DIY ballistic gel

Earlier today, we looked at DIY ballistic glass, so we decided to look into DIY ballistic gel as well. Anyone who watches Mythbusters is probably already well familiar with their extensive use of this wonderful gel. Turns out the stuff is beyond easy to create at home. With some gelatin molds (and firepower) you could have a lot of fun with it. To get started, pick up a box of gelatin powder from … [Read more...]

Recent news followup

Last week we talked about a single rumored arrest over the OiNK torrent tracker. Since then, there's been a confirmed report of 6 arrests. The arrests appear to be the result of users uploading pre-release music to the now defunct site. For some time, police have had access to the OiNK user records minus the passwords which are thought to be stored as a salted MD5 hash. It seems British … [Read more...]

DefCon CTF qualifier results

Kenshoto held qualifiers for the DefCon's Capture the Flag competition last weekend. The top seven finishers: Routards, Pandas with Gambas, Guard@MyLan0, Shellphish, Taekwon-V, WOWHACKER, PLUS, and last year's winners, 1@stPlace, will be invited to participate in the final this August in Las Vegas.The qualification started Friday night at 10PM EDT with an email (Subject: M0rt4g3 y0ur /14gr4 up 2 3 … [Read more...]

DIY ballistic glass

[Glenn] hasn't put up action shots, but he did write up how he made his own "Bulletproof" glass. The idea is simple: make a composite sandwich of Acrylic and Polycarbonate plastic. Automotive grade uses a combination of glass and Polycarbonate. Great, now we've got one more thing on my list of stuff to shoot. … [Read more...]