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D0z.me — the Evil URL Shortener 116

Posted by Soulskill from the has-its-own-goatee dept.
supernothing writes "DDoS attacks seem to be in vogue today, especially considering the skirmishes over WikiLeaks in the past few weeks. The size of a DDoS attacks, however, has historically been limited by how many computers one has managed to recruit into a botnet. These botnets almost universally require code to be executed on the participants' local systems, whether they are willing or unwilling. A new approach has been emerging recently, however, which uses some simple JavaScript to achieve similar ends. d0z.me is a new service that utilizes these techniques, but provides a unique twist on the idea. Posing as a legitimate URL shortening service, it serves users the requested pages in an iFrame, while simultaneously participating in a DDoS attack in the background. No interaction is required beyond clicking the link and staying on the page. This makes it relatively trivial to quickly mount large-scale DDoS attacks, and affords willing participants plausible deniability in the assault."

Comment Re:*sigh* This again. (Score 1) 604

by beakerMeep (#34621338) Attached to: Al Franken Makes a Case For Net Neutrality

Huh? How about, "ISPs are required to be net neutral with the exception of email."

Whew, that was hard. Glad we averted spam doomsday...just barely. ;)

Kidding aside, you do seem to be overacting without providing an example of how ISP spam filtering would actually get caught in the wake of a Net Neutrality bill.

Comment Really? (Score 1) 371

by beakerMeep (#34607996) Attached to: Free Radicals May Not Be Cause of Aging

I always got the sense that the antioxidant craze was healthwashing run amok. Every time I've looked into it there seem to be as many detriments as benefits. From what I've read, oxidation plays a role in so many different processes isn't it unclear whether its good or bad as a whole?
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Free Radicals May Not Be Cause of Aging 371

Posted by timothy from the with-very-few-exceptions-not-a-human-being dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at McGill University in Montreal have uncovered strong new evidence that that wildly-accepted mitochondrial free radical theory of aging (MFRTA) is wrong. MFRTA suggests that free radicals cause oxidative damage, which in turn leads to the aging process. This new evidence shows that high levels of Reactive Oxidative species are rather a biological signal used to combat aging then the process itself. This goes against claims of major health benefits from consuming foods and particularly supplements that contain antioxidants."
Intel

Intel's Sandy Bridge Processor Has a Kill Switch 399

Posted by timothy from the no-mr-chip-I-expect-you-to-die dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Intel's new Sandy Bridge processors have a new feature that the chip giant is calling Anti-Theft 3.0. The processor can be disabled even if the computer has no Internet connection or isn't even turned on, over a 3G network. With Intel anti-theft technology built into Sandy Bridge, David Allen, director of distribution sales at Intel North America, said that users have the option to set up their processor so that if their computer is lost or stolen, it can be shut down remotely."

Comment Re:Isn't there anything like sourceforge for andro (Score 2) 116

by beakerMeep (#34602504) Attached to: Privacy Concerns With Android and iPhone Apps

For the Android OS there is: The Android Open Source Project

However, as far as I understand it, there are some hurdles with regards to building a ROM depending on the phone you have. Some have locked bootloaders / proprietary drivers.

For apps, there is a lot of stuff on GitHub, but as someone else already posted that requires the dev to have shared the code.

If you root your device a good firewall is DroidWall

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