Category: Computer Security

Law Enforcement Has Been Using OnStar, SiriusXM, To Eavesdrop, Track Car Locations For More Than 15 Years | Techdirt

Source: Law Enforcement Has Been Using OnStar, SiriusXM, To Eavesdrop, Track Car Locations For More Than 15 Years | Techdirt

Posted: January 18, 2017 in Computer, Security

FBI Paid Multiple Best Buy Employees After Finding Illegal Content On Computers

As we told you last spring, lawyers for a California doctor accused of possessing child pornography claimed that the FBI had paid a Best Buy >>>

Posted: January 12, 2017 in Computer, Security

Best Buy Geek Squad Informant Use Has FBI on Defense in Child-Porn Case

Source: Best Buy Geek Squad Informant Use Has FBI on Defense in Child-Porn Case

Posted: January 11, 2017 in Computer, Editorial, Security

NPR Is Laundering CIA Talking Points to Make You Scared of NSA Reporting

Source: NPR Is Laundering CIA Talking Points to Make You Scared of NSA Reporting

Posted: January 8, 2017 in Computer, Security

Is OpenSSL compromised?

https://archive.fo/5Vbc9   I’m glad more people are in here now. It gets much, much worse than this. The post below literally says “if you have >>>

Posted: January 8, 2017 in Computer, Security

KillDisk now targeting Linux: Demands $250K ransom, but can’t decrypt

ESET has discovered a Linux variant of the KillDisk component that renders Linux machines unbootable, while encrypting files and requesting a large ransom at the >>>

Posted: January 6, 2017 in Computer, Security

Engineers work on promising new memory technology

Source: Engineers work on promising new memory technology

Posted: January 6, 2017 in Computer, Storage

Hands On With The First Open Source Microcontroller

Source: Hands On With The First Open Source Microcontroller

Posted: January 5, 2017 in Computer, CPU, Security

HDMI turns 2.1 and gains support for Dynamic HDR, 8K resolution, more

You say you just bought a new TV? Sorry, it’s already out of date. Source: HDMI turns 2.1 and gains support for Dynamic HDR, 8K >>>

Posted: January 4, 2017 in Computer, Entertainment, Gaming, Graphics

California Law Makes Ransomware Use Illegal

It was nice to see the calendar turn over to 2017, for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is that on Jan. >>>

Posted: January 4, 2017 in Computer, Editorial, Security, Social