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AWS Security Blog: AWS Certification Update – ISO 27017
I am happy to announce that AWS has achieved ISO 27017 certification. This new criteria builds upon the ISO 27002 standard, with additional controls specifically applicable to cloud service providers....
View ArticleLWN.net: Security advisories for Monday
Debian-LTS has updated imagemagick (denial of service), libsndfile (multiple vulnerabilities), libxml2 (multiple vulnerabilities), and nss (code execution). Fedora has updated abrt (F23: two...
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Darknet - The Darkside: LSAT – Linux Security Auditing Tool
Linux Security Auditing Tool (LSAT) is a post install security auditing tool. It is modular in design, so new features can be added quickly. It checks inetd entries and scans for unneeded RPM packages....
View ArticleTorrentFreak: MPAA ‘Softens’ Movie Theater Anti-Piracy Policy, Drops Bounty
The MPAA has issued an updated version of its best practices for the prevention of movie piracy in theaters. While much remains the same, theater managers are no longer required to call the police for...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: A History of Privacy
This New Yorker article traces the history of privacy from the mid 1800s to today: As a matter of historical analysis, the relationship between secrecy and privacy can be stated in an axiom: the...
View ArticleErrata Security: First Internet ecommerce was at least 1990
This article from FastCompany claims that the first Internet e-commerce transaction was 1994. This isn't true. The site "cdconnection.com" was selling CDs online since 1990. Well, they claim 1990, I...
View ArticleAWS Official Blog: AWS Week in Review – November 23, 2015
Let’s take a quick look at what happened in AWS-land last week: Monday November 23 We announced that EC2 Dedicated Hosts Are Now Available. The talked about Building IoT Solutions with AWS and Intel....
View ArticleКлошкодил: 2015-12-01 програмата на openfest2015
(сигурно има да пиша още за openfest, но това специално ми се мотае в главата от няколко седмици) (също така, това е мое лично мнение, няма общо с екипа на феста) Не мога да си обясня дали има проблеми...
View ArticleKrebs on Security: DHS Giving Firms Free Penetration Tests
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been quietly launching stealthy cyber attacks against a range of private U.S. companies -- mostly banks and energy firms. These digital intrusion...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: UK Anti-Piracy ‘Education’ Campaign Launched, Quietly
After a long wait the UK's broad anti-piracy effort operated by ISPs and copyright holders has finally launched. The UK Government-funded program aims to warn and educate illegal file-sharers in the...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: Tracking Someone Using LifeLock
Someone opened a LifeLock account in his ex-wife's name, and used the service to track her bank accounts, credit cards, and other financial activities. The article is mostly about how appalling...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: Creating and Kickstarting Slice, the Compute Module-Based Media...
Back in August 2014, a startup company called FiveNinjas launched Slice, the first ever Compute Module-based media player, on Kickstarter. We are FiveNinjas: James Adams and Gordon Hollingworth from...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Hilarious Remixers Hand Out Copyright Smackdown
An artist / collective famous for hilariously butchering famous tracks has just suckered several news outlets into publishing a textbook "copyright fail" story. D.J. Detweiler, whose work has to be...
View ArticleAWS Official Blog: AWS Webinars for December 2015
Every month, we set up a series of webinars that are designed to bring you up to speed on the latest AWS services & features, and to make sure that you are aware of the best ways to put them to...
View ArticleLWN.net: Thunderbird to be separated from Mozilla
Mozilla leader Mitchell Baker has announced that the Thunderbird email client project will, eventually, be spun out of Mozilla. "Therefore I believe Thunderbird should would thrive best by separating...
View ArticleLWN.net: Tuesday’s security updates
Debian-LTS has updated libphp-snoopy (command execution). Fedora has updated ca-certificates (F22: certificate update), grub2 (F22: Secure Boot circumvention), imapsync (F23; F22; F21: information...
View ArticleAWS Compute Blog: Getting Started with JAWS on Amazon Web Services
Nick Corbett, AWS Professional Services, Big Data Consultant Amazon API Gateway and AWS Lambda empower developers to deliver a microservice architecture without managing infrastructure. Building...
View ArticleLWN.net: Patent troll claims HTTPS websites infringe crypto patent, sues...
CryptoPeak Solutions is suing many tech and retail giants, claiming their HTTPS websites infringe an encryption patent titled "Auto-Escrowable and Auto-Certifiable Cryptosystems". Ars Technica reports:...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Broke Again, Dotcom Asks Hong Kong Court For Millions
Lawyers for Kim Dotcom have asked a Hong Kong court for the release of millions in previously seized funds claiming that their client is broke once again. However, the prosecution claim that after...
View ArticleErrata Security: NSA needs more EFF hoodies
A few months ago, many stories covered "intelexit.org", a group that bought billboards outside NSA buildings encouraging moderates to leave intelligence organizations. This is a stupidbad idea.For one...
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