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Daily Archives: January 12, 2017
Way More People Will Now Have Access to the NSA’s Raw, Unfiltered Data
Previously, when the NSA passed data it collected through its secretive, advanced, and sometimes illegal methods, an NSA analyst would strip the data that pertained to innocent people, and would only pass on what they deemed necessary. Now, when the NSA shares information with another intelligence agency, it will pass on the raw data, with no redactions. This means that employees and analysts at the 16 other federal intelligence agencies will now see raw, unfiltered data collected by the NSA.
The New York Times neatly summed up the changes: “Essentially, the government is reducing the risk that the N.S.A. will fail to recognize that a piece of information would be valuable to another agency, but increasing the risk that officials will see private information about innocent people.”
Setup Timeout Error: Setup took longer than 30 seconds to complete.Patrick Toomey, a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties national security project, slammed the sharing of raw data between agencies, noting that it’s all collected without a warrant.
Source: Way More People Will Now Have Access to the NSA’s Raw, Unfiltered Data
New Android-infecting malware brew hijacks devices and then attacks your wifi router
Hackers have brewed up a strain of Android malware that uses compromised smartphones as conduits to attack routers.The Switcher trojan does not attack Android device users directly. Instead, the malware uses compromised smartphones and tablets as tools to attack any wireless networks they connect to.Switcher brute-forces access to the network’s router and then changes its DNS settings to redirect traffic from devices connected to the network to a rogue DNS server, security researchers at Kaspersky Lab report.This server fools the devices into communicating with websites controlled by the attackers, leaving users wide open to either phishing or further malware-based attacks.The attackers claim to have successfully infiltrated 1,280 wireless networks so far, mainly in China.
Source: New Android-infecting malware brew hijacks devices. Why, you ask? Your router • The Register
Why China especially? Because Google is forbidden there, so Chinese Android users are forced to use different app market places than the Play store.
KLIC-WIN shows the underground infrastructure of your neigbourhood – in NL
De graafsector heeft het initiatief genomen voor het programma KLIC-WIN. Dit programma moderniseert de uitwisseling van kabel- en leidinginformatie volgens de WION en sluit systemen en processen beter aan op de Europese richtlijn INSPIRE. Op deze manier bereiden de graafsector en het Kadaster zich voor op de toekomst.
De naam KLIC-WIN is een samenvoeging van de WION (de Nederlandse Wet informatie-uitwisseling ondergrondse netten) en INSPIRE (de Europese richtlijn Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community).
Source: KLIC-WIN
‘Tooth repair drug’ may replace fillings
The team at King’s College London showed that a chemical could encourage cells in the dental pulp to heal small holes in mice teeth.
A biodegradable sponge was soaked in the drug and then put inside the cavity.
The study, published in Scientific Reports, showed it led to “complete, effective natural repair”.
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They discovered that a drug called Tideglusib heightened the activity of stem cells in the dental pulp so they could repair 0.13mm holes in the teeth of mice.A drug-soaked sponge was placed in the hole and then a protective coating was applied over the top.
Prof Paul Sharpe, one of the researchers, told the BBC News website: “The sponge is biodegradable, that’s the key thing.
“The space occupied by the sponge becomes full of minerals as the dentine regenerates so you don’t have anything in there to fail in the future.”
The team at King’s is now investigating whether the approach can repair larger holes.
Prof Sharpe said a new treatment could be available soon: “I don’t think it’s massively long term, it’s quite low-hanging fruit in regenerative medicine and hopeful in a three-to-five year period this would be commercially available.”
Source: ‘Tooth repair drug’ may replace fillings – BBC News