Using False Alarms to Disable Security
I wrote about this technique in Beyond Fear: Beginning Sunday evening, the robbers intentionally set off the gallery's alarm system several times without entering the building, according to police. The security staffers on duty, who investigated and found no disturbances, subsequently disabled at least one alarm. The burglars then entered through a balcony door....
Source: Schneier on Security - Thursday, 19 January
Related articles:
- Less than a few days ago
- 4Vote! Racism as a Vestigal Remnant of a Security Mechanism
Schneier on Security - 4 days ago
- Older News
- 1Vote! Zip Through the Airport Security Line like the Former Secretary of Homeland Security
Lifehacker - Friday, 20 April
- 5Vote! S. Korea seeks ways to disable 'silent camera' apps
PhysOrg - Wednesday, 18 April
- 7Vote! TA12-101B: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Security Updates and Architectural Improvements
CERT Tech Alerts - Tuesday, 10 April
- 5Vote! Wireless providers to disable stolen phones
- 5Vote! Breast cancer ultrasounds: false positives
Futurity.org - Tuesday, 10 April
- 5Vote! Detect epilepsy seizures with fewer false alarms
- 7Vote! Early warning system for seizures could cut false alarms
LabSpaces - Thursday, 5 April
- 8Vote! Use a Shower Cap to Temporarily "Disable" Smoke Alarms When You're Cooking
- 3Vote! Japan's mistakes: Head of disaster review panel says assurances led to complacency
- 6Vote! 35 years later, the ‘wow!` signal still tantalizes
- 4Vote! Noble false widow spider marches north in the UK
- 6Vote! New insights into how to correct false knowledge
- 8Vote! Symantec urges users to disable pcAnywhere
- 12Vote! Wasting Hackers' Time to Keep Websites Safe
- 17Vote! Merry Christmas from the TSA
- 12Vote! Taiwan to fine bloggers for false advertising
- 10Vote! FYI: Why Do We Get Goosebumps and Chills When We're Scared?
PopSci.com - Science - Friday, 28 October, 2011
- 9Vote! Singling out the real breast cancer among the lumps
- 17Vote! False starts can sneak by in women's sprinting
