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Submission + - Ticketmaster UK Admits Personal Data Stolen In Hack Attack (bbc.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Ticketmaster has admitted that it has suffered a security breach, which the BBC understands has affected up to 40,000 UK customers. Malicious software on third-party customer support product Inbenta Technologies caused the hack, the firm said on Twitter. "Some personal or payment information may have been accessed by an unknown third party", it added. All affected customers have been contacted.

In the email to those customers, Ticketmaster said it had set up a website to answer any questions and advised them to reset their passwords. It also offered them a free 12-month identity monitoring service. It said the breach was likely to have only affected UK customers who purchased or attempted to purchase tickets between February and 23 June 2018. But, as a precaution, it said it had also informed international customers who had purchased or attempted to purchase tickets between September 2017 and 23 June 2018.

Submission + - Google's insistence on forcing all sites to HTTPS is misguided (this.how)

Submitted by saccade.com
saccade.com writes: Dave Winer makes an interesting point on how Google's insistence on forcing all sites to use the HTTPS instead of HTTP (flagging them in search results if they don't) is misguided. He writes:

A lot of the web consists of archives. Files put in places that no one maintains. They just work. There's no one there to do the work that Google wants all sites to do. And some people have large numbers of domains and sub-domains hosted on all kinds of software Google never thought about. Places where the work required to convert wouldn't be justified by the possible benefit. The reason there's so much diversity is that the web is an open thing, it was never owned.

Many of these sites don't collect user data or provide user interaction, so the "risks" of not using HTTPS are irrelevant.

Submission + - Wi-Fi Alliance Launches WPA3 Security Standard (securityweek.com)

Submitted by wiredmikey
wiredmikey writes: The Wi-Fi Alliance, the organization responsible for maintaining Wi-Fi technology, announced the launch of the WPA3 security standard. The latest version of the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) protocol brings significant improvements in terms of authentication and data protection.

WPA3 has two modes of operation: Personal and Enterprise. WPA3-Personal’s key features include enhanced protection against offline dictionary attacks and password guessing attempts. WPA3-Enterprise provides 192-bit encryption for extra security, improved network resiliency, and greater consistency when it comes to the deployment of cryptographic tools.

Comment Re:Because it's not AI, it's machine learning (Score 1) 200

by sandgorgon (#56090577) Attached to: 'Modern AI is Good at a Few Things But Bad at Everything Else'
Interesting point. Touting the magic two letters 'AI' has a more significant impact than saying machine learning to the populace and the money kings. Correctness be damned. On a side note, I get more nervous with our reliance on these technologies when I hear things like "we don't know what happens inside those things, but it looks like it's doing what we want it to - so don't worry about it." True story.

Submission + - The punk rock internet â" how DIY âârebels âare working to & (theguardian.com)

Submitted by mspohr
mspohr writes: Interesting article about groups working to make a safer internet.
"Balkan and Kalbag form one small part of a fragmented rebellion whose prime movers tend to be located a long way from Silicon Valley. These people often talk in withering terms about Big Tech titans such as Mark Zuckerberg, and pay glowing tribute to Edward Snowden. Their politics vary, but they all have a deep dislike of large concentrations of power and a belief in the kind of egalitarian, pluralistic ideas they say the internet initially embodied.

What they are doing could be seen as the online worldâ(TM)s equivalent of punk rock: a scattered revolt against an industry that many now think has grown greedy, intrusive and arrogant â" as well as governments whose surveillance programmes have fuelled the same anxieties. As concerns grow about an online realm dominated by a few huge corporations, everyone involved shares one common goal: a comprehensively decentralised internet.

Balkan energetically travels the world, delivering TED-esque talks with such titles as âoeFree is a Lieâ and âoeAvoiding Digital Feudalismâ.

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Which Tech Companies Big And Small Do You Respect Most, And Why?

Submitted by dryriver
dryriver writes: On Slashdot we often discuss the missteps and non consumer-friendly behavior of various tech companies. This company forced people into a subscription payment model. That tech company doesn't respect people's privacy. Yet another tech company failed to fix a dangerous exploit quickly, protect people's cloud data properly or innovate and improve where innovation and improvement was badly needed. Here's a question to the contrary: Of all the tech companies you know well and follow, big, medium sized or relatively small, which are the ones that you respect the most, and why? Which are the companies that still — or newly — create great tech in a landscape dotted with profiteers? Also, what are your personal criteria for judging whether a tech company is "good", "neutral" or "bad"?

Submission + - Gates on a Plane: Alaska Airlines Inflight Entertainment Stars Bill Gates

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: On Tuesday, it was announced that Alaska Airlines will make a new Code.org series of six short videos starring Microsoft's Bill Gates on How Computers Work available as inflight entertainment. "Because students and adults alike can learn from these videos," wrote Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi, "we are pleased to announce Khan Academy and Alaska Airlines will make them available beyond Code.org classrooms. Khan Academy will include the new videos in their computer science offering, and Alaska Airlines will offer them to passengers to watch for free on Alaska flights starting in April" (Bill Gates is a $1,000,000+ Code.org Gold Supporter; The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a $3,000,000+ Platinum Code.org Supporter and a $10,000,000+ Khan Academy Supporter). "With hubs up and down the 'Tech Coast', we’re both witnessing and leveraging the innovations that we see occurring every day in our own backyard," says David Scotland, Manager of Inflight Entertainment & Connectivity at Alaska Airlines. "Code.org’s new series is an entertaining and approachable way for us all to gain a basic awareness of how computers work. We’re pleased to offer over 40 million guests the opportunity to view Code.org’s new video series inflight through our partnership."

Submission + - ICE is about to start tracking license plates across the US

Submitted by Presto Vivace
Presto Vivace writes: ICE is about to start tracking license plates across the US

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has officially gained agency-wide access to a nationwide license plate recognition database, according to a contract finalized earlier this month. The system gives the agency access to billions of license plate records and new powers of real-time location tracking, raising significant concerns from civil libertarians. ... ... The source of the data is not named in the contract, but an ICE representative said the data came from Vigilant Solutions, the leading network for license plate recognition data.

This will not end well.

Submission + - Walmart Teams Up With Kobo To Sell eBooks and Audiobooks (engadget.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Later this year, you'll be able to buy ebooks and audiobooks straight from Walmart's website. The big box retailer has teamed up with Japanese e-commerce titan Rakuten to launch a business that can take on Amazon's Kindle offerings. Walmart will give its customers in the US an easy way to access to Kobo's library — Kobo is Rakuten's digital book division — and its six million titles from tens of thousands of publishers. The company will also start selling Kobo eReaders, which will set you back at least $120, online and in stores sometime this year.

Submission + - Dell Advising All Customers To Not Install Spectre BIOS Updates (bleepingcomputer.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Spectre & Meltdown mess continues with Dell now recommending their customers do not install the BIOS updates that resolve the Spectre (Variant 2) vulnerabilities. These updates have been causing numerous problems for users including performance issues, boot issues, reboot issues, and general system instability. Due to this, Dell EMC has updated their knowledgebase article with the following statement advising customers to not install the BIOS update and to potentially rollback to the previous BIOS if their computers are exhibiting "unpredictable system behavior".

Submission + - Study: There's 'No Evidence' Linking Violent Video Games and Violent Behavior (dailydot.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Scientists have been investigating the impact of violent video games on behavior for more than two decades, and the results are still being debated. In a 2015 resolution on games, the American Psychological Association reported that multiple studies found a link between violent game exposure and aggressive behavior, though critics at the time questioned the findings. Now, a new study published by researchers at the University of York in the journal Computers in Human Behaviour further challenges the connection.

It has long been theorized that exposure to in-game concepts like violence has a “priming” effect on players that ultimately impacts behavior, leading scientists to believe that a player exposed to in-game violence will be more susceptible to displaying such violence in real life. The new study found the exact opposite to be true in some instances. In a series of experiments with a little over 3,000 participants (more than any past study to date), university researchers found that exposure to video game concepts like violence won’t necessarily impact behavior. It also found that increasing the realism of violent video games does mean aggressive behavior in gamers will increase.

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