Category: 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

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

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

The Guardian’s Summary of Julian Assange’s Interview Went Viral and Was Completely False

Those who want to combat Fake News should stop aggressively spreading it when it suits their agenda. Source: The Guardian’s Summary of Julian Assange’s Interview >>>

Posted: December 29, 2016 in Computer, Editorial, Security, Social

Congress Gives FOIA a Modest but Important Update For Its 50th Birthday: 2016 in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Year after year, federal agencies worked behind the scenes to thwart any attempt to reform the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In 2016, Congress finally >>>

Posted: December 29, 2016 in Computer, Security

Android Ransomware Infects LG Smart TV

Security firms have been warning us for more than a year about the possibility of Android malware jumping from phones and tablets to other Android-powered >>>

Posted: December 28, 2016 in Computer, Security

North Dakota becomes first US state to legalise use of armed drones by police | The Independent

Armed drones could be used by police in the US state of North Dakota after local lawmakers legalised their use. Source: North Dakota becomes first >>>

Posted: December 27, 2016 in Computer, Security

Security Advisory for VU 582384, PSV-2016-0245 | Answer | NETGEAR Support

000036386 Source: Security Advisory for VU 582384, PSV-2016-0245 | Answer | NETGEAR Support

Posted: December 17, 2016 in Computer, Security

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in the NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape and a vulnerability in the Linux GPU Display Driver kernel mode layer (nvidia.ko) | NVIDIA

Source: Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in the NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape and a vulnerability in the Linux >>>

Posted: December 15, 2016 in Computer, Security