed to protect the Internet from certain attacks, such as DNS cache poisoning (discovered by Dan Kaminsky). It is a set of extensions to DNS, which [...]

The internet is filled with threats real and imagined, from malicious hackers to government censors.
Beyond the hacks and cracks — and in celebration of Sunshine Week — we’ve compiled a brief list of some of the biggest public and private threats facing the internet.
1. Warrantless Government Monitoring
2. Private Censorship
3. Government Censorship
4. Deep Packet Inspection
5. [...]

The YISTA crew will once again be attending the invite only Toorcon Seattle 2008, computer security conference. What did you say? You too are attending this excellent conference! We then be sure to subscribe to the above Google Calendar so to be sure you don’t miss any of these talks. As you can see this [...]

Macaulay, a software engineer, was able to hack into a MacBook through a zero-day security hole in Apple’s Safari browser. The computer was one of two offered as a prize in the “PWN to Own” hack-a-Mac contest at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver.
Macaulay teamed with Dino Dai Zovi, a security researcher until recently with Matasano [...]