Schneier on Security: Refuse to Be Terrorized
Paul Krugman has written a really good update of my 2006 esssay. Krugman: So what can we say about how to respond to terrorism? Before the atrocities in Paris, the West's general response involved a...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: The Digital Eagles have landed
Like many institutions, Barclays Bank recognises that digital literacy is an essential component of modern life. It was for this reason that, back in 2013, the bank launched its Digital Eagles...
View ArticleLWN.net: Security advisories for Tuesday
Arch Linux has updated lib32-libpng (two vulnerabilities) and libpng (two vulnerabilities). CentOS has updated xen (C5: code execution). Fedora has updated cyrus-imapd (F23: information disclosure),...
View ArticleLWN.net: Red Hat delivers Software Collections 2.1
Red Hat has announced the availability of Red Hat Software Collections 2.1. Red Hat Developer Toolset 4 was also released. "Applications built with Red Hat Software Collections can be deployed into...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Rightscorp Burns $4 For Every Dollar Pirates Pay in Fines
Piracy monetization firm Rightscorp has just turned in another set of disappointing results for the third quarter of 2015. After losing $424K during the three months ended September 30, the company has...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: On CISA
I have avoided writing about the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), largely because the details kept changing. (For those not following closely, similar bills were passed by both the House...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Popcorn Time’s Alive, Full Comeback In the Works
Last month the most used Popcorn Time fork shut down, with several key developers facing legal action in Canada. The MPAA claimed one of the biggest successes in recent history but the victory may only...
View ArticleKrebs on Security: Paris Terror Attacks Stoke Encryption Debate
U.S. state and federal law enforcement officials appear poised to tap into public concern over the terror attacks in France last week to garner support for proposals that would fundamentally weaken the...
View ArticleAWS Official Blog: AWS Week in Review – November 9, 2015
Let’s take a quick look at what happened in AWS-land last week: Monday November 9 We announced the AWS Webinars for November 2015 – Learn About New Services and Best Practices. We announced that AWS...
View ArticleAWS Security Blog: AWS Releases Preview of SMS MFA for IAM Users
Today, AWS introduced the preview of Short Message Service (SMS) support for multi-factor authentication (MFA), making it easier for you to implement a security best practice. Until now, you could...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Operator of U.S. Music Piracy Sites Jailed For Three Years
The former operator of two large music sharing sites has been jailed in the United States. Rocky P. Ouprasith, 23, of Charlotte, N.C., ran RockDizMusic and RockDizFile before they were shut down by the...
View ArticleLWN.net: [$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for November 19, 2015
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for November 19, 2015 is available.
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Arrests as Police Target Latin America’s Largest Pirate Site
Police have arrested the owners of Latin America's most popular 'pirate' site. With a reported 60 million visits per month and a database of 150,000 links, Mega Filmes HD was Brazil's 48th most used...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: RFID-Shielded, Ultra-Strong Duffel Bags
They're for carrying cash through dangerous territory: SDR Traveller caters to people who, for one reason or another, need to haul huge amounts of cash money through dangerous territory. The bags are...
View ArticleKrebs on Security: Federal Legislation Targets “Swatting” Hoaxes
A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday targets "swatting," an increasingly common and costly hoax in which perpetrators spoof a communication to authorities about a hostage...
View ArticleLWN.net: Thursday’s security updates
CentOS has updated java-1.6.0-openjdk (C6; C5; C7: multiple vulnerabilities) and postgresql (C6; C7: multiple vulnerabilities). Debian has updated libpng (multiple vulnerabilities). Debian-LTS has...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Blizzard ‘Stole’ Our Source Code, Bot Maker Says
Blizzard Entertainment has obtained the source code of the popular Heroes of Storm cheating bot Stormbuddy. Facing a million dollar copyright infringement lawsuit, a freelance developer reportedly...
View Articleyovko in a nutshell: La petita rambla del Poble Sec
Няколко приятели вече ме попитаха дали Барселона няма да ми липсва. Разбира се, че ще ми липсва – при това много. Вероятно точно както ти липсва всяко място, където ти е било уютно. Но пък със...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: University of York: Raspberry Pi Challenge 2015
For the last three years I’ve been visiting the University of York Computer Science building on the last day of Freshers’ Week to see what the new entrants have been doing with Raspberry Pi. York is...
View ArticleAWS Official Blog: AWS Device Farm Update – Test Web Apps on Mobile Devices
If you build mobile apps, you know that you have two implementation choices. You can build native or hybrid applications that compile to an executable file. You can also build applications that run...
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