If the marketing experts used the same tactics (disguising their emails as linked-in requests) they could compete with the cybercriminals.
Some things about this article smell. The author is a director of the company whose research the article cites. And what about the claim that "a dating website was hacked and approximately 10% of the passwords were âoelove1234â"
That seems like a lot! (Unless there were only 10 accounts....)
Even Joshua Lewis, inventor of the new system believes the traditional valuations can make the game more exciting.
"You're really lucky if you pick an X because it's over-valued and unlucky if you pick a V. So if they were to re-do the values of the tiles that would reduce the level of luck.
"That might be desirable in tournaments but it might not be as good in casual play where you want the less skilled players to have a shot periodically at beating the more highly skilled players."
I think it's a pity if FOSS desktops really feel the need to compete with Microsoft and Apple. Those companies need to keep "innovating" in order to drive sales of their latest products -- something that FOSS is unhindered by.
Instead of bounding towards some super-slick desktop nirvana, more emphasis should be given to settling on a familiar and stable working environment.
People are adaptable and they can be extremely productive using systems with which they have grown familiar.
The qwerty keyboard is nothing like the perfect layout, but it is familiar. Imagine if every time you upgraded your PC you were forced to learn the latest "ergonomic" keyboard layout. It may be progress, but I'm happy with what I've got thanks.
Just like the network called the Internet, there is no reason why online social networks need a central hub. Peer to peer social networks exist, as a concept at least.
I imagine that if the popularity of social networking had been foreseen by the developers of the nascent Internet, discussion of "whoever is the biggest" social network would be as ridiculous as asking who is the biggest Email network, or the biggest WWW network.
My hope is that one day there won't be a "biggest" social network, there will be only one.
The trojan and encryption could be written by any reasonably savvy malware author, but I guess laundering the money you receive would require a certain level of criminal knowledge.
The money goes into an e-gold or Liberty Reserve account, presumably one that has been stolen from a legitimate user, and from there somehow it has to get into the hands of the perpetrator.
If the authorities could track the money after it gets into e-gold (they have tried before) they could get a handle on who is behind this.
This kind of thing will become more widespread so long as the perps can get their hands on the money without being found.
Perhaps they were thinking of piecewise linear modelling, where any non-linear component, including transistors, can be modelled using linear components, ideal diodes, and ideal voltage sources...
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There's a reason why they're called "valves" in the UK. Before there were valves, there were relays. (For those who don't know, a relay is a device where a small current is used to activate an electromagnet and close a mechanical switch to pass a larger current)
I recently visited the telegraphy museum at Porthcurno, in Cornwall, UK, where some of the earliest transatlantic cables came ashore. These would be thousands of miles long, driven by kilovolts at one end, but with only millivolts appearing at the other.
Relays were used literally to relay signals between two stretches of cable. The small voltage available at the end of one cable was used to switch a much bigger voltage at the start of the next stretch. (An amplifier for binary signals, if you will.) Hence the name relay.
That's fine, you move on. But spare a thought for those of us whose job it is to modify, maintain and otherwise debug your code once you're gone... We will certainly be thinking of you!;-)
This guy has written a demonstration program to show how easy it is to "hack" VoIP traffic. Ok, the program has to be on the same network as the traffic (oh yeah, just use a trojan), and the traffic has to be un-encrypted, but once those conditions are satisfied, his 1337 code will intercept any call!
I wonder why he decided to publish such a scary VoIP hack?
FTA:
Cox is currently running a series of workshops on VoIP threats in conjunction with SIP Services Europe, and has published his own Video podcast on the topic.
He was inspired to write the software after conversations with encryption guru Phil Zimmermann, creator of Zfone, the latter designed to protect against SIPtap-like hacking by using VoIP call encryption.
I often hear this criticism, and it makes me curious. Are you writing about controversial subjects, writing without citing relevant sources, or writing in a niche area with only one or two other editors?
I frequently edit wikipedia, mostly on technical subjects to do with my work, and cite sources where I can, and I have never had my edits "knocked off". I presume there must be many others like me in order for Wikipedia to exist in its current form.
One obvious conclusion is that a majority of editors don't find your contributions worthwhile, but assuming that not to be the case, I wonder why you think your edits are "knocked off". Surely not just because these Wiki die-hards are a bunch of assholes?
I'm not familiar with the background to this story, but his paper suggests to me that it was Apple specific, viz:
Apple based their driver on [the Madwifi and net80211] open-source projects.
All research to this point showed that the Extended Rate buffer [overflowing] was the culprit but the madwifi source code had a check for a maximum length before the copy happened.
The code found within the driver shows that although there is a length check in the open source driver, it's not actually present in the OS X binary driver. Have I missed something?
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If the marketing experts used the same tactics (disguising their emails as linked-in requests) they could compete with the cybercriminals.
Some things about this article smell. The author is a director of the company whose research the article cites. And what about the claim that "a dating website was hacked and approximately 10% of the passwords were âoelove1234â"
That seems like a lot! (Unless there were only 10 accounts....)
or get Google Translate to do it for you:
http://translate.google.com/tr...
For the first time I see the death of /. coming around the bend.
You must be new here.
It's just a proposal, not a requirement.
Even Joshua Lewis, inventor of the new system believes the traditional valuations can make the game more exciting.
"You're really lucky if you pick an X because it's over-valued and unlucky if you pick a V. So if they were to re-do the values of the tiles that would reduce the level of luck.
"That might be desirable in tournaments but it might not be as good in casual play where you want the less skilled players to have a shot periodically at beating the more highly skilled players."
Source: The "British Media"
I think it's a pity if FOSS desktops really feel the need to compete with Microsoft and Apple. Those companies need to keep "innovating" in order to drive sales of their latest products -- something that FOSS is unhindered by.
Instead of bounding towards some super-slick desktop nirvana, more emphasis should be given to settling on a familiar and stable working environment.
People are adaptable and they can be extremely productive using systems with which they have grown familiar.
The qwerty keyboard is nothing like the perfect layout, but it is familiar. Imagine if every time you upgraded your PC you were forced to learn the latest "ergonomic" keyboard layout. It may be progress, but I'm happy with what I've got thanks.
The same goes for desktop environments.
Just like the network called the Internet, there is no reason why online social networks need a central hub. Peer to peer social networks exist, as a concept at least.
I imagine that if the popularity of social networking had been foreseen by the developers of the nascent Internet, discussion of "whoever is the biggest" social network would be as ridiculous as asking who is the biggest Email network, or the biggest WWW network.
My hope is that one day there won't be a "biggest" social network, there will be only one.
The trojan and encryption could be written by any reasonably savvy malware author, but I guess laundering the money you receive would require a certain level of criminal knowledge.
The money goes into an e-gold or Liberty Reserve account, presumably one that has been stolen from a legitimate user, and from there somehow it has to get into the hands of the perpetrator.
If the authorities could track the money after it gets into e-gold (they have tried before) they could get a handle on who is behind this.
This kind of thing will become more widespread so long as the perps can get their hands on the money without being found.
You've piqued my curiosity...
1) If you can make the original site pop up a popup, why not just make the original site do your nefarious deed, instead of having the popup do it?
2) If you can get a popup to pop up, why not just do you nefarious deed immediately, without requiring the user to click a button?
Make that an electronic voucher to simplify the process of authentication, et voila... DRM for physical objects!
Perhaps they were thinking of piecewise linear modelling, where any non-linear component, including transistors, can be modelled using linear components, ideal diodes, and ideal voltage sources...
I recently visited the telegraphy museum at Porthcurno, in Cornwall, UK, where some of the earliest transatlantic cables came ashore. These would be thousands of miles long, driven by kilovolts at one end, but with only millivolts appearing at the other.
Relays were used literally to relay signals between two stretches of cable. The small voltage available at the end of one cable was used to switch a much bigger voltage at the start of the next stretch. (An amplifier for binary signals, if you will.) Hence the name relay.
That's fine, you move on. But spare a thought for those of us whose job it is to modify, maintain and otherwise debug your code once you're gone... We will certainly be thinking of you! ;-)
I wonder why he decided to publish such a scary VoIP hack?
FTA: Cox is currently running a series of workshops on VoIP threats in conjunction with SIP Services Europe, and has published his own Video podcast on the topic. He was inspired to write the software after conversations with encryption guru Phil Zimmermann, creator of Zfone, the latter designed to protect against SIPtap-like hacking by using VoIP call encryption.
I often hear this criticism, and it makes me curious. Are you writing about controversial subjects, writing without citing relevant sources, or writing in a niche area with only one or two other editors?
I frequently edit wikipedia, mostly on technical subjects to do with my work, and cite sources where I can, and I have never had my edits "knocked off". I presume there must be many others like me in order for Wikipedia to exist in its current form.
One obvious conclusion is that a majority of editors don't find your contributions worthwhile, but assuming that not to be the case, I wonder why you think your edits are "knocked off". Surely not just because these Wiki die-hards are a bunch of assholes?
Now my boss and work colleagues will know whether or not to approach me, by looking at the colour of my screen first!
The XO currently costs $176 (£90) although the eventual aim is to sell the machines to governments for $100 (£50).