Independent – Page 245 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:53:03 +0000

There was a time when I was content to let my bank authenticate me over the phone by asking for some personal identifiers (SSN/DOB) that are broadly for sale in the cybercrime underground. At some point, however, I decided this wasn’t acceptable for institutions that held significant chunks of our money, and I began taking our business away from those that wouldn’t let me add a simple verbal passphrase that needed to be uttered before any account details could be discussed over the phone.

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‘Brutal Wolfenstein 3D’ Makes Old-School Nazi Killing Look Better Than Ever

Credit to Author: Leif Johnson| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 17:21:53 +0000

‘Brutal Wolfenstein 3D’ modder releases massive new patch, introducing reworked weapons and sprites.

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Watch This Awesome Oscilloscope ‘Breakout’ Game

Credit to Author: Daniel Oberhaus| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:45:51 +0000

A common lab instrument was repurposed for entertainment.

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How a Matchmaking AI Conquered (and Was Exiled) from Tinder

Credit to Author: James Jackson| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:31:38 +0000

Bernie was the latest technological development in boosting human connection, until the AI-enhanced app was kicked off Tinder.

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Twitter Re-Activated an Account It Told Congress Was Connected to a Russian Troll Farm

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:28:56 +0000

Robert Delaware got his account back after the company misidentified him as a Russian troll, but Twitter won’t say if this could have happened to others.

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Watch Our New Documentary About the DIY Communities Designing the Future of Energy

Credit to Author: Motherboard Staff| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:00:00 +0000

We visited a prolific DIY powerwall builder in Los Angeles, electric car technicians in San Diego, and the University of Michigan Energy Institute to see how our world will be powered in the years to come.

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Microsoft yanks buggy Windows patches KB 4052233, 4052234, 4052235

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 06:39:00 -0800

As I reported last week, Microsoft released a handful of buggy patches designed to fix the “Unexpected error from external database driver” bug introduced by all of the October Windows security patches. As noted then, the bug fixes have bugs themselves, and the cure is worse than the disease.

Now comes word that Microsoft has not only yanked the bad patches; it’s also deleted the KB articles associated with the patches.

Specifically, all of these KB articles report that the page does not exist:

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How to Order Starbucks Coffee with a Commodore 128

Credit to Author: Jason Johnson| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 13:00:00 +0000

On Thursday, Paul DeCarlo became the first person to order a Starbucks Dark Roast coffee from a Commodore 128.