With the annual Black Hat security conference coming up, many are looking forward to see what new ways of “playing” around the world of network and systems. One demonstration  seem to have cause a stir in the crowd. Entitled “”How to Hack Millions of Routers”, security researcher Craig Heffner plans to release a software which allow anyone to hijack your router by simply having you visiting a harmless looking website.

Based on a technique known as “DNS rebinding”, it forces a victim’s browser to connect back to their own network when they visits the malicious site and by hijacking their browser gain access to the router’s settings. Although many patches have been applied to plug the exploit, Henffer says that he had managed to bypass the patches however would not explain how its is exactly accomplismed until his Black Hat talk.

User however would be pleased to know that the attack only setup the initial connection path for the attacker. For the router to be compromised, the attacker would still need to gain administration access into the router. This can be don by using the vulnerabilities in the router’s software or by mis-configuration such as using of default login credentials.

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Announced last Saturday at Starfest,  Alice88th reveled a pair of Limited edition Ball Jointed Dolls(BJD) designed exclusively for Starfest and Singapore.

The dolls named Cassandra Alice and Ryan Alice  are designed and made by Angle of Dreams while customizations are done locally by Alice88th. An estimated of only 10 set will be produced. It is now available at S$888 for each doll and is fully customizable down to its costume.

Ryan Alice

The Concept of the doll comes from Alice’s dream(Alice88th owner) to create a doll which is exclusive to Singapore and to promote the quality of Singapore’s BJD to the world.

Alice88th is a local distributor of Asian Ball Jointed Doll as well as Punk, Lolita and Gothic wear.

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We were honored to have a chance to speak with Gordon from The 501st Legion Singapore Garrison. Many would best know him as  Gordonator who have made various Stormtrooper appearances in many cosplay event in Singapore. The Garrison was involved in many events ranging from 2008’s Chingay Parade to   last year’s Singapore, Toy, Games and Comic Conventions and various promotional tours such as Adidas Star war series launch event and Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettling to name a few.

Here we have a more close look into the world of Stormtrooping.

PZPortal: What is it that got you into Storm trooping?

Gordon: I saw the trooper in action for the first time during 2008 Chingay.
That was what got me into the 501st Legion in the same year.

PZPortal: To you, what is the most memorable event for 501st Legion?

Gordon: It have to be the salvation army event. It was fun and I have done it
for 3 weeks in a row.

PZPortal: What kind of people are more likely to join the 501st Legion?

Gordon: People who join us are mostly in their twenties to thirties, who has a
stable income as the costumes are not cheap. Although students may not
have the budget, we do have two 18 years old members who are currently
both a student and an active 501st Legion member.

PZPortal: Are most of the members in 501st Legion Star War fans or just prefer
costuming as troopers?

Gordon: Most of us are die hard star war fans and it’s natural that we expect
fellow members to be a star wars fan as well. If you don’t have the
passion, you won’t have the motivation to wear the costume.

PZPortal: Are there cases of whole families joining the 501st Legion?

Gordon: We have ladies who joined 501st Legion together with their husbands.
and  a couple of siblings.

PZPortal: Are the costumes custom-made?

Gordon: All our costumes are fan-made, and it cannot be brought from just
anywhere. Lots of effort are put into making the costumes so a great deal
of passion is needed to keep us going. The public may not know, or even
misunderstood, who we actually are. For example, the public may assume
it’s Vader when they  are instead looking at a black trooper. That is okay
to us, as long as  the rest knows we are from the Star Wars series.

PZPortal: For the costumes to be used in 501st, what are the requirements?

Gordon: A standard has to be met, one can’t join us if the standard isn’t
there. One have to mail us pictures of their armour and we will then give
feedback and guide the new members on what can be improved.

PZPortal: Is Storm trooping considered as a cosplay?

Gordon: For cosplay, you have to be the character and play the character. This
is more like costuming. Cosplay and costuming are 2 different things.

PZPortal: What is your viewpoint on cosplay scene in Singapore?

Gordon: I don’t cosplay, so I may not be the right person to answer this. I do
attend cosplay events and I can say our local standard is pretty good. It
may not be as good as Japan, but it is one of the best in Asia.

PZPortal: Has any company approached 501st Legion to advertise any product?

Gordon: What we wear belongs to Lucasfilm, so unless they approve it, we cannot
earn money and cannot help advertisers to earn money. That also means that
we are not suppose to endorse any products, but we can help advertise if
the products are Star Wars related.

PZPortal: What do you think of the future of 501st Legion?

Gordon: I dare not say about the worldwide one as it’s a very big organisation.
For Singapore garrison, our next target is to get more people to join. As
of now we have 70 members, which is the biggest in Asia. We target to hit
100 this year.