The Dutch Senate has passed the revised Net Neutrality Law as part of an amendment to the country’s Telecommunications Act. The strict new law seeks to ensure that telcos and ISPs treat all internet traffic equally and cannot favour one internet app or service over another. Opponents, however, say the legislation, which was approved by Read more about Dutch net neutrality law does well, pisses off monopolists[…]
Now we have yet another massive database leak has been uncovered related to an insecure MongoDB installation, exposing at least 58 million subscriber records. Twitter user @0x2Taylor posted exfiltrated data on the file sharing site MEGA twice over the weekend, each time resulting in the data being taken down very quickly. The data was then Read more about Modern Business Solutions Stumbles Over A Modern Business Problem – 58M Records Dumped From An Unsecured Database[…]
fuzzing involves sending random data at a piece of software to crash it and capturing the conditions at the time of the crash. […] libFuzzer attacked individual components of Chrome, sending the random data directly to the API. It’s a coverage-guided fuzzer, meaning it measures “code coverage for every input, and accumulate test cases that Read more about Google offers fuzzing tool for Chrome for automated testing[…]
Avtech is the second most popular search term in Shodan. According to Shodan, more than 130.000 Avtech devices are exposed to the internet. That’s because there are 14 serious unpatched vulnerabilities, the guide in the link goes through. Ensure the admin interface is not exposed to the internet, change the default admin password if you Read more about Avtech devices 14 serious unpatched vulnerabilities[…]
Online skimming is a new form of card fraud. In November 2015, the first case was reported. Upon investigating, I scanned a sample of 255K online stores globally and found 3501 stores to be skimmed. It is now ten months later. Are the culprits in jail yet? Not quite, here are the numbers of compromised Read more about 69% increase in hacked online stores stealing your credit card details from 2015[…]
There are about 25 court cases throughout the country that have a suspicious profile: All involve allegedly self-represented plaintiffs, yet they have similar snippets of legalese that suggest a common organization behind them. (A few others, having a slightly different profile, involve actual lawyers.) All the ostensible defendants ostensibly agreed to injunctions being issued against Read more about Dozens of suspicious court cases, with missing defendants, aim at getting web pages taken down or deindexed – The Washington Post[…]
A new strain of malware has been discovered by Kaspersky Labs, named ‘StrongPity,’ which targets users looking for two legitimate computer programs, WinRAR and TrueCrypt. WinRAR is a file archiver utility for Windows, which compresses and extracts files, while the latter is a discontinued encryption tool. The malware contains components that not only has the Read more about ‘StrongPity’ malware infects users through illegitimate WinRAR and TrueCrypt installers[…]
inisters have been barred from wearing Apple Watches during Cabinet meetings amid concerns that they could be hacked by Russian spies, The Telegraph has learned. Under David Cameron, several cabinet ministers wore the smart watches, including Michael Gove, the former Justice Secretary. However, under Theresa May ministers have been barred from wearing them amid concerns Read more about Apple Watches banned from Cabinet after ministers warned devices could be vulnerable to hacking […]
Sexual activity before competition has been considered as a possible cause for reduced performance since ancient Greece and Rome. Recently, the hypothesis that optimal sport performance could be influenced by a variety of factors including sexual activity before competition has been investigated. However, few scientific data are available, with the exception of anecdotal reports of Read more about Sexual Activity before Sports Competition: you can after all[…]
Religion in the United States is worth $1.2tn a year, making it equivalent to the 15th largest national economy in the world, according to a study. The faith economy has a higher value than the combined revenues of the top 10 technology companies in the US, including Apple, Amazon and Google, says the analysis from Read more about Religion in US ‘worth more than Google and Apple combined’[…]
Android-x86 Open Source Project Source: ReleaseNote 6.0-r1 – Android-x86 – Porting Android to x86 Wow, open source Android?
VIDEO Chinese hackers have attacked Tesla electric cars from afar, using exploits that can activate brakes, unlock doors, and fold mirrors from up to 20 kilometres (12 miles) away while the cars are in motion. Keen Security Lab senior researchers Sen Nie, Ling Liu, and Wen Lu, along with director Samuel Lv, demonstrated the hacks Read more about Hackers hijack Tesla Model S from afar, while the cars are moving, control is scary[…]
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In the latest exchange between Mobileye and Tesla, however, the chip company has accused Tesla of lying. “The allegations recently attributed to a spokesperson for Tesla … are incorrect and can be refuted by the facts,” Mobileye said in a statement. […] Tesla was “pushing the envelope in terms of safety,” the company’s chairman and Read more about Is Tesla telling us the truth over autopilot spat?[…]
The answer is simpler than you might think: The defense of an innocent, learning disabled, 15-year-old girl. In the criminal complaint, she’s called “Patient A,” but to me, she has a name, Justina Pelletier. Boston Children’s Hospital disagreed with her diagnosis. They said her symptoms were psychological. They made misleading statements on an affidavit, went Read more about Why I Knocked Boston Children’s Hospital Off The Internet: A Statement From Martin Gottesfeld[…]
You used to be able to use synergy, but that has become non-free. Now you have the following two free alternatives: Input Director enables the control of multiple Windows systems using the keyboard/mouse attached to one computer Switch control between systems either by hotkey or by moving the cursor off the screen edge on one Read more about Control multiple PCs with one mouse / keyboard[…]
Qubes is a security-oriented, open-source operating system for personal computers. Qubes takes an approach called security by compartmentalization, which allows you to compartmentalize the various parts of your digital life into securely isolated compartments called qubes. This approach allows you to keep the different things you do on your computer securely separated from each other Read more about Securify your PC using Qubes and Whonix[…]
A popular antibiotic called rifampicin, used to treat tuberculosis, leprosy, and Legionnaire’s disease, is becoming less effective as the bacteria that cause the diseases develop more resistance. […] “Antibiotic resistance is one of the major problems in modern medicine,” said Adbelwahab. “Our studies have shown how this enzyme deactivates rifampicin. We now have a blueprint Read more about Team unravels mystery of bacteria’s antibiotic resistance[…]
It had been three months since Roman Mazurenko, Kuyda’s closest friend, had died. Kuyda had spent that time gathering up his old text messages, setting aside the ones that felt too personal, and feeding the rest into a neural network built by developers at her artificial intelligence startup. She had struggled with whether she was Read more about Someone built an AI chatbot from a text message database of a dead man, works quite well[…]
In this case, Apple claimed that Samsung infringed patents for the slide-to-unlock feature, autocorrect and a way to detect phone numbers so they can be tapped to make phone calls. The bulk of the award, $98.7 million, was for the detection patent that the earlier panel said wasn’t infringed. The February decision also said the Read more about Apple Wins Appeal Reinstating $119.6 Million Samsung Verdict, showing insanity of patent law[…]
The Russian government “directed the recent compromises of emails from US persons and institutions,” the US Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said on Friday, an accusation that gives formal recognition to a claim previously voiced through unnamed sources. In late July, The New York Times reported that Read more about US govt straight up accuses Russia of hacking DNC emails[…]
The agency, Hallman said, has significantly improved its “anticipatory intelligence,” using a mesh of sophisticated algorithms and analytics against complex systems to better predict the flow of everything from illicit cash to extremists around the globe. Deep learning and other forms of machine learning can help analysts understand how seemingly disparate data sets might be Read more about CIA Can Anticipate Social Unrest ‘Three to Five Days’ Out in Some Cases[…]
The team, led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, designed the minuscule transistor with a working one-nanometre gate – far surpassing any industry expectation for reducing transistor sizes. In the scientific study, MoS2 transistors with 1-nanometer gate lengths, published today in the journal Science, the researchers describe a prototype device which Read more about Transistor smashes industry ‘limit’, measures just 1nm[…]
An in-depth security guidance report aimed at Internet of Things developers has been released by the Cloud Security Alliance. Titled Future-proofing the Connected World: 13 steps to developing secure IoT products, the report offers practical and technical guidance to devs trying to secure networks of IoT devices. “An IoT system is only as secure as Read more about CSA releases IoT security guide[…]
Avi Freedman has worked in networking for 30+ years and seen over 100 startups scale their infrastructure. Here are the most vital pieces of advice he has to share. They land themselves in Cloud Jail. They get sucked in by “hipster tools.” They don’t design for monitorability. Source: The Three Infrastructure Mistakes Your Company Must Read more about The Three Infrastructure Mistakes Your Company Must Not Make[…]