Are Store Bought Survival Kits All I Really Need To Survive On?

As a preparedness expert, I get asked a lot of questions. Such as, How much water do I really need? and, What do those survival bars taste like? When should I stay put, and when should I go? These are all good questions. Today I want to answer one of the most common questions I get as far as home preparedness goes. And that is: Are those store bought or pre-made survival kits any good or all I need to survive?

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A Look Back At 2010 And A Brief Look Ahead At 2011

I am finally getting around to saying Happy New Year to the readers of Disaster Preparedness Blog, and I want to thank you for your continued support in staying loyal fans. I’ve lined up some interesting things and content for you for 2011 as well as some contests and giveaways during the year. But for now, let’s take a look back at the interesting year of 2010 that just passed.

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What Does Preparedness Mean To You? Tell Me and You May Win A Prize

Preparedness and being prepared mean different things to different people. To many people being prepared means having enough water and canned food, or power bars to get them through a couple of days. To others it means being ready to survive for a year or more on their own.

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Autofill Bug In Safari Exposes Personal Information

Apple has left an autofill bug in Safari unpatched that could potentially expose personal information you would never intend for anyone else to see.

Apples Autofill feature allows you to quickly fill out forms that you have previously entered, including credit card information and social security numbers.

A security expert has figured out a way of getting that information by tricking you to hit two keys: the "U" key and the "tab" keys. In theory you could place a hidden form behind a game on a web page that utilizes these keys and tricks you into filling out the form, and stealing your information.

Jeremiah Grossman discovered the bug and you can see a video of the flaw being demonstrated on his site under his entry: The Safari AutoFill Hack Lives!

Cyber Warfare Takes Another Possible Leap Forward, Stuxnet Worm Infecting SCADA Systems and Hit’s Iranian Nuclear Facilities Hard

Updated on Monday, September 27, 2010 at 7:18PM by Keith Erwood

Many people (most security experts aside) who work with industrial SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) and PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers) systems have long considered these systems safe. In fact if you check the reference sources at the bottom, you will notice a recurring theme of, if you asked me if this was possible last week, I would have said no. I have personally had people tell me they are safe from these kinds of threats because they have multiple layers of firewall's and other "robust" cyber security in place. These people are wrong, and I hope this incident serves as a wakeup call to others who work with these systems everyday. Bottom line - All systems are vulnerable. A worm known as Stuxnet has infected systems from several countries including those of the United States, Indonesia, India, and Iran.

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