Category: Computer Security

FBI director renews push for back doors, urging vendors to change business models | Network World

FBI Director James Comey still wants encryption backdoors, says tech companies understand his need for them. Source: FBI director renews push for back doors, urging >>>

Posted: December 13, 2015 in Computer, Security

ARM charts out the path to printed plastic chips – SemiAccurate

ARM showed off a unique M0 cored SoC at Techcon, it was a plastic chip. Source: ARM charts out the path to printed plastic chips >>>

Posted: December 13, 2015 in 3D Printers, Computer, Gadgetry, Processors

Standard semi-conductors and magnetism enable stable quantum computing

Using standard semi-conductor materials, a 1.5 Tesla external magnet, and lasers, researchers in the USA and Germany have successfully stored information with an electrons spin. >>>

Posted: December 13, 2015 in Computer, Processors, Quantum Physics

Facebook User in Thailand Facing 32 Years in Prison for Liking Something on Facebook | Complex

This seems excessive. Source: Facebook User in Thailand Facing 32 Years in Prison for Liking Something on Facebook | Complex

Posted: December 12, 2015 in Computer, Security

MIT invents untraceable SMS text messaging system that is even more secure than Tor | Haktuts

Computer scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new SMS text messaging system that is untraceable and apparently even more secure >>>

Posted: December 11, 2015 in Computer, Security

Google says its quantum computer is more than 100 million times faster than a regular computer chip | VentureBeat | Business | by Jordan Novet

Google appears to be more confident about the technical capabilities of its D-Wave 2X quantum computer, which it operates alongside NASA at the U.S. space >>>

Posted: December 8, 2015 in Computer, Processors, Quantum Physics

In Kazakhstan, Internet backdoors you! | CSO Online

Source: In Kazakhstan, Internet backdoors you! | CSO Online

Posted: December 8, 2015 in Computer, Security

Advent tip #7: Do I really still need Flash? No. No you don’t. | Naked Security

e Source: Advent tip #7: Do I really still need Flash? No. No you don’t. | Naked Security

Posted: December 7, 2015 in Computer, Security

Windows Server 2016 moving to per core, not per socket, licensing

This change aligns with the licensing scheme now used for SQL Server, among others. Source: Windows Server 2016 moving to per core, not per socket, >>>

Posted: December 3, 2015 in Computer, Operating Systems

​Dell in hot water again as second ‘Superfish’ root certificate surfaces | ZDNet

After the discovery of eDellroot, Dell users now need to revoke trust for a second root certificate that makes them an easy target on a >>>

Posted: December 1, 2015 in Computer, Security