56362405
submission
DTentilhao writes:
`The idea of “obfuscating” a program had been around for decades, but no one had ever developed a rigorous mathematical framework for the concept, let alone created an unassailable obfuscation scheme. Over the years, commercial software companies have engineered various techniques for garbling a computer program so that it will be harder to understand while still performing the same function'
How about scrambling the microcode on the CPU and doing the same to the core OS, that way each system would be render unique and unknown software would be unable to run on such a system. You could then run the apps on a VM running on top of the core OS.
56347303
submission
DTentilhao writes:
Lodgers at Holiday Inns, Marriott and Renaissance hotels may have had their payment card details compromised following a new disclosure on Monday of suspected point-of-sale device attacks.
White Lodging Services, a hotel management company, warned in a news release it suspects point-of-sale systems at restaurants and lounges on 14 of its properties were compromised between March 20, 2013 and Dec. 16, 2013.
56331177
submission
DTentilhao writes:
The system — which allows users to transfer and sync bookmarks, browsing history and passwords between systems — previously required a somewhat longwinded authentication process that required users to store their credentials ..
This weekend, however, Mozilla released a nightly build that introduced a more traditional user account service with user names and passwords stored on Mozilla's servers ...
55805229
submission
DTentilhao writes:
Light Table is a new interactive IDE that lets you modify running programs and embed anything from websites to games. It provides the real time feedback we need to not only answer questions about our code, but to understand how our programs really work.
55603139
submission
DTentilhao writes:
The blogger behind the satirical figure Elder Pastitsios, which was said to ridicule a well-known deceased Orthodox monk, has been sentenced to ten months' imprisonment – suspended for three years — for "insulting religion".
