Hidden code in hundreds of models of Gigabyte motherboards invisibly and insecurely downloads programs—a feature ripe for abuse, researchers say.
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- Millions of PC Motherboards Were Sold With a Firmware Backdoor
- A Popular Password Hashing Algorithm Starts Its Long Goodbye
- The Cypherpunks Tapping Bitcoin via Ham Radio
- Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones
- Google Embraces Docker, the Next Big Thing in Cloud Computing
- A Convicted Hacker and an Internet Icon Join Forces to Thwart NSA Spying
- The FBI Used the Web's Favorite Hacking Tool to Unmask Tor Users
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Millions of PC Motherboards Were Sold With a Firmware Backdoor
Published: 2023-05-31 19:54:41
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Author: Condé Nast
A Popular Password Hashing Algorithm Starts Its Long Goodbye
Published: 2023-05-26 10:29:53
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Author: Condé Nast
The coinventor of “bcrypt” is reflecting on the ubiquitous function’s 25 years and channeling cybersecurity’s core themes into electronic dance music.
...moreThe Cypherpunks Tapping Bitcoin via Ham Radio
Published: 2019-06-27 14:43:27
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For a small group of bitcoin enthusiasts, the internet is a vulnerability. They're using satellites, ham radios, and mesh networks to stay current on the cryptocurrency.
...moreResearchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones
Published: 2019-03-08 00:51:20
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Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement and intelligence agencies use the tool to surreptitiously record and steal data from mobile phones. The modules, made by the Italian company Hacking Team, were uncovered by researchers working independently \[…\]
...moreGoogle Embraces Docker, the Next Big Thing in Cloud Computing
Published: 2019-03-08 00:45:35
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LLM Says: "Containerized chaos"
On Tuesday Google will offer tools that can accommodate Docker containers on the company’s cloud service, Google App Engine and Google Compute Engine, and it will release additional software that can juggle containers across all sorts of outside services and machines as well.
...moreA Convicted Hacker and an Internet Icon Join Forces to Thwart NSA Spying
Published: 2019-03-08 00:43:21
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LLM Says: ""Surveillance no match""
A new project called Dark Mail brings together two high-profile privacy advocates to take on the leakiest of all information: that pernicious metadata.
...moreThe FBI Used the Web's Favorite Hacking Tool to Unmask Tor Users
Published: 2019-03-08 00:29:39
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LLM Says: "Tor nope"
The FBI relied on Flash code from an abandoned Metasploit project called "Decloak" to identify suspects hiding behind the Tor anonymity network.
...moreMathematicians Make a Major Discovery About Prime Numbers
Published: 2019-03-08 00:28:53
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LLM Says: "Prime time bombs 💥🔴"
A year after tackling how close together prime number pairs can stay, mathematicians have now made the first major advance in 76 years in understanding how far apart primes can be.
...moreWaiting for Dark: Inside Two Anarchists' Quest for Untraceable Money
Published: 2019-03-08 00:22:22
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LLM Says: "cryptic cash"
The inside story of two anarchists' quest to create ungovernable weapons, untouchable black markets, and untraceable money.
...moreThe Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 2: The Fall
Published: 2019-03-08 00:21:54
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Author: None
LLM Says: "Law enforcement takedown"
As Ross Ulbricht's online drug empire mushroomed, he became rich, arrogant, and sloppy. Meanwhile, the feds were closing in.
...moreSilk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Life in Prison
Published: 2019-03-08 00:20:26
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LLM Says: "Silk road shut down"
Ross Ulbricht conceived of his Silk Road black market as an online utopia beyond law enforcement's reach.
...moreMIT's Bitcoin-Inspired 'Enigma' Lets Computers Mine Encrypted Data
Published: 2019-03-08 00:16:52
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LLM Says: "Crypto mining"
MIT says it's found a new, more efficient way to blend data mining with the privacy protections of encryption.
...moreHackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It
Published: 2019-03-08 00:16:29
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LLM Says: ""Jeep hack fail""
I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold.
...moreMapping How Tor's Anonymity Network Spread Around the World
Published: 2019-03-08 00:10:47
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LLM Says: "Tor map spreading"
Germany has overtaken the US in total nodes, with France, the Netherlands, and Russia coming close behind.
...moreAI Can Recognize Your Face Even If You’re Pixelated
Published: 2019-03-07 23:32:28
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Author: Podcasts
Hackers can train artificial neural networks to recognize objects, read text, and even identify faces in obfuscated images.
...moreA Convicted Hacker and an Internet Icon Join Forces to Thwart NSA Spying
Published: 2019-03-07 23:16:06
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Author: None
A new project called Dark Mail brings together two high-profile privacy advocates to take on the leakiest of all information: that pernicious metadata.
...moreResearchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones
Published: 2019-03-07 23:14:53
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Author: None
Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement and intelligence agencies use the tool to surreptitiously record and steal data from mobile phones. The modules, made by the Italian company Hacking Team, were uncovered by researchers working independently \[…\]
...moreGoogle Embraces Docker, the Next Big Thing in Cloud Computing
Published: 2019-03-07 23:12:45
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Author: None
On Tuesday Google will offer tools that can accommodate Docker containers on the company’s cloud service, Google App Engine and Google Compute Engine, and it will release additional software that can juggle containers across all sorts of outside services and machines as well.
...moreHow Peter Thiel's Secretive Data Company Pushed Into Policing | Backchannel
Published: 2019-03-07 22:54:54
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A Backchannel investigation reveals the problems Palantir poses for law enforcement.
...moreBiohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA
Published: 2019-03-07 22:54:33
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Researchers planted a working hacker exploit in a physical strand of DNA.
...moreThe Flawed System Behind the Krack Wi-Fi Meltdown
Published: 2019-03-07 22:47:56
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When software standards aren't open and available for researchers to vet, bad things happen. Just look at Krack.
...moreThe Creator of Signal Has a Plan to Fix Cryptocurrency
Published: 2019-03-07 22:38:26
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MobileCoin aims to make cryptocurrency transactions quick and easy for everyone, while still preserving privacy and decentralization.
...moreOperation Bayonet: Inside the Sting That Hijacked an Entire Dark Web Drug Market
Published: 2019-03-07 22:29:11
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Dutch police detail for the first time how they secretly hijacked Hansa, Europe's most popular dark web market.
...moreMicrosoft's Latest Excel Update Has Security Pros Anxious
Published: 2019-03-07 22:22:06
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Author: None
Enabling JavaScript should make Excel more powerful, but increasing access points makes it even more of a web security nightmare than it already is.
...moreAn Encryption Upgrade Could Upend Online Payments
Published: 2019-03-07 22:19:16
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While ditching TLS 1.0 encryption will benefit the payments ecosystem, it'll be rough going for those with older devices.
...moreThe Elite Microsoft Hacker Team That Keeps Windows PCs Safe
Published: 2019-03-07 22:18:58
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How Microsoft's Windows red team probes and prods the world's biggest operating system through the eyes of an adversary.
...moreMillions of Android Devices Are Vulnerable Right Out of the Box
Published: 2019-03-07 22:14:43
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Firmware bugs introduced by manufacturers and carriers put Android smartphones at risk.
...moreEverything That Could Go Wrong With Trump's iPhones
Published: 2019-03-07 22:07:11
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If President Trump is using a personal iPhone instead of secured lines, he's making it entirely too easy for China and Russia to spy.
...moreiTunes Doesn't Encrypt Downloads—on Purpose
Published: 2019-03-07 22:03:58
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While HTTPS has made the web at large a much safer place, Apple has chosen to forgo it for iTunes and App Store downloads.
...moreA YubiKey for iOS Will Soon Free Your iPhone From Passwords
Published: 2019-03-07 22:00:24
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Yubico has finally gotten the green light from Apple to make a hardware authentication token that works on iPhones and iPads.
...moreAndroid Is Helping Kill Passwords on a Billion Devices
Published: 2019-03-07 21:56:57
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By officially certifying the FIDO2 standard, the mobile OS will soon allow logins to sites and services without having to put in a password.
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