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How NOT to build a Bank ATM

November 30, 2010April 29, 2013 Michael McKinnon Out and About, Security

I was standing outside my office during a heavy downpour the other day, admiring that fresh thunderstorm feeling in the air, when we had a very brief power outage...Happened to glance over at a nearby Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) and to my aston...

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Google can help in an emergency, with the right keyword!

November 13, 2010April 29, 2013 Michael McKinnon Opinion, Security Google, Keywords, Search Engines

Google announced in this blog post they have added two telephone numbers that will appear at the top of some Australian Search results for either Lifeline (suicide counselling service) or the Poison Information Service. While this is no doubt help...

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Stealth collection of evidence using WGET

July 21, 2009April 29, 2013 Michael McKinnon How-Tos, Security Stealth, Web Security, WGET

From time to time, I find myself needing to collect evidence against some of the bad guys on the Internet, including numerous scammers and other shady characters who sell fake or malicious software to innocent victims. It is an unbelievably tediou...

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Protect IIS from SQL Injection using URLScan 3.0 Beta

August 7, 2008May 1, 2013 Michael McKinnon How-Tos, Security IIS, SQL Injection, Web Security

UPDATE: Since writing this, Microsoft have released URLScan 3.1 which you should be using -> http://www.iis.net/extensions/UrlScan If you’re not using URLScan Beta 3.0 then you’re just asking for trouble these days. There has been a recent ramp up...

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