Lauren Weinstein's Blog: Windows 10: A Potential Privacy Mess, and Worse
I had originally been considering accepting Microsoft's offer of a free upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10. After all, reports have suggested that it's a much more usable system than Windows 8/8.1 --...
View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: ISC StormCast for Thursday, July...
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View ArticleLWN.net: [$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 30, 2015
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 30, 2015 is available.
View ArticleTorrentFreak: RIAA and Friends Accuse CNET of Hosting ‘Pirate’ Software
Several prominent music groups including the RIAA, A2IM and ASCAP have accused CNET of hosting infringing apps on Download.com. In a letter sent to the CEO of parent company CBS, the groups urge the...
View ArticleLWN.net: Mourning Nóirín Plunkett
Here are a couple sad notes from the Ada Initiative and the Apache Software Foundation on the abrupt passing of Nóirín Plunkett. "Throughout Nóirín's time at the Foundation she was an Apache httpd...
View ArticleКлошкодил: 2015-07-30 пак online гласуване
Имаме референдум за електронното дистанционно гласуване. Очаквам скоро да имаме такъв и да се строят новите сгради от използвана тоалетна хартия. (като ми прати някой нещо такова се усещам колко ми е...
View Articleyovko.net: Аварията
„Аварията“ е заглавието на най-новия роман на Тихомир Димитров, който си признавам, че още не съм прочел, понеже го получих едва снощи, но бързам да го споделя, по две причини. […]Оригинален линк:...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: The MagPi issue 36 is here and we’re in print!
It’s with an almost rude amount of excitement I can announce that issue 36 of the Official Raspberry Pi Magazine, The MagPi, is here! It’s bigger and – dare I say it – better than ever too, with 100...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: The NSA, Metadata, and the Failure of Stopping 9/11
It's common wisdom that the NSA was unable to intercept phone calls from Khalid al-Mihdhar in San Diego to Bin Ladin in Yemen because of legal restrictions. This has been used to justify the NSA's...
View ArticleErrata Security: A quick review of the BIND9 code
BIND9 is the oldest and most popular DNS server. Today, they announced a DoS vulnerability was announced that would crash the server with a simply crafted query. I could use my "masscan" tool to...
View ArticleLWN.net: Security updates for Thursday
Debian-LTS has updated squid3 (security bypass). Fedora has updated drupal7-path_breadcrumbs (F22; F21: cross-site scripting), ecryptfs-utils (F22; F21: password disclosure from 2014), hplip (F21: key...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: U.S. Reports Progress in Antigua Legal “Pirate Site” Dispute
In 2013, the World Trade Organization (WTO) authorized Antigua's request to suspend U.S. copyrights after a trade dispute over gambling boiled over. In response, Antigua threatened to open a free...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: Comparing the Security Practices of Experts and...
New paper: "'...no one can hack my mind': Comparing Expert and Non-Expert Security Practices," by Iulia Ion, Rob Reeder, and Sunny Consolvo. Abstract: The state of advice given to people today on how...
View ArticleLWN.net: Oracle Linux 6.7 released
Oracle has announced the release of Oracle Linux 6.7. As usual this release features both a Red Hat compatible kernel and Oracle's enterprise kernel. Some notable features include Open Security...
View ArticleGrigor Gatchev - A Weblog: Лекариипациенти
Преди към две седмици в медиите излезе съобщение за смъртта на д-р Илко Иларионов. Ръководител на кожното отделение в Пета градска, след закриването му той получава депресивен пристъп и влиза в...
View ArticleLWN.net: DebConf15 schedule and featured speakers announced
Debconf15, which will be held in Heidelberg, Germany August 15-23, has announced its schedule as well as four featured speakers: Allison Randal, President, Open Source Initiative and Distinguished...
View Articlexkcd.com: Vet
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View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: Tech tip: Invoke a system command...
I spend a lot of time using R, theprogramming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. Its incredibly useful for visualization and analysis, consider Data-Driven...
View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: ISC StormCast for Friday, July...
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View ArticleTorrentFreak: Kim Dotcom & Mega Trade Barbs Over Hostile Takeover Claims
In a Q&A session with users of Slashdot this week, Kim Dotcom advised surprised readers not use Mega amid claims of a hostile takeover. Intrigued, TorrentFreak caught up with both Dotcom and his...
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