Top 3 NoVA Infosec Blog Posts of the Week

It’s that time of the week again: the time where we take a look at what local security bloggers have been up to. You can take a look at what local security bloggers have been up to but if you can’t get enough of the local security scene, check out our NovaInfosec Twits listfor even more great security blogs and people to follow on Twitter.

Most of our blogger decided to skip town to attend Black Hat and Defcon in Vegas so we had a small number of blogs to choose from this week as they were busy with all the happenings of the conferences. As always feel free to check out what local security bloggers have been up to and also be sure to follow myself (@nathiet), @grecs, and @novainfosec on Twitter if you want to know more about what’s going on in the local security community during the week. Without further ado … here are the top picks for this week.

#3-SMS messages unlocking a car: This is a self descriptive post and we won’t be saying anything about it as we might ruin it for you. Find out specifically which car falls victim to SMS messages being used to unlock them and ooh did we mention start them here

#2-Online “Backup” Solutions: If you travel at all, or are concerned about doing local backups, then you’ve probably thought a bit about the various online “backup” (or “archive”) providers. Ben Tomhave looked at a bunch of them and found out that “One thing to beware: many of these services style themselves “archive” solutions, rather than “backup” solutions, all to dodge reliability commitments.” He is sharing his thoughts/results here

#1-Encrypt your portable devices: Worried about loosing your net-book or laptop to thieves or feeling compelled to encrypt your net-book or laptop? Worry not my friend as Benjamin Hartley looks at three  different options for encrypting his net-book’s hard drive and discusses them here

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