LWN.net: Thor: another free video codec
Cisco, it seems, is unhappy with the patent mess around video codecs, so it has launched a project called "Thor" to make one that can be freely distributed. "The effort is being staffed by some of the...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Warner Bros. Obtains Injunction Against 16 Torrent Sites
Warner Bros. has obtained a blocking injunction against 16 Russia-based torrent sites, including RuTor.org, one of the country's largest. The injunction, which aims to limit the unauthorized...
View ArticleKrebs on Security: Adobe, MS Push Patches, Oracle Drops Drama
Adobe today pushed another update to seal nearly three dozen security holes in its Flash Player software. Microsoft also released 14 patch bundles, including a large number of fixes for computers...
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View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: ISC StormCast for Wednesday,...
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View ArticleTorrentFreak: Rightscorp Deal Turns DMCA Notices Into Piracy Lawsuits
Piracy monetization firm Rightscorp has signed an agreement to provide lawfirm Flynn Wirkus Young with the IP-addresses of persistent pirates. The data will be used to target U.S. Internet users who...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: Intimidating Military Personnel by Targeting Their...
This FBI alert is interesting: (U//FOUO) In May 2015, the wife of a US military member was approached in front of her home by two Middle-Eastern males. The men stated that she was the wife of a US...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: Science lessons with the camera board
Before we get down to it today, a quick notice: Matt Timmons-Brown, freshly released from GCSE exam hell, will be dropping in to do some video interviews for his Raspberry Pi Guy YouTube channel next...
View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: Windows Service Accounts – Why...
Windows Service Accounts have been one of those enterprise neccessary evils - things that you have to have, but nobody ever talks about or considers to be a problem. All too often, these service...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Top UK Advertisers Place 73% Fewer Ads on Pirate Sites
The City of London Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit says it is making excellent progress in reducing the revenues of so-called 'pirate' sites. The UK's top ad spending companies have reportedly...
View ArticleLWN.net: Docker 1.8 released
The 1.8 release of the Docker container system is out, with a number of new features. "Docker Content Trust is a new feature in Docker Engine 1.8 that makes it possible to verify the publisher of...
View ArticleLWN.net: Security advisories for Wednesday
Arch Linux has updated firefox (multiple vulnerabilities). CentOS has updated firefox (C7; C6; C5: multiple vulnerabilities). Debian has updated gnutls28 (denial of service), iceweasel (multiple...
View ArticleGrigor Gatchev - A Weblog: Пловдивскимитрополитини
От доста време ми привлича окото пловдивският митрополит Николай. Протеже на патриарха, той е известен с брилянтните си умотворения. Ако сте забравили, ще напомня някои: – Когато в Охридското езеро...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: Another Salvo in the Second Crypto War (of Words)
Prosecutors from New York, London, Paris, and Madrid wrote an op-ed in yesterday's New York Times in favor of backdoors in cell phone encryption. There are a number of flaws in their argument, ranging...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Original Popcorn Time Team Backs Popular Fork
The original Popcorn Time team shut down its operation well over a year ago, but some members have now come out in support of the Popcorntime.io fork. As of today the original Popcorn Time domain name...
View ArticleLWN.net: [$] Working with xdg-app application bundles
One of the oft-recurring topics at GUADEC 2015 was the xdg-app application-packaging system currently being developed. Xdg-app's lead developer Alexander Larsson gave a presentation on its current...
View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: Wireshark 1.12.7 is released,...
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View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: Yes Virginia, Stored XSS’s Do...
When you go through website security, Cross Site Scripting (XSS) is almost always discussed. Almost exclusively, Reflected XSS is the main topic, and it almost always covers the lions share of the...
View ArticleLWN.net: [$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for August 13, 2015
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for August 13, 2015 is available.
View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: ISC StormCast for Thursday,...
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