Hijacking Someone’s Facebook Account with a Fake Passport Copy
Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/07/hijacking_someo.html BBC has the story. The confusion is that a scan of a passport is much easier to forge...
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Phishing Scam Targets Game of Thrones Pirates
Post Syndicated from Ernesto original https://torrentfreak.com/scam-targets-game-thrones-pirates-160708/ Scammers have found a way to exploit copyright infringement notices for their own profit. Posing...
View Article10 million Android phones infected by all-powerful auto-rooting apps (Ars...
Post Syndicated from jake original http://lwn.net/Articles/693798/rss Ars Technica reports on the “HummingBad” malware that has infected millions of Android devices: “Researchers from security firm...
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Bluetooth LED bulbs
Post Syndicated from Matthew Garrett original http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/43722.html The best known smart bulb setups (such as the Philips Hue and the Belkin Wemo) are based on Zigbee, a low-energy,...
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AWS discount vouchers? We can do better than that!
Post Syndicated from Bart Thomas original http://www.anchor.com.au/blog/2016/07/aws-discount-voucher/ If you’re looking to reduce your AWS spend, read on. It’s no secret that the range of cloud...
View Article[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 8, 2016
Post Syndicated from corbet original http://lwn.net/Articles/693092/rss The LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 8, 2016 is available.
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Megaupload 2.0 to Launch With Original Megaupload User Database
Post Syndicated from Andy original https://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-2-0-to-launch-with-original-megaupload-user-database-160708/ Following a few hints earlier this week, it is now fully confirmed....
View ArticleProgramming your Pi Zero over USB
Post Syndicated from Liz Upton original https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/programming-pi-zero-usb/ Here’s a really neat solution from the inestimable Dan “PiGlove, mind where you put the capitals”...
View ArticleResearchers Discover Tor Nodes Designed to Spy on Hidden Services
Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/07/researchers_dis.html Two researchers have discovered over 100 Tor nodes that are spying on hidden services....
View ArticleSecurity updates for Friday
Post Syndicated from jake original http://lwn.net/Articles/693864/rss Debian-LTS has updated clamav (update to 0.99.2), icu (three vulnerabilities, two from 2015), and tcpreplay (denial of service)....
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1,025 Wendy’s Locations Hit in Card Breach
Post Syndicated from BrianKrebs original https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/07/1025-wendys-locations-hit-in-card-breach/ At least 1,025 Wendy’s locations were hit by a malware-driven credit card breach...
View ArticleЗа грубите лелки в яслите
Post Syndicated from Боян Юруков original http://yurukov.net/blog/2016/grubite-lelki-v-qslite/ Тази сутрин по Нова са пуснали запис направен от майка на лелките в яслата на две годишното ѝ дете. Чуват...
View ArticleI’m on an "Adam Ruins Everything" Podcast
Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/07/im_on_an_adam_r.html Adam Conover interviewed me on his podcast. If you remember, I was featured on his “Adam...
View ArticlePortals: Using GTK+ in a Flatpak
Post Syndicated from jake original http://lwn.net/Articles/693890/rss On his blog, Matthias Clasen announces the availability of some of the infrastructure for Portals, which are a way for Flatpak...
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Fair Use Threatens Innovation, Copyright Holders Warn
Post Syndicated from Ernesto original https://torrentfreak.com/fair-use-threatens-innovation-copyright-holders-warn-160708/ Earlier this year the Australian Government’s Productivity Commission...
View ArticleFriday Squid Blogging: How Squids See Color Despite Black-and-White Vision
Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/07/friday_squid_bl_534.html It’s chromatic aberration. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about...
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Welcome Intern Ari
Post Syndicated from Yev original https://www.backblaze.com/blog/welcome-intern-ari/ Our first intern of the summer, Alex, has been working hard in the datacenter making sure that all the drives are...
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Generating Recommendations at Amazon Scale with Apache Spark and Amazon DSSTNE
Post Syndicated from Kiuk Chung original https://blogs.aws.amazon.com/bigdata/post/TxGEL8IJ0CAXTK/Generating-Recommendations-at-Amazon-Scale-with-Apache-Spark-and-Amazon-DSSTNE Kiuk Chung is a Software...
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Shock: Copyright ‘Bullies’ Can Be Negotiated With
Post Syndicated from Andy original https://torrentfreak.com/shock-copyright-bullies-can-negotiated-with-160709/ Seemingly every week there are horror stories of copyright holders abusing the DMCA in...
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