Schneier on Security: BlackBerry Leaves Pakistan Rather Than Provide a...
BlackBerry has chosen to shut down operations in Pakistan rather than provide the government with backdoor access to encrypted communications. Pakistan is a relatively small market, but still.
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AWS Security Blog: What’s New in AWS Key Management Service: AWS...
We’re happy to make two announcements about what’s new in AWS Key Management Service (KMS). First, AWS CloudFormation has added a template for KMS that lets you quickly create KMS customer master keys...
View ArticleLWN.net: Friday’s security updates
Debian has updated openssl (multiple vulnerabilities) and redis (denial of service). Debian-LTS has updated openssl (memory leak). openSUSE has updated cyrus-imapd (13.1: integer overflow),...
View ArticleLWN.net: GnuPG 2.1.10 released
Version 2.1.10 of the GNU Privacy Guard is out. There are a number of new features in this release; they include a trust-on-first-use key acceptance mechanism and the ability to fetch public keys...
View ArticleLWN.net: Several OpenSSL security issues fixed
The OpenSSL project has released versions 0.9.8zh, 1.0.0t, 1.0.1q, and 1.0.2e with fixes for a number of "moderate" security issues. The announcement also notes that this will be the last update for...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Feds Drop Case Against Torrent Site, ‘Return’ Domain After 5 Years
After more than five years the Department of Justice has released the Torrent-Finder.com domain, which is now back in the hands of the original owner. The authorities had a very weak case and decided...
View ArticleBackblaze Blog | The Life of a Cloud Backup Company: Sr. Software Engineer...
As Backblaze B2 gets closer to coming online, we’re adding more people to our engineering team! The latest addition is Doug! Doug joins us from Colorado, where he lives with his family and enjoys the...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: Friday Squid Blogging: North Korean Squid Fisherman...
I don't know if you've been following the story of the boats full of corpses that have been found in Japanese waters: Over the past two months, at least 12 wooden boats have been found adrift or on the...
View ArticleErrata Security: Tesla is copying Apple’s business model
One of the interesting things about Tesla is that the company is trying to copy Apple's business model. As a Silicon Valley entrepreneur myself, and an owner of a Tesla car, I thought I'd write up what...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: BlackBerry Leaves Pakistan Rather Than Provide a...
BlackBerry has chosen to shut down operations in Pakistan rather than provide the government with backdoor access to encrypted communications. Pakistan is a relatively small market, but still.
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AWS Security Blog: What’s New in AWS Key Management Service: AWS...
We’re happy to make two announcements about what’s new in AWS Key Management Service (KMS). First, AWS CloudFormation has added a template for KMS that lets you quickly create KMS customer master keys...
View ArticleLWN.net: Friday’s security updates
Debian has updated openssl (multiple vulnerabilities) and redis (denial of service). Debian-LTS has updated openssl (memory leak). openSUSE has updated cyrus-imapd (13.1: integer overflow),...
View ArticleLWN.net: GnuPG 2.1.10 released
Version 2.1.10 of the GNU Privacy Guard is out. There are a number of new features in this release; they include a trust-on-first-use key acceptance mechanism and the ability to fetch public keys...
View ArticleLWN.net: Several OpenSSL security issues fixed
The OpenSSL project has released versions 0.9.8zh, 1.0.0t, 1.0.1q, and 1.0.2e with fixes for a number of "moderate" security issues. The announcement also notes that this will be the last update for...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: Friday Squid Blogging: North Korean Squid Fisherman...
I don't know if you've been following the story of the boats full of corpses that have been found in Japanese waters: Over the past two months, at least 12 wooden boats have been found adrift or on the...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: BREIN Does a Deal With Kickass and Pirate Bay Uploader
Anti-piracy group BREIN says that after identifying an uploader of around 5,000 torrents on sites including KickassTorrents and The Pirate Bay, it has reached settlement with the individual. In...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Steal This Show S01E02: Rebel Librarians & Pirate Academics
Today we bring you the second episode of the Steal This Show podcast, discussing the latest file-sharing and copyright news. In this episode we talk about anti-piracy campaigns and why a group of...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: PayPal Bans File-Sharing Classic Soulseek… After 14 Years
After banning several of the largest file-hosting sites, PayPal is now taking aim at one of the oldest file-sharing applications around. After 14 years doing business together, the payment processor...
View ArticleSprites mods: Creating the Tamagotchi Singularity
Xkcd did a comic about the Tamagotchi Singularity. I decided that concept needed implementing.
View ArticleLWN.net: A few weekend security updates
Arch has updated nodejs (two denial-of-service vulnerabilities), openssl (four CVEs), and python-django (information disclosure). Mageia has updated cups-filters (code execution), moodle (nine CVEs),...
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