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Comment Re:MAC addresses (Score 2) 69

by blane.bramble (#36960616) Attached to: Microsoft Curbs Wi-Fi Location Database

Yes, the MAC address is normally burned into the card (although it may be changeable when flashing the firmware). However, some drivers allow you to specify a MAC address, thus when you load the driver (and activate the card), the MAC address is over-ridden. You might want to do this (for instance) to associate a specific MAC address with a specific PC, not the network card inside it, so if the NIC is replaced, the PC retains the same MAC address.
Android

Submission + - Google Willing To Settle Oracle's Android Lawsuit? (computerworld.com) 1

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CWmike
CWmike writes: "Google has offered the first public indication that it may be willing to settle Oracle's lawsuit against it over the alleged infringement of Java patents in Android. Google and Oracle filed legal papers Wednesday that provide the court with an update on the reexamination of Oracle's patents, and on whether they think the case should be put on hold, pending the outcome of that process. Google argues in favor of a stay. It said the reexaminations are likely to narrow the scope of the case and the damages Oracle can claim against it. Narrowing the case would also make it 'more likely that the parties could reach an informal resolution of the matter,' Google's lawyers wrote. Florian Mueller, a patent attorney who has been following the case, said the move was 'a fundamental departure from the positions it previously articulated in its public filings and its public statements, Google clearly blinks,' Mueller wrote in his FOSS Patents blog."
Privacy

Submission + - Secret Nato docs leave phone hacking for dead (scmagazine.com.au)

Submitted by mask.of.sanity
mask.of.sanity writes: Hackers claim to have found sensitive Nato documents contained in a massive email haul stolen from British tabloid The Sun.

Leaders of the Anonymous activist movement are crawling through 4Gb of emails stolen from the newspaper, and say the phone hacking scandal embroiling News International, publisher of The Sun "isn't s**t" compared to what has already been uncovered.
Canada

Submission + - Peter Adekeye Freed, Judge Outraged at Cisco's (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by puppetman
puppetman writes: Ars Technica has an article relating the recent release of Peter Adekeye, a former Cisco employee who was arrested in Canada on trumped-up charges that appear to have been fabricated by Cisco. Slashdot covered the story back in April, 2011, during which time Mr Adekeye was still being detained.
In the ruling, the judge squashed the US extradition request, rebuked both the Canadian and American authorities for "an appalling abuse of process", and goes as far as to say that the criminal proceeding was launched on behalf of Cisco, to mirror the civil proceedings that Mr Adekeye had launched against the powerful Cisco. The full judgement, which is quite readable and damning, can be found here.
Google

Submission + - How Attackers Use Search Engines (securityweek.com)

Submitted by wiredmikey
wiredmikey writes: We’re seeing a fast-growing trend in the cybercriminal community: search engines being turned into tools for attackers in numerous ways. While this isn't new, cybercriminals are always finding new ways to use search engines as a tool for malicious activity and profit.

The article shows a few of the popular and emerging methods that attackers are using to spread malware, find vulnerable targets to attack, and more.

A worthy read for IT folks, it also outlines some of the steps organizations can take to protect themselves and employees against attacks coming through search engines.
Piracy

Submission + - Fines Levied by French Piracy Watchdog: € Zer (wsj.com)

Submitted by
pbahra
pbahra writes: "Earlier this week, France’s anti-internet piracy police, Hadopi, presented the fruits of nine months of scanning the Web for intellectual property thieves. That works out at 470,000 first warnings, no fines, and not one Internet connection cut off. Some copyright holders, whose industry associations pay to harvest the IP addresses of alleged miscreants, are wondering whether they are getting any bang for their buck.

When it was launched in 2010, Hadopi was viewed as the big stick the music industry would use to beat French Internet pirates into submission. Now Hadopi is putting pressure on the music industry to offer up a correspondingly juicy carrot: cheap and easy to use Web sites where songs can be downloaded legally."
Open Source

Submission + - SPDX sets new standard for SW license info xchange (openlogic.com)

Submitted by StoneLion
StoneLion writes: Get ready for SPDX! The first version of Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) project is set for release next month. It promises a standard format for license and copyright information that can be included with a project's code. If it catches on, it solves an annoying problem for developers who'd rather code than track licensing legalities.
Open Source

Submission + - Citrix Buys Cloud.com and CloudStack Platform (gigaom.com)

Submitted by miller60
miller60 writes: Citrix Systems has acquired Cloud.com, an open source platform that allows service providers to quickly deploy EC2-style cloud offerings. It also gets a prime cloudy domain. Citrix says it will continue Cloud.com's support for VMware, add support for Microsoft's Hyper-V, and also remains committed to the OpenStack open source cloud platform. Here's a video overview of Cloud.com and its technology.
Android

Submission + - More DroidDream-Infected Apps in Android Market (threatpost.com)

Submitted by Trailrunner7
Trailrunner7 writes: For Android users, the refrain must be getting a little tiresome: Researchers have found another batch of apps in the Android Market that were infected with malware. Once again, it was the DroidDream malware family causing the trouble, but this time, it was just a handful of apps and they were only in the market for a little while.

This is the third known incident in which a variant of DroidDream has been found in a group of infected apps in the Android Market. And it's the second warning in two days for Android users about malware-infected apps. Just yesterday, researchers at NC State University identified a new SMS Trojan that was in Android apps in unofficial markets in China. Now comes the news of a strain of DroidDream infecting four apps in the Android Market.
Technology

Submission + - New Lenses Change Color on Demand (gizmag.com)

Submitted by Zothecula
Zothecula writes: Most will be familiar with photochromic lenses that darken when exposed to UV light, but now a researcher at the University of Connecticut has developed lenses that can quickly switch color based on the amount of voltage passed through them. While sunglasses manufacturers are expected to employ the technology to create color-changing sunglasses, it has also apparently captured the attention of the U.S. military who see it as a way to potentially assist soldiers to see clearly in rapidly changing environments.

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