Krebs on Security: Was the Ashley Madison Database Leaked?
Many news sites and blogs are reporting that the data stolen last month from 37 million users of AshleyMadison.com -- a site that facilitates cheating and extramarital affairs -- has finally been...
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Source Code in TV and Films: From “Deutschland ‘83” S01E03. While examining...
From “Deutschland ‘83” S01E03. While examining the contents of a floppy disk, random numbers scroll down the screen and the dialogue is, “It’s encoded”. The program is interrupted and the source code...
View ArticleErrata Security: Notes on the Ashley-Madison dump
Ashley-Madison is a massive dating that claims 40 million users. The site is specifically for those who want to cheat on their spouse. Recently, it was hacked. Yesterday, the hackers published the...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Police Arrest Men For Spreading Popcorn Time Information
Police in Denmark have arrested the alleged operators of two Popcorn Time guide websites. The domains of both operations have also been seized by the authorities. The case is controversial in that both...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: AVA: A Social Engineering Vulnerability Scanner
This is interesting: First, it integrates with corporate directories such as Active Directory and social media sites like LinkedIn to map the connections between employees, as well as important outside...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: Twitter for dogs
Henry Conklin’s dog, Oliver, is one of those very vocal dogs who likes to try to let you know what he’s thinking. By barking. A lot. Henry says: I decided that his thoughts and comments needed to be...
View ArticleLWN.net: Wednesday’s security advisories
CentOS has updated pam (C6; C7: denial of service). Debian has updated python-django (multiple vulnerabilities). Debian-LTS has updated wordpress (multiple vulnerabilities). Fedora has updated audit...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Rightscorp’s DMCA Subpoena Effort Crashes and Burns
Rightscorp's efforts to unmask file-sharers using the DMCA has crashed and burned. After a federal judge ruled in favor of ISP Birch Communications and quashed the anti-piracy firm's subpoena,...
View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: Outsourcing critical...
Migrating everything to cloud or various online services is becoming increasingly popular in last couple of years (and will probably not stop). However, leaving our most valuable jewels with someone...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: Nasty Cisco Attack
This is serious: Cisco Systems officials are warning customers of a series of attacks that completely hijack critical networking gear by swapping out the valid ROMMON firmware image with one that's...
View ArticleLWN.net: Rkt 0.8 released
Version 0.8 of the rkt container specification has been released. The changelog notes that this version adds support for running under the LKVM hypervisor and adds experimental support for user...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Movie Studio Sues Popcorn Time Users In The U.S.
The makers of "The Cobbler" movie have filed a lawsuit at a federal court in Oregon directed at 11 users of the popular Popcorn Time software. According to the filmmakers Popcorn Time doesn't have any...
View ArticleErrata Security: Trump is right about the 14th Amendment
Trump sucks all the intelligence out of the room, converting otherwise intelligent and educated pundits into blithering idiots. Today's example is the claim that Trump said:"The 14th Amendment is...
View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: Actor using Angler exploit kit...
Introduction Ive often had a hard time finding compromised websites to kick off an infection chain for the Neutrino exploit kit (EK). During the past few months,weve usuallyseen Angler EK, Nuclear EK,...
View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: ISC StormCast for Thursday,...
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View ArticleTorrentFreak: Indonesia Blocks The Pirate Bay, IsoHunt, Others
After promising a strong response to piracy for several years, Indonesia has finally taken action against The Pirate Bay. Along with fellow torrent index IsoHunt.to, the site is among almost two dozen...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: No-Fly List Uses Predictive Assessments
The US government has admitted that it uses predictive assessments to put people on the no-fly list: In a little-noticed filing before an Oregon federal judge, the US Justice Department and the FBI...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: Forumula AllCode – robotics course
Liz: Robotics is a really powerful way to get kids excited about programming and electronics, and a Kickstarter from Formula AllCode, with its integrated course, has all the elements you need to get a...
View ArticleLWN.net: Security advisories for Thursday
Debian has updated conntrack (denial of service), openjdk-6 (multiple vulnerabilities), vlc (code execution), and zendframework (XML External Entity attack). Debian-LTS has updated conntrack (denial...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Dallas Buyers Club Wants to Interrogate Suspected Pirates
The movie studio behind the movie Dallas Buyers Club continues to hunt alleged copyright infringers in the United States. In a new court filing the company explains the measures it takes identify the...
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