TorrentFreak: MPAA: Online Privacy Hurts Anti-Piracy Enforcement
The MPAA has submitted an overview of international "trade barriers" to the U.S. Government, which they see as harmful to the video and movie industries. Online privacy is listed as a serious problem,...
View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: Protecting Users and Enterprises...
With recent news of mobile malicious adware that roots smartphones, attention is again being paid to mobile security and the malware threat that is posed to it. While mobile ransomware is also a...
View ArticleLWN.net: TPP has provision banning requirements to transfer or access source...
Knowledge Ecology International looks at Article 14.17 of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which has a provision banning requirements to transfer or provide access to software source code. "I'm...
View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: ISC StormCast for Tuesday,...
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View ArticleSource Code in TV and Films: From Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. Agent...
From Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. Agent Benji is copying top secret files, with a help of a school example code for drawing nice spirals.
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: Barnes & Noble Mini Maker Faire Recap
Last weekend, we were proud to take part in the first ever Barnes & Noble Mini Maker Faire. In the United States, pretty much everyone has a Barnes & Noble Booksellers nearby, so it was a...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: MPAA OK With Copyright Law But Seeks Allies For Piracy Fight
In 2013 the House Judiciary Committee launched a comprehensive review of copyright law and today Chairman Bob Goodlatte finds himself in Hollywood as part of his 'listening tour'. For its part the MPAA...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: Linus Torvalds on Linux Security
Interesting interview. Slashdot thread.
View ArticleLWN.net: A set of stable kernel updates
The 4.2.6, 4.1.13, 3.14.57, and 3.10.93 stable kernel updates have all been released; each contains another set of important fixes.
View ArticleBackblaze Blog | The Life of a Cloud Backup Company: The Hardware Inside B2...
A couple of months ago we gave you a sneak peek as we designed and prototyped our next generation Storage Pod. We’re done, and Storage Pod 5.0 is here and it is faster, beefier, easier to assemble,...
View ArticleLWN.net: TensorFlow released
Google has released its TensorFlow machine-learning library under the Apache 2.0 license. "TensorFlow is an open source software library for numerical computation using data flow graphs. Nodes in the...
View ArticleLWN.net: Tuesday’s security advisories
Debian has updated kernel (multiple vulnerabilities) and unzip (regression in previous update). Fedora has updated firefox (F21: multiple vulnerabilities), icecat (F23; F22; F21: hardened build), nspr...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Destroyed Piracy Tracking Code Should End Lawsuit, Cox Says
Internet provider Cox Communications has asked a Virginia federal court to dismiss the copyright infringement lawsuit filed by several music companies last year. The case relies on evidence collected...
View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: November 2015 Microsoft Patch...
Overview of the November 2015 Microsoft patches and their status. # Affected Contra Indications - KB Known Exploits Microsoft rating(**) ISC rating(*) clients servers MS15-112 Cumulative Security...
View ArticleKrebs on Security: Arrests in JP Morgan, eTrade, Scottrade Hacks
U.S. authorities today announced multiple indictments and arrests in connection with separate hacking incidents that resulted in the theft of more than 100 million customer records from some of the...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: IT Security Is Still a Great Career Path
Jobs are plentiful and salaries are booming. I know from personal experience that demand far exceeds supply.
View ArticleAWS Official Blog: City on a Cloud Challenge Winners – 2015
The Challenge Our City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge was designed to encourage local governments to use AWS to create innovative solutions to problems faced by local governments in the United States...
View ArticleAnchor Cloud Hosting: Important: Tucows Domains — Phishing Attacks
Important: Tucows Domains — Phishing Attacks Recently we became aware of a number of bulk email phishing attacks made to owners of domains registered through Tucows. (What’s a phishing attack? See...
View ArticleLWN.net: Linux Ransomware Debut Fails on Predictable Encryption Key...
Bitdefender Labs takes a look at Linux.Encoder.1 ransomware. "Linux.Encoder.1 is executed on the victim’s Linux box after remote attackers leverage a flaw in the popular Magento content management...
View Articlexkcd.com: Linguistics Club
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