Category: Computer Security

NoScript and other popular Firefox add-ons open millions to new attack | Ars Technica

Unlike many browsers, Firefox doesn’t always isolate an add-on’s functions. Source: NoScript and other popular Firefox add-ons open millions to new attack | Ars Technica

Posted: April 6, 2016 in Computer, Security

Nest Reminds Customers That Ownership Isn’t What It Used to Be | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Nest Labs, a home automation company acquired by Google in 2014, will disable some of its customers’ home automation control devices in May. Source: Nest >>>

Posted: April 6, 2016 in Computer, Security

Wayne Madsen: Hillary Clinton’s Private Email Was Front End for a Private Foreign Policy/Intelligence Operation « Public Intelligence Blog

Posted in full with permission of the author. April 1-2, 2016 — Clinton’s private email network part of private foreign policy/intelligence operation A mere cursory >>>

Posted: April 6, 2016 in Computer, Security

This Hacker Rigged Elections in 9 Latin American Countries | News | teleSUR English

Andres Sepulveda hacked and spied in elections in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela. Source: This Hacker Rigged Elections >>>

Posted: April 1, 2016 in Computer, Security

Reddit deletes surveillance ‘warrant canary’ in transparency report | Reuters

Social networking forum reddit on Thursday removed a section from its site used to tacitly inform users it had never received a certain type of >>>

Posted: March 31, 2016 in Computer, Internet, Security

Hillary SKIPPED Special State Dept. Cybersecurity Briefing | The Daily Caller

Security team planned briefing in 2011 Source: Hillary SKIPPED Special State Dept. Cybersecurity Briefing | The Daily Caller

Posted: March 26, 2016 in Computer, Security

Rage-quit: Coder unpublished 17 lines of JavaScript and “broke the Internet” | Ars Technica

Dispute over module name in npm registry became giant headache for developers. Source: Rage-quit: Coder unpublished 17 lines of JavaScript and “broke the Internet” | >>>

Posted: March 26, 2016 in Computer, Internet, Security

New self-protecting USB trojan able to avoid detection

A unique data-stealing trojan has been spotted on USB devices in the wild – and it is different from typical data-stealing malware, reports ESET’s Tomáš >>>

Posted: March 23, 2016 in Computer, Security

Once thought safe, DDR4 memory shown to be vulnerable to “Rowhammer” | Ars Technica

New research finds “bitflipping” attacks may pose more risk than many admit. Source: Once thought safe, DDR4 memory shown to be vulnerable to “Rowhammer” | >>>

Posted: March 21, 2016 in Computer, Security, Storage

Why we should fear a cashless world | Dominic Frisby

Poor people and small businesses rely on cash. A contactless system will likely entrench poverty and pave the way for terrifying levels of surveillance Source: >>>

Posted: March 21, 2016 in Computer, Editorial, Security, Social