Day: October 24, 2016

Projection mapping on a moving surface

Posted on by Robin Edgar

This research aims at overcoming this limitation and realizes dynamic projection mapping in which dynamically-changing real-world and virtual visual information are completely merged in the level of human visual perception. This high-speed dynamic projection mapping requires a high-speed projector enabling high-frame-rate and low-latency projection. In order to meet this demand, we have developed a high-speed Read more about Projection mapping on a moving surface[…]

Adding a phone number to your Google account can make it LESS secure (because telco insecurity).

Posted on by Robin Edgar

On Oct 1, after a 2h absence from his phone, Bob attempted to check his email and discovered he’d been logged out of his gmail account. Upon trying to log back in, Google notified him that his email password had been changed less than an hour ago. He then tried to make a call and Read more about Adding a phone number to your Google account can make it LESS secure (because telco insecurity).[…]

Dirty COW (CVE-2016-5195) Linux privilege escalation

Posted on by Robin Edgar

What is the CVE-2016-5195? CVE-2016-5195 is the official reference to this bug. CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) is the Standard for Information Security Vulnerability Names maintained by MITRE. Why is it called the Dirty COW bug? “A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel’s memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of Read more about Dirty COW (CVE-2016-5195) Linux privilege escalation[…]

DNS devastation: Top websites whacked offline as Dyn dies again

Posted on by Robin Edgar

An extraordinary, focused attack on DNS provider Dyn continues to disrupt internet services for hundreds of companies, including online giants Twitter, Amazon, AirBnB, Spotify and others. The worldwide assault started at approximately 11am UTC on Friday. It was a massive denial-of-service blast that knocked Dyn’s DNS anycast servers offline, resulting in knock-on impacts across the Read more about DNS devastation: Top websites whacked offline as Dyn dies again[…]