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Submission + - China warns US as superpower expresses concern for $1.3 trillion loan (tucknews.com)

Submitted by Tuck News
Tuck News writes: China, the USA's biggest foreign creditor is warning Congress it must resolve the political impasse over the debt ceiling without further delay. China's Vice Foreign Minister, Zhu Guangyao, told America's deadlocked politicians on Monday that "the clock is ticking" and called on them to approve an extension of the national borrowing limit before the federal government is projected to run out of cash on 17 October, a date that is rapidly approaching.

Submission + - Bradley Manning spoke in court, like a man crushed by the state (muktworld.com)

Submitted by sfcrazy
sfcrazy writes: Bradley Manning has spoken today in the court before his defense closed. He did not speak like a hero who wanted to expose the wrong doings. He did not speak like a hero who was willing to pay a heavy price for justice, ethics, morality and humanity.

Manning spoke like a man whose spirit was crushed by the state after years and years of solitary confinement which many would say was nothing short of torture.

Submission + - Vastly improved Raspberry Pi performance with Wayland

Submitted by nekohayo
nekohayo writes: While Wayland/Weston 1.1 brought support to the Raspberry Pi merely a month ago, work has recently been done to bring true hardware-accelerated compositing capabilities to the RPi's graphics stack using Weston. The Raspberry Pi foundation has made an announcement about the work that has been done with Collabora to make this happen. X.org/Wayland developer Daniel Stone has written a blog post about this, including a video demonstrating the improved reactivity and performance. Developer Pekka Paalanen also provided additional technical details about the implementation.

Comment Re:stingray phone tracking device (Score 4, Informative) 146

There are no limits to what a DIY-er kan buy in China. And with SDR (software defined radio) and open source GSM software, it takes relatively little effort to build one yourself. There's even a small GSM router (20-30 euros on evilbay) that's very popular for that sort of projects. It holds the GSM modem and Wifi, so you can easily control it from a laptop.

Comment Re:Bunker (Score 1) 450

by cyrano.mac (#43293559) Attached to: Largest DDoS In History Reaches 300 Billion Bits Per Second
It is a real ex-NATO bunker supposed to survive a nuclear attack. Cutting off communications would need intervention from several suppliers. The lines are buried very deep and protected. And cutting off power would be utterly useless. There are diesel generators and a supply of diesel that could last for months. And all the rest: air and water purification systems etc.
Security

A Truckload of OAuth Issues That Would Make Any Author Quit 86

Posted by Soulskill from the tell-us-what-you-really-think dept.
New submitter DeFender1031 writes "Several months ago, when Eran Hammer ragequit the OAuth project, many people thought he was simply being overly dramatic, given that he gave only vague indications of what went wrong. Since then, and despite that, many companies have been switching to OAuth, citing it as a 'superior form of secure authentication.' But a fresh and objective look at the protocol highlights the significant design flaws in the system and sheds some light on what might have led to its creator's departure."
Security

Submission + - Skype Halts Password Resets as Massive Security Hole Discovered (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A massive security hole has been found in Microsoft's Skype application, where it is possible to gain access to a user's account by knowing nothing more than their email address.

It is then possible to gain access to the target's account, change their password and associated email address, and lock them out for good, as any password reset requests by them will be sent to the new email address, not theirs.

UPDATE: Skype has since shut down its password reset tool while it investigates the issue. The company told IBTimes UK: "We have had reports of a new security vulnerability issue.

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