Category: Computer Security

Email Address Disclosures, Preliminary Report, June 11 2016 – Incidents – Let’s Encrypt Community Support

Source: Email Address Disclosures, Preliminary Report, June 11 2016 – Incidents – Let’s Encrypt Community Support

Posted: June 11, 2016 in Computer, Security

Reviewing Microsoft’s Automatic Insertion of Telemetry into C++ Binaries

It was recently discovered by users of Reddit that Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 has been quietly adding telemetry function calls to all code produced >>>

Posted: June 11, 2016 in Computer, Security

Warrant canary just released on 4chan /pol/ – Imgur

 

Posted: June 11, 2016 in Computer, Security

Netgear Router Update Removes Hardcoded Crypto Keys | Threatpost | The first stop for security news

Netgear on Friday released firmware updates for two of its router products lines, patching a hardcoded cryptographic key and an authentication bypass flaw. Source: Netgear >>>

Posted: June 11, 2016 in Computer, Security

Hillary Clinton and Electoral Fraud

Why we need an investigation into electoral fraud favoring Hillary Clinton Source: Hillary Clinton and Electoral Fraud — News & Politics — Medium

Posted: June 10, 2016 in Computer, Editorial, Security, Social

Google moves closer to a universal quantum computer : Nature News & Comment

Combining the best of analog and digital approaches could yield a full-scale multipurpose quantum computer. Source: Google moves closer to a universal quantum computer : >>>

Posted: June 9, 2016 in Computer, Quantum Computing

Facebook scanned private messages to boost ‘likes,’ lawsuit claims – CNET

Facebook is being sued for allegedly scanning users’ private messages for links to webpages, which it then treated as “likes” for those pages. Source: Facebook >>>

Posted: June 8, 2016 in Computer, Security

Bitcoiners Who Use Tor – Be Warned!

Bitcoiners love Tor but the FBI has updated its Rule 41, which means that unless Congress blocks it, using Tor could become illegal in the >>>

Posted: June 8, 2016 in Computer, Security

Tesla Model X crashes into building – did someone say autonomous? Ha!

Source: Tesla Model X crashes into building, owner blames everything but the driver | The Verge

Posted: June 7, 2016 in Computer, Gadgetry, Robotics, Security, Social

Just Doing The Math – Democracy Integrity.org

Source: Just Doing The Math – Democracy Integrity.org

Posted: June 7, 2016 in Computer, Editorial, Security, Social