"Joe Greenwood.. gave a live demonstration of.. recording audio from the microphone of a locked device, and secretly gaining control of an infected phone's camera"
How exactly did the phone get 'infected' in the first place?
"For seven days, hackers used Yahoo’s ad network to send malicious bits of code to computers that visit Yahoo’s collection of heavily trafficked websites, the company said on Monday."
Would these be 'computers' be running Microsoft Windows..
"When a computer — in this case, one running Windows — visited a Yahoo site, it downloaded malware code."
Yes it does !
"As with the previous reported cases this one also leverages Microsoft Azure websites" ref
'Under the patent piece of the deal, Microsoft acquired 8,500 design patents covering phone manufacturing from Nokia. Microsoft is also licensing another 30,000 "utility" patents from Nokia for ten years, with the option to renew in perpetuity.' ref
That the future of the Internet is seemingly becoming like old television is no accident as it's the only way the old media can claw back influence over the msg. That the so-called social media are turning into a freak show is merely a side effect.
'diversifying the tech field with more pluralistic perspectives.".. "a two-pronged approach.. STEM education.. targeted, short-term, high-skilled immigration reforms."'
@tehcyder: "That is the term being used by politicians and the military, so (as with "hacker") techies will just have to get used to the popular usage."
Only if you're happy to go into a room full of techies and sound totally stupid..
"BF Skinner at Harvard, was brought in to Microsoft to figure out what was going wrong — and he came up with the Start button, for which he holds the patent today. It's a weird and cool look at how simple ideas aren't obvious.
It's news to me that Microsoft invented the drop-down menu, which is what the START button basically is, except it's on-the-left and up-side-down.
"My biggest concern in this day and age is the dumbing down and comercialization of computing. What used to be open, interoperable programs has now turned into ad based, closed apps.. Is there any way computing can truly become open and user centric again" ref
It is still possible, even with the slightly contaminated 'open source'. At home, I've been totally 'open source' for years.
What Federal Employees should really worry about after the Chinese hack - is the next version of Microsoft Windows - without which - none of these 'cyber' attacks would work.
"New research into Industrial Ethernet Switches.. showcases "a massive lack of security awareness in the industrial control systems community."
New research - new research? - this has been known about for at least a decade ref. and the solution is, don't connect your switches directly to the Internet, connect them through VPNs running on embedded hardware.
"Cyberwar and its ramifications have been debated for some time and the issue has been wrought with controversy"
No serious techie uses 'cyber' in a sentence. If you do want to go online and stay safe from hacking, then buy a computer that can't be compromised by opening an email attachment or clicking on a malicious URL (Uniform Resource Locator).
"There are two separate vulnerabilities in the Tuxedo Touch: an authentication bypass bug and a cross-site request forgery flaw."
So, yet another demonstration of the dangers of putting an embedded web server on the device. All so as they can be advertised as easily configurable through a browser and the end user won't have to read an instruction booklet.
"The 5.5-inch OnePlus One was sold at £229 for 16GB of storage and £269 for 64GB respectively, and ran open source CyanogenMod software based on Google's Android" ref
Slashdot Mirror
"Joe Greenwood .. gave a live demonstration of .. recording audio from the microphone of a locked device, and secretly gaining control of an infected phone's camera"
How exactly did the phone get 'infected' in the first place?
Software-defined switches .. a solution in search of a problem .. discuss ...
Once they lose their halo they are subsequently sacrificed and a new King is chosen. ref
@brit74 : "why does your website censor people who argue against your pro-piracy ideas?"
Do you have any citations or links to what you are referring to?
Five mentions of Microsoft and five mentions of Windows on the main page, yea we get it, Microsoft is still relevant ...
"For seven days, hackers used Yahoo’s ad network to send malicious bits of code to computers that visit Yahoo’s collection of heavily trafficked websites, the company said on Monday."
..
Would these be 'computers' be running Microsoft Windows
"When a computer — in this case, one running Windows — visited a Yahoo site, it downloaded malware code."
Yes it does !
"As with the previous reported cases this one also leverages Microsoft Azure websites" ref
'Under the patent piece of the deal, Microsoft acquired 8,500 design patents covering phone manufacturing from Nokia. Microsoft is also licensing another 30,000 "utility" patents from Nokia for ten years, with the option to renew in perpetuity.' ref
That has to be the dumbest thing I've ever read ..
.. called for better cybersecurity tools"
"Zarate
How about not running Homeland Security on computers that can be hacked by opening an email attachment or clicking on a malicious URL.
Is trading a 'financial instrument' the same as making a bet?
That the future of the Internet is seemingly becoming like old television is no accident as it's the only way the old media can claw back influence over the msg. That the so-called social media are turning into a freak show is merely a side effect.
"Thunderbird 2 starts with a local root privilege exploit that can load a kernel module to give it access to raw memory." ref
'DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE is a recently-disclosed privilege escalation vulnerability on OS X Yosemite'
@QuietLagoon: "If a startup management subsystem needs its own conference, it is doing too much." ref
That has to be the dumbest statement I have read on any technical forum - ever !
I suppose if he didn't organize a conference, people like you would complain that he was dictating to Linux developers.
The comments on here, a classic example of just how badly slashdot has gone to the shits ..
What operating system platform does NoMoreClipBoard run on and technically speaking, how exactly was the hack implemented.
'diversifying the tech field with more pluralistic perspectives." .. "a two-pronged approach .. STEM education .. targeted, short-term, high-skilled immigration reforms."'
..
We want more H-1B visas
You would think by now Intel would have fixed the design flaws in the memory management unit (MMU) ..
Time and again we keep hearing about such defects. Did no one at GM even test the product against such security defects?
@tehcyder: "That is the term being used by politicians and the military, so (as with "hacker") techies will just have to get used to the popular usage."
..
Only if you're happy to go into a room full of techies and sound totally stupid
"BF Skinner at Harvard, was brought in to Microsoft to figure out what was going wrong — and he came up with the Start button, for which he holds the patent today. It's a weird and cool look at how simple ideas aren't obvious.
It's news to me that Microsoft invented the drop-down menu, which is what the START button basically is, except it's on-the-left and up-side-down.
"My biggest concern in this day and age is the dumbing down and comercialization of computing. What used to be open, interoperable programs has now turned into ad based, closed apps .. Is there any way computing can truly become open and user centric again" ref
It is still possible, even with the slightly contaminated 'open source'. At home, I've been totally 'open source' for years.
What Federal Employees should really worry about after the Chinese hack - is the next version of Microsoft Windows - without which - none of these 'cyber' attacks would work.
"New research into Industrial Ethernet Switches .. showcases "a massive lack of security awareness in the industrial control systems community."
New research - new research ? - this has been known about for at least a decade ref. and the solution is, don't connect your switches directly to the Internet, connect them through VPNs running on embedded hardware.
"Cyberwar and its ramifications have been debated for some time and the issue has been wrought with controversy"
No serious techie uses 'cyber' in a sentence. If you do want to go online and stay safe from hacking, then buy a computer that can't be compromised by opening an email attachment or clicking on a malicious URL (Uniform Resource Locator).
"There are two separate vulnerabilities in the Tuxedo Touch: an authentication bypass bug and a cross-site request forgery flaw."
So, yet another demonstration of the dangers of putting an embedded web server on the device. All so as they can be advertised as easily configurable through a browser and the end user won't have to read an instruction booklet.
"The 5.5-inch OnePlus One was sold at £229 for 16GB of storage and £269 for 64GB respectively, and ran open source CyanogenMod software based on Google's Android" ref
Are they paying the Microsoft Android tax?