"Visual Studio products are offered through a variety of retail and volume licensing sales channels. Except for direct purchases through MSDN Subscriptions or Microsoft Store, licence purchases are made through a software reseller." ref
There is no scientific evidence that Polygraph machines actually work, all they do is give the examiner a pretext for accusing you of lying. Your safest action is to refuse to do the polygraph test. You do still have the right not to self incriminate.
"In order for the attack to succeed, a user must install an untrusted app, such as one delivered through a phishing link."
What is the point about this 'security alert'. If anyone installs an app from some malicious third-party site then of course they are going to get exploited. This is nothing more than social engineering, nothing to see here, moving on. What is this even doing as an article on slashdot?
'Director of Europol Rob Wainwright contends that PNR constitutes “reasonable measures” in the fight against terrorism'
and how soon after will such data be used to compile a no-fly list, to be used to harass anyone who criticizes the state security apparatus.
'The U.S. government is blacklisting people as terrorism suspects based on secret standards and secret evidence. People on government watchlists are questioned, harassed, detained, and even barred indefinitely from flying — and the government denies them any meaningful way to correct errors and clear their names' ref
"In 1998, two years after the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Canada, the Schmeisers received a lawsuit notice from Monsanto which said that they were growing Roundup Ready canola without a licence from Monsanto and that this was a patent infringement."
'Yesterday's announcement that Google will lease Moffett Field from NASA for 60 years drew criticism from a group called Consumer Watchdog, which stated "This is like giving the keys to your car to the guy who has been siphoning gas from your tank.'
Would this Consumer Watchdog group be run out of One Microsoft Way Redmond?
'this arrangement did not cause an economic loss to NASA or DLA-Energy'
"While Ghanaians typically save their own seeds to plant the next year, hybrid seeds get weaker by the generation; each planting requires another round of purchasing. What's more, says Devlin Kuyek, a researcher with the sustainable-farming nonprofit Genetic Resources Action International, because hybrid seeds are bred for intensive agriculture, they typically need chemicals to thrive."
There's just so much wrong with that statement, I don't know where to begin. 'bred for intensive agriculture' is a meaningless statement. What's preventing farmers from saving their own seeds is threats of litigation from the GM corporations not that the seeds get any weaker. Hybrid seeds don't need chemicals to thrive, the seeds are bred to be immune to chemicals such as glyphosate. Through over use, weeds are developing resistance to these chemicals, meaning that more of it has to be used.
@sirwired: 'No matter which "side" you are on, you have to admire how well it worked; doing exactly what it was designed to for quite a while before being discovered. I'd put it on a level with the legendary DirectTV "Black Sunday" program.'
Yes, all it required was a USB socket and Windows:)
"Since Target’s breach last fall, numerous business and organizations including Home Depot, JPMorgan, Supervalu, Community Health Systems, UPS Stores, Dairy Queen, and others have announced breaches that cumulatively have exposed data on tens of millions of people. The sudden rash of data breaches has left security experts scrambling to find a reason for what is going on". ref
"Drivers across America are rejoicing at falling gasoline prices as pumps across the country dip below $3 a gallon.. while it's nice to get the break at the gas pump and the economic benefits of an energy boom at home"..
"Specifically, with energy business as usual, the world is on a trajectory to raise the mean global temperature by at least 3 degrees C (5.4 degrees F) by the end of century, and possibly far more, a climate disruption that most scientists regard as catastrophicref..
"the hackers acquired elevated rights that allowed them to navigate portions of Home Depot's network and to deploy unique, custom-built malware on its self-checkout systems in the U.S. and Canada."
What Operating System did this self-checkout system run on?
From my experience most people feel some-of-the-time that they don't fit in and do try and conform to the percieved majority group-think. I would have thought that the IT sector was the one group where people were accepted regardless of their ethnic background.
"the aftereffects of the KAL 007 incident, where the Soviet Union shot down a passenger plane.. the Reagan administration immediately started pushing to establish what had happened"
What happened was the US military was routinely flying surveillance aircraft into Soviet airspace, the Soviets mistook the civilian aircraft for a military one and shot it down.
"The technology revolution that is "fracking" has created billions in wealth for states like Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio and Wyoming. But all that oil and all those dollars have attracted the attention of sophisticated spies from near and far to steal valuable trade secrets."
Please distract from a rational discussion of the environmental impact of "fracking" by introducing bogus stories about 'Chinese Hackers'..
'According to New Zealand's current Trade Minister, Tim Groser, full disclosure of what is being discussed would likely lead to "public debate on an ill-informed basis before the deal has been done"'
"The TPP would even elevate individual foreign firms to equal status with sovereign nations, empowering them to privately enforce new rights and privileges, provided by the pact, by dragging governments to foreign tribunals to challenge public interest policies that they claim frustrate their expectations." ref
'According to New Zealand's current Trade Minister, Tim Groser, full disclosure of what is being discussed would likely lead to "public debate on an ill-informed basis before the deal has been done"'
"The TPP would even elevate individual foreign firms to equal status with sovereign nations, empowering them to privately enforce new rights and privileges, provided by the pact, by dragging governments to foreign tribunals to challenge public interest policies that they claim frustrate their expectations." ref
Slashdot Mirror
"Visual Studio products are offered through a variety of retail and volume licensing sales channels. Except for direct purchases through MSDN Subscriptions or Microsoft Store, licence purchases are made through a software reseller." ref
There is no scientific evidence that Polygraph machines actually work, all they do is give the examiner a pretext for accusing you of lying. Your safest action is to refuse to do the polygraph test. You do still have the right not to self incriminate.
snoooor ....
"In order for the attack to succeed, a user must install an untrusted app, such as one delivered through a phishing link."
What is the point about this 'security alert'. If anyone installs an app from some malicious third-party site then of course they are going to get exploited. This is nothing more than social engineering, nothing to see here, moving on. What is this even doing as an article on slashdot?
'Director of Europol Rob Wainwright contends that PNR constitutes “reasonable measures” in the fight against terrorism'
and how soon after will such data be used to compile a no-fly list, to be used to harass anyone who criticizes the state security apparatus.
'The U.S. government is blacklisting people as terrorism suspects based on secret standards and secret evidence. People on government watchlists are questioned, harassed, detained, and even barred indefinitely from flying — and the government denies them any meaningful way to correct errors and clear their names' ref
"If anything, Microsoft is embracing Android & iOS more these days", cybrthng
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Yea, that's why they are extorting patent licenses from Android hardware manufacturers and polluting the Internet with fake Android security FUD
OS Flaw Leaves Android Wide Open for App Hack Attacks, Richard Adhikari
Monsanto versus farmer
"In 1998, two years after the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Canada, the Schmeisers received a lawsuit notice from Monsanto which said that they were growing Roundup Ready canola without a licence from Monsanto and that this was a patent infringement."
'Yesterday's announcement that Google will lease Moffett Field from NASA for 60 years drew criticism from a group called Consumer Watchdog, which stated "This is like giving the keys to your car to the guy who has been siphoning gas from your tank.'
Would this Consumer Watchdog group be run out of One Microsoft Way Redmond?
'this arrangement did not cause an economic loss to NASA or DLA-Energy'
What Operating System did these NOAA websites run on?
"While Ghanaians typically save their own seeds to plant the next year, hybrid seeds get weaker by the generation; each planting requires another round of purchasing. What's more, says Devlin Kuyek, a researcher with the sustainable-farming nonprofit Genetic Resources Action International, because hybrid seeds are bred for intensive agriculture, they typically need chemicals to thrive."
There's just so much wrong with that statement, I don't know where to begin. 'bred for intensive agriculture' is a meaningless statement. What's preventing farmers from saving their own seeds is threats of litigation from the GM corporations not that the seeds get any weaker. Hybrid seeds don't need chemicals to thrive, the seeds are bred to be immune to chemicals such as glyphosate. Through over use, weeds are developing resistance to these chemicals, meaning that more of it has to be used.
@sirwired: 'No matter which "side" you are on, you have to admire how well it worked; doing exactly what it was designed to for quite a while before being discovered. I'd put it on a level with the legendary DirectTV "Black Sunday" program.'
:)
Yes, all it required was a USB socket and Windows
@AC: "Microsoft Windows users. No surprise there."
:)
:)
No, no, no, Kaspersky says it's a computer worm, fifteen times
I would have thought it's the Operating System that gets infected
"Since Target’s breach last fall, numerous business and organizations including Home Depot, JPMorgan, Supervalu, Community Health Systems, UPS Stores, Dairy Queen, and others have announced breaches that cumulatively have exposed data on tens of millions of people. The sudden rash of data breaches has left security experts scrambling to find a reason for what is going on". ref
"He ends his post by agreeing with a Slashdot comment where someone is basically saying that SteamOS is done" ..
.. 'and that we will never get our hands on the Steam Controller'
'I don't agree that SteamOS is done just yet', Rich Geldreich
That bit came from the slashdot commentator and *not* Rich Geldreich.
"Drivers across America are rejoicing at falling gasoline prices as pumps across the country dip below $3 a gallon .. while it's nice to get the break at the gas pump and the economic benefits of an energy boom at home" ..
..
"Specifically, with energy business as usual, the world is on a trajectory to raise the mean global temperature by at least 3 degrees C (5.4 degrees F) by the end of century, and possibly far more, a climate disruption that most scientists regard as catastrophic ref
"the hackers acquired elevated rights that allowed them to navigate portions of Home Depot's network and to deploy unique, custom-built malware on its self-checkout systems in the U.S. and Canada."
What Operating System did this self-checkout system run on?
If it's on the Internet, then it isn't a secret anymore ...
From my experience most people feel some-of-the-time that they don't fit in and do try and conform to the percieved majority group-think. I would have thought that the IT sector was the one group where people were accepted regardless of their ethnic background.
"the aftereffects of the KAL 007 incident, where the Soviet Union shot down a passenger plane .. the Reagan administration immediately started pushing to establish what had happened"
What happened was the US military was routinely flying surveillance aircraft into Soviet airspace, the Soviets mistook the civilian aircraft for a military one and shot it down.
"American Express is trying to improve its security by moving towards the use of unique tokens for online purchases."
...
The dumbest idea in online purchases was using Credit Card numbers in the first place
What operating system do these Voting Machine run on?
"The technology revolution that is "fracking" has created billions in wealth for states like Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio and Wyoming. But all that oil and all those dollars have attracted the attention of sophisticated spies from near and far to steal valuable trade secrets."
..
Please distract from a rational discussion of the environmental impact of "fracking" by introducing bogus stories about 'Chinese Hackers'
'According to New Zealand's current Trade Minister, Tim Groser, full disclosure of what is being discussed would likely lead to "public debate on an ill-informed basis before the deal has been done"'
"The TPP would even elevate individual foreign firms to equal status with sovereign nations, empowering them to privately enforce new rights and privileges, provided by the pact, by dragging governments to foreign tribunals to challenge public interest policies that they claim frustrate their expectations." ref
'According to New Zealand's current Trade Minister, Tim Groser, full disclosure of what is being discussed would likely lead to "public debate on an ill-informed basis before the deal has been done"'
"The TPP would even elevate individual foreign firms to equal status with sovereign nations, empowering them to privately enforce new rights and privileges, provided by the pact, by dragging governments to foreign tribunals to challenge public interest policies that they claim frustrate their expectations." ref
Haaa ...