Yahoo Says a Nation State Hacked 500 Million Customer Accounts
Although an announcement was anticipated, no one saw this coming. Continue reading Yahoo Says a Nation State Hacked 500 Million Customer Accounts
Month: September 2016
Microsoft Authenticator for iPhone Adds Push Notification Support
Microsoft updated its Authenticator app on iPhone today, adding a much-requested feature: Push notification support. Now, you’ll no longer need to enter codes when you approve a sign-in from your iPhone.
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Cops Are Raiding Homes of Innocent People Based Only On IP Addresses
Kashmir Hill has a fascinating story today on what can go wrong when you solely rely on IP address in a crime investigation — also highlighting how often police resort to IP addresses. In the story she follows a crime investigation that led police to … Continue reading Cops Are Raiding Homes of Innocent People Based Only On IP Addresses
Site that leaked Colin Powell’s emails dumps First Lady’s passport
The site that leaked Colin Powell’s stolen emails has also allegedly obtained a scan of Michelle Obama’s passport.
On Thursday, the site DCLeaks began circulating the passport image on Twitter and leaking it to the press. The image includes the U.S. First Lady’s alleged passport number.
The site tweeted out the scan after obtaining stolen emails it claims are from a White House aide named Ian Mellul. The files, which are posted on DCLeaks, appear to come from Mellul’s Gmail account and date back to February 2015.
Although DCLeaks claims to be the work of “American hacktivists,” some security experts suspect that the site is a front for Russian state-sponsored hackers.
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Site that leaked Colin Powell’s emails dumps First Lady’s passport
The site that leaked Colin Powell’s stolen emails has also allegedly obtained a scan of Michelle Obama’s passport.
On Thursday, the site DCLeaks began circulating the passport image on Twitter and leaking it to the press. The image includes the U.S. First Lady’s alleged passport number.
The site tweeted out the scan after obtaining stolen emails it claims are from a White House aide named Ian Mellul. The files, which are posted on DCLeaks, appear to come from Mellul’s Gmail account and date back to February 2015.
Although DCLeaks claims to be the work of “American hacktivists,” some security experts suspect that the site is a front for Russian state-sponsored hackers.
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Sharing a JWT between devices in close proximity of each other
Setup:
iPhone (let’s assume 6 and newer for the sake of this question).
Raspberry Pi 2.
The Raspberry runs a REST web service which the iPhone queries. The web service uses JSON Web Tokens for authentication and authoriza… Continue reading Sharing a JWT between devices in close proximity of each other
There’s One Problem with Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan to Solve All Diseases
The disconnect between Silicon Valley and health research. Continue reading There’s One Problem with Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan to Solve All Diseases
Canary Island Team Wins World Robotic Sailing 2016
If you’re like us, you had no idea that there even was a World Robotic Sailing Championship. But we’re glad that we do now! And congratulations to the team of A-Tirma G2, the winning boat. (Link in Spanish, difficult to translate — if you can figure out how, post in the comments?)
The Championship has apparently been going on for nine years now, and moves to a different location around the world each year. The contests for 2016 (PDF) are by no means trivial. Besides a simple there-and-back regatta, the robot boats have to hold position, scan a prescribed area, …read more
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Yahoo to announce 200 million users were hacked
By Waqas
Hacked was hacked in 2012 – You may already know
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Library Leans on NG Firewall for CIPA Compliance
Burley Public Library Industry: Public Library Network Size: 80 computers including desktops and laptops for both librarian and public use, as well as up to 200 daily patrons accessing the guest Wi-Fi. “I have been very pleased with Untangle NG Firewall. The new Dashboard is awesome.” Background Burley Public Library was built in 1922 and […] Continue reading Library Leans on NG Firewall for CIPA Compliance