America’s DEA Ordered to Stop Searching Random Travellers at Airports – and Seizing Their Cash

America’s Justice Department “has ordered all consensual searches by drug enforcement agents conducted at the nation’s airports stopped,” reports Georgia’s local TV station Atlanta News First — after their series of investigations “uncovered how … Continue reading America’s DEA Ordered to Stop Searching Random Travellers at Airports – and Seizing Their Cash

Secure session management for browser-based screen sharing support tool

I’m designing a web-based screen sharing tool for customer support, where support agents need to view customers’ screens without requiring any software installation.
The flow I’m considering is:

Support agent generates/receives a session … Continue reading Secure session management for browser-based screen sharing support tool

Week in review: 0-days exploited in Palo Alto Networks firewalls, two unknown Linux backdoors identified

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: 2,000 Palo Alto Networks devices compromised in latest attacks Attackers have compromised around 2,000 Palo Alto Networks firewalls by leveraging the two … Continue reading Week in review: 0-days exploited in Palo Alto Networks firewalls, two unknown Linux backdoors identified

Hacking the Soil to Combat Desertification

While the Sahara Desert is an important ecosystem in its own right, its human neighbors in the Sahel would like it to stop encroaching on their environment. [Andrew Millison] took …read more Continue reading Hacking the Soil to Combat Desertification

Bank Employees Resign After Executive Demands Return to Offices Without Space for Everyone

Slashdot reader Bruce66423 shared this report from the Guardian:

Staff have resigned at Starling Bank after its new chief executive demanded thousands of workers attend its offices more frequently, despite lacking enough space to host them.

In his … Continue reading Bank Employees Resign After Executive Demands Return to Offices Without Space for Everyone

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