"others cannot be disabled or stopped that easily, for instance because of hardcoded host and IP address information that bypass the Hosts file of the operating system."
MicroNSA must really really want to keep tabs on you.
@Anonymous Coward: "Is history going to say "Steve Jobs invented the Apple computer"
No, because people think it was Bill Gates who single handed invented desktop computing and the software industry. I read it on a web site so it must be true.
"They propose shifting developers from the coding domain.. but on decentralized design – code becomes simply a by-product of this collaboration"
This sounds like it was written by some middle manager who would prefer they didn't have to rely on their programmers to a) write the code and b) actually generate revenue for the organization.
"as long as a user had already allowed the app running the script to control the Mac.. the technique works only when invoked by an application already installed on their systems. There is no evidence the technique can be carried out through drive-by exploits or attacks that don't require social engineering and end-user interaction." ref.
"The theft is executed via variants of the KeyRaider iOS malware, which targets jailbroken iOS devices"
How exactly does the KeyRaider malware get onto the device without the end user visiting a compromised repository and downloading and installing the malware?
A menu that pops on the bottom right on clicking 'START' can hardly be called UI innovation. If you turned it upside-down and enabled it by depressing the esc key, It would be similar to any number of such menuing UI around at the time. See this image from 1991, where if you click on the apple icon or click on the 'apple' key, you get the main menu.
"I attended the presentation for this chip, and as multiple audience questioners pointed out, this design hasn't been carefully designed to be clear of patents."
What patent violations did the Hot Chips audience members ask about. Who asked the questions. Who were the questions directed to. What was the response?
How about using a 'computer' that can't be compromised by malvertising. And no mention on the Microsoft Register as to the root cause of the online malware menace.
What kind of business requires a SAN, a IaaS, 4PB of data,1500 VMs and a private cloud initiative? I've seen one of the big three management consulting firms running on nothing more than Windows Server with a bunch of shared directories mapped to the desktop. For example, if you were in the Washington office, then you could drill-down to to the London server through the L: drive. THey did have a custom app for remotely updating the desktops. Not much innovation going on there.
"I have been involved in a constant struggle with the core IT group over how to best run the operations. They are a traditional, internal facing IT shop."
What other kind is there, unless you're running a large ecommerce business.
Only the technically illiterate use 'cyber' in relation to the Internet. Please stop embarrassing your readers.
"those surveyed indicated the areas with the greatest vulnerabilities within their organization include external attackers (65%), sharing data with third parties (48%), employee breaches (35%), wireless computing (35%) and inadequate firewalls (27%)."
In todays distributed, objects-in-the-cloud type of Internet, anti-virus are mostly ineffectual, so are firewalls as procedure calls can be relayed over HTML.
how they could come to such a conclusion defies logic. As accidents, by their very nature are unpredictable. Have they factored in the lid of the containment vessel blowing off.
@peterofoz: "It could also be the effect of gerrymandering by Democrats to consolidate republicans into fewer districts and diluting votes in other districts so more district level elections can be favorably held."
Very well spun, you should be working for Faux News.
"Guaranteeing your personal privacy in an era when more and more devices are connecting our daily lives to the Internet is becoming increasingly difficult to do"
Waffle, how about designing 'computers' that can't be compromised by opening a malicious attachment or clicking on a malicious URL. ref
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"others cannot be disabled or stopped that easily, for instance because of hardcoded host and IP address information that bypass the Hosts file of the operating system." MicroNSA must really really want to keep tabs on you.
@Anonymous Coward: "Is history going to say "Steve Jobs invented the Apple computer"
No, because people think it was Bill Gates who single handed invented desktop computing and the software industry. I read it on a web site so it must be true.
"The earliest confirmed instance of unauthorized access dates to September 2014" ref
No serious security researcher would use Windows ..
"They propose shifting developers from the coding domain .. but on decentralized design – code becomes simply a by-product of this collaboration"
This sounds like it was written by some middle manager who would prefer they didn't have to rely on their programmers to a) write the code and b) actually generate revenue for the organization.
@tehcyder: "A minor one."
..
What exactly, please provide citations
"Dr. Flanagan also played a minor role in the drama surrounding the downfall of President Richard M. Nixon."
What exactly was his involvement in the downfall of President Richard M. Nixon?
"as long as a user had already allowed the app running the script to control the Mac .. the technique works only when invoked by an application already installed on their systems. There is no evidence the technique can be carried out through drive-by exploits or attacks that don't require social engineering and end-user interaction." ref.
"The vast majority of routers are manufactured as System on Chip devices, with the radio module and CPU integrated in a single package."
.. ref
Except the radio module is disabled as the FM radio stations lobbied against it. That's why you can't listen to FM stereo on your smartphone
I would have though a software trojan attacked defects in a specific Operating System and we all know which one .. ref
Fundamentally what Shannon developed can be summarized by the following formula:
"The theft is executed via variants of the KeyRaider iOS malware, which targets jailbroken iOS devices"
How exactly does the KeyRaider malware get onto the device without the end user visiting a compromised repository and downloading and installing the malware?
@Anonymous Coward: "95 was the first Windows that was an operating system. 3.1 was still a DOS application."
Windows 95 was designed to make Windows apps not run on DR_DOS and not run on Novell Netware.
A menu that pops on the bottom right on clicking 'START' can hardly be called UI innovation. If you turned it upside-down and enabled it by depressing the esc key, It would be similar to any number of such menuing UI around at the time. See this image from 1991, where if you click on the apple icon or click on the 'apple' key, you get the main menu.
@Anonymous Coward: "With the growing number of distros embracing systemd .. is Linux the kernel on its way out?"
Has systemd now become the Benghazi of the computing world?
@Anonymous Coward: "Why is this shit even on Slashdot?"
.. Collateral Murder - Wikileaks - Iraq
Maybe because of this
"Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."
How do you add this to Firefox or Chrome under Linux?
"I attended the presentation for this chip, and as multiple audience questioners pointed out, this design hasn't been carefully designed to be clear of patents."
What patent violations did the Hot Chips audience members ask about. Who asked the questions. Who were the questions directed to. What was the response?
How about using a 'computer' that can't be compromised by malvertising. And no mention on the Microsoft Register as to the root cause of the online malware menace.
What kind of business requires a SAN, a IaaS, 4PB of data,1500 VMs and a private cloud initiative? I've seen one of the big three management consulting firms running on nothing more than Windows Server with a bunch of shared directories mapped to the desktop. For example, if you were in the Washington office, then you could drill-down to to the London server through the L: drive. THey did have a custom app for remotely updating the desktops. Not much innovation going on there.
"I have been involved in a constant struggle with the core IT group over how to best run the operations. They are a traditional, internal facing IT shop."
What other kind is there, unless you're running a large ecommerce business.
Only the technically illiterate use 'cyber' in relation to the Internet. Please stop embarrassing your readers.
"those surveyed indicated the areas with the greatest vulnerabilities within their organization include external attackers (65%), sharing data with third parties (48%), employee breaches (35%), wireless computing (35%) and inadequate firewalls (27%)."
In todays distributed, objects-in-the-cloud type of Internet, anti-virus are mostly ineffectual, so are firewalls as procedure calls can be relayed over HTML.
how they could come to such a conclusion defies logic. As accidents, by their very nature are unpredictable. Have they factored in the lid of the containment vessel blowing off.
@peterofoz: "It could also be the effect of gerrymandering by Democrats to consolidate republicans into fewer districts and diluting votes in other districts so more district level elections can be favorably held."
Very well spun, you should be working for Faux News.
'There are multiple exemptions to what types of records are available under the Kansas Open Records Act.' ref.
"Guaranteeing your personal privacy in an era when more and more devices are connecting our daily lives to the Internet is becoming increasingly difficult to do"
Waffle, how about designing 'computers' that can't be compromised by opening a malicious attachment or clicking on a malicious URL. ref