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Opinion: A pair of Israeli security researchers argue that the advent of connected home devices presents a new opportunity for spy agencies. The post Connected Devices Give Spies a Powerful New Way to Surveil appeared first on WIRED.
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Border patrol technology is the future whether Trump acknowledges that or not. The post A Wall Alone Can’t Secure the Border, No Matter Who Pays for It appeared first on WIRED.
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A site that chronicles animals versus the power grid makes a good point about cyberwar hype, but an attack would still be serious business. The post Squirrels Keep Menacing the Power Grid. But at Least It’s Not the Russians appeared first on WIRED.
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Obama prosecuted more leakers to the press under the Espionage Act than all other presidents combined; a dangerous precedent for Trump. The post Obama Will Free Chelsea Manning, a Final Ceasefire in His War on Leakers appeared first on WIRED.
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Tomorrow’s conflicts won’t look much like today’s. That’s where science fiction comes in. The post What Better Way for the Marines to Prepare for Future Wars Than With Sci-Fi? appeared first on WIRED.
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Over the past few months we have seen a lot of malware activity around the Netcore vulnerability, so we decided to take closer look at its exploitation. The following screen shot shows attack traffic captured through Wireshark. Figure 1 Figure 2 shows a quick enumeration of the sample. (There are different versions of the sample for several architectures. We chose to analyze the MIPS one) Figure 2 My analysis shows that this sample is a variant of the Gafgyt family, with some changes which I will discuss in detail later in this…
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| With data breaches resulting in leaked passwords occurring almost daily, two-factor authentication has become an essential tool in the security toolkit. Categories: Tags: 2faauthenticationmfaMulti-Factor AuthorizationpasswordsPieter Arntzssotokentotptwo-factor authentication |
Why does a ‘make-over’ app require your location, private data and your phones IMEI number? Something’s not right.
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