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Bismillah writes:
Turns out that putting fire-prone batteries into headphones is a bad idea.
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Bismillah writes:
Researchers tested a bunch of network middle boxes and antiviruses that break TLS to intercept and analyse traffic, and found most seriously degraded the security of connections, rather than the opposite. Bad TLS implementations in the intercepting products meant they introduced weak ciphers, POODLE, LOGJAM and CRIME vulnerabilities. Configuration of middle boxes sounds like a nightmare, adding to the woes. Some vendors' response?
"It's the customer's responsibility to configure the middle boxes correctly."
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Bismillah writes:
A seven-year study has found a correlation between increased internet activity per capita, and gross domestic product. And, the study mapped changing sleep patterns around the world as well.
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Bismillah writes:
"Researchers claim to have found a unique way to allow smartphones owners to operate their devices with hand gestures, using a pair of sunglasses, the in-built front-facing camera, and software.
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Bismillah writes:
Westfield's Scentre Group has removed SMS notifications for its ticketless parking system after it was discovered they could be used to track other people's cars unnoticed. The system allows you to enter any licence plate, which in turn will be scanned upon entry and exit at mall parking facilities — and when the free parking time is up, a notification message is sent to the mobile phone number entered, with the exact location of the car.
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Bismillah writes:
The recent 13-microsecond timing anomaly was caused by a satellite failure triggering a "software issue", the USAF 50th Space Wing has confirmed. Such an error is large enough to cause navigation errors of up to 4 km. Luckily, no issues with GPS guided munition were reported.
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schwit1 writes:
The NSA didn’t know it was already sitting on a “goldmine” of data on one of its targets until one of its analysts discovered it by “sheer luck,” according to an internal newsletter entry leaked by Edward Snowden.
The article, dated March 23, 2011, was written by a signals development analyst in SIDtoday, an NSA in-house newsletter. He explains how he discovered the contact and personal information for over 10,000 people, as well as some 900 account login details, after “a ton of hard work,” according to reports from The Intercept and teleSUR.
“By sheer luck, (and a ton of hard work) I discovered an important new access to an existing target and am working with TAO to leverage a new mission capability,” the analyst wrote to colleagues. TAO refers to Tailored Access Operations, an NSA hacking team which had collected the 900 usernames and passcodes.
The “existing target” was Petróleos de Venezuela, a Venezuelan state oil company also referred to as PDVSA.
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Bismillah writes:
Companies and organisations with IPv4 address allocations may feel a little more flush than usual, as trading in number blocks has kicked off in earnest this year, potentially making them a bookable asset. Brokers hoping to cash in on the IPv4 transfer market think the price will hit US$30 per address, and could even go as high as US$100. Now where's that IPv6 internet again?
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Bismillah writes:
Samsung Electronics has proposed a ‘space internet’ network consisting of 4600 micro-satellites that could act as backhaul for terrestrial cellular networks and bring low-cost internet to “everyone in the world”.
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Bismillah writes:
Britain has released it's version of the regulations under which intrusion software and malware samples may require export licenses.
The export regulations are part of what UK agreed to, under the Wassenaar Arrangement for arms control.
Interestingly enough, popping up calc.exe for PoC demos gets a specific exemption, but the rest is pretty opaque.
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Bismillah writes:
Probably won't melt the internet, but the flaw that means TCP sockets could get stuck in LAST_ACK state may cause a few patching headaches among ISPs and telcos.
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Bismillah writes:
Although they've denied it in the past, Australia's federal and state police are very interested in Hacking Team's law enforcement spyware. There has also been recent interest from the Victoria state anti-corruption agency IBAC, leaked HT emails show.