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Zack Whittaker, writing for ZDNet: As many as 80 percent of Android devices are vulnerable to a recently disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability. Security firm Lookout said in a blog post on Monday that the flaw affects all phones and tablets that are run… Continue reading Linux Traffic Hijack Flaw Also Affects Most Android Phones, Tablets
An anonymous reader writes: Google today quietly announced that Google+ Hangouts On Air will no longer be available on September 12. Four weeks from now, Google users will be asked to use YouTube Live instead. Google first debuted the livestreaming fea… Continue reading Google Is Discontinuing Google+ Hangouts On Air On September 12
Reader Trailrunner7 writes: New research from a team at Johns Hopkins University shows that there are serious problems with the way Apple implemented encryption on its iMessage system, leaving it open to retrospective decryption attacks that can reveal… Continue reading Serious Flaws In iMessage Crypto Allow For Message Decryption
For most people out there, The Pirate Bay has been their on and off go to source for torrents. The website this month celebrates its 13th anniversary. TorrentFreak spoke with several crew members of the “world’s most resilient torrent site” this week. … Continue reading TorrentFreak Interviews The Pirate Bay Staff, As the Torrent Website Celebrates 13th Anniversary
Reader blottsie writes: A group of hackers identifying themselves as theShadow Brokers claims to have hacked the NSA’s Equation Group, a team of American hackers that have been described as both “omnipotent” and “the most advanced” threat cyberspace ha… Continue reading Hackers Claim To Be Selling NSA Cyberweapons In Online Auction
David Kravets, writing for Ars Technica: Reddit says it won’t give Atlantic Records the IP address of a Reddit user who posted a link on the site of a single by Twenty One Pilots a week before the song’s planned release. The song, “Heathens,” was originally uploaded on June 15 to the file-sharing site Dropfile. That same day, the file landed on Reddit. According to a lawsuit (PDF) in New York State Supreme Court, the file was posted to the Twenty One Pilots subreddit with the title âoe[Leak] New Song — ‘Heathens’. The Poster submitted the link under the username “twentyoneheathens,” according to Atlantic. Atlantic and its subsidiary label, Fueled by Ramen, want the IP address of the Reddit leaker. The company said the file fell victim to “widespread distribution” on the Internet, so the company released the single June 16, a week ahead of schedule; the label also said the early release hindered a planned rollout on Spotify, iTunes, and other platforms. Atlantic says the leaker must be an Atlantic employee who was contractually obligated not to leak the track, which is featured in the movie Suicide Squad that debuted earlier this month. Reddit, however, said that Atlantic “has failed to show that its claims are meritorious.” Reddit claims Atlantic has embarked on “an impermissible fishing expedition.”
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Google is taking a strategy timeout on its high-speed-internet business. According to WSJ, the Google Fiber unit is — including Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dallas — after its initial rollouts proved time-consuming and expensive than anticipated — is rethinking how to deliver internet connections in about a dozen metro areas (could be paywalled; alternate source). From a Fortune report: Turns out it is very expensive to run wires — or in Google’s case, fiber optic cables — to each and every house that wants service. Known as the “last mile” problem, the high costs, in turn, make it difficult for companies to earn a solid rate of return on the installation investment. Google’s effort, through its unit called Fiber that launched in 2010, is now seeking alternative means to connect to consumers homes or finding other people to pay the cost. Google has sought deals with municipalities and power companies to pay for the connections and is also exploring less expensive wireless technology. Meanwhile, Google has suspended efforts to add new cities such as San Jose, Calif., and Portland, Ore., using its prior strategy of stringing up cables to each customerâ(TM)s home.
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Motherboard is reporting that Australian authorities hacked Tor users in the United States as part of a child pornography investigation. The revelation comes through recently-filed US court documents. The incident underscores a trend where law enforcem… Continue reading Australian Authorities Hacked Computers in the US
Reader da_foz writes: A Canadian was reentering Canada when he was arrested and charged with hindering or obstructing border officials. At the time traces of cocaine were found on his bags and he was carrying $5,000 in cash. He provided his smartphone … Continue reading Canadian Fined For Not Providing Boarder Agents Smartphone Password
The European Union is planning to extend telecom rules covering security and confidentiality of communications to web services such as Microsoft’s Skype and Facebook’s WhatsApp which could restrict how they use encryption, reports Reuters. From the rep… Continue reading EU Plans To Extend Some Telecom Rules To Web-Based Providers