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Credit to Author: Jordan Pearson| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:24:44 +0000
“I have always wanted Goatse to be more well known and potentially used by people in everyday life.”
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Credit to Author: Emanuel Maiberg| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:00:00 +0000
Hackers have found ways to subvert parental controls in the children’s computer game.
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Credit to Author: David Silverberg| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:00:00 +0000
Designers used artificial intelligence to understand the needs of those who’d be working there.
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Credit to Author: Jacob Dubé| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:00:00 +0000
Interference is playing havoc with radio telescopes.
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Credit to Author: Daniel Oberhaus| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:30:00 +0000
Mental Work Industries uses brain-computer interfaces to drive home the potential impacts of automation.
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Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 03:00:00 -0700
In the minds of mobile shoppers, where is the line between convenience and personal space/privacy? We now have two retailers — Walmart and Amazon, the giants of in-store and online shopping, respectively — separately testing programs to deliver purchases directly into your home or your car trunk when the shopper is nowhere near.
Both efforts rely on mobile devices connecting shoppers to the scene of the delivery, where customers can theoretically watch the delivery in real time. It isn’t practical or likely, but that’s the idea. Mobile is what justifies these attempts.
Walmart’s efforts, focused entirely on shoppers letting the retailer unlock a home’s front door and put away the groceries in the shopper’s kitchen and refrigerator/freezer, is an idea that begs for a privacy/security disaster to happen. A prudent executive looks at any cutting-edge plan and asks, “What could go wrong with this and how bad is it for our customers if it does?”
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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:44:00 -0700
Microsoft today revealed that it quietly patched Windows last week against vulnerabilities in the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol used to secure wireless networks.
Details of the security update were only published Monday to Microsoft’s Security Update Guide, the catalog-like portal that earlier this year replaced the decades-old practice of delivering explanatory bulletins.
All supported versions of Windows received the update, according to the catalog listing, including Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016.
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Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 09:21:04 +0000
Vulnerability summary The following advisory describes an remote code execution found in Ikraus Anti Virus version 2.16.7. KARUS anti.virus “secures your personal data and PC from all kinds of malware. Additionally, the Anti-SPAM module protects you from SPAM and malware from e-mails. Prevent intrusion and protect yourself against cyber-criminals by choosing IKARUS anti.virus, powered by … Continue reading SSD Advisory – Ikraus Anti Virus Remote Code Execution
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