http://www.productive-cpp.com/hardening-cpp-programs-executable-space-protection-address-space-layout-randomization-aslr/ Interesting information on C/C++ code security issues. →
http://www.theserverside.com/feature/Containers-and-microservices-complicate-cloud-native-security?utm_campaign=Black%20Duck%20Press&utm_content=60709505&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook Developing applications with microservices and containers may be a modern approach to software design, but traditional software flaws still remain a problem when addressing cloud-native security. When you think about microservices-architected, there’s a wide range of, I guess you could say opinions, about what that means. In this age of DevOps and cloud-native development, the software →
https://www.sudosatirical.com/articles/10-year-old-root-exploit-found-in-man-command/ This article claims that A 10-year old root exploit was found in the Unix “man” program – read the description and think how to react to this report. →
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pa3vvg/the-greatest-computer-network-youve-never-heard-of?utm_campaign=sharebutton This is a fascinating story… →
https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/the-smarter-grid/what-causes-cascading-power-grid-failures Scientists have pinpointed vulnerable transmission lines in the North American grid that could lead to massive blackouts, helping prevent them in the future. “In the North American power grid, the set of power lines that are susceptible to failures were found to represent a surprisingly small fraction of the whole network →
http://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-totally-dominates-supercomputers/ “All 500 of the world’s fastest supercomputers are running Linux” Linux rules supercomputing. This day has been coming since 1998. Before Linux took the lead, Unix was supercomputing’s top operating system. Now it seems that it will take a hardware revolution, such as quantum computing, to shake Linux’s supercomputing grip. To this day, the Beowulf design remains →
Elisa Viihde is a IPTV service sold by Finnish telecom operator Elisa. The system works so that you have a set-top-box that connect to your cable TV and your Internet connection. You can use the set-top-box to view both live cable TV signal, your recorded TV programs from IPTV video recorder (in “cloud”), pay TV →
https://dzone.com/articles/5-things-to-know-about-iot-security?utm_content=buffereb678&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer This article focuses on 5 IoT Security insights gathered from market research. →
What is technology inside gas station where you just put in credit card and fill the tank yourself. I has already taken a look at one Verifone payment terminal on what software it runs (it runs Linux). Today I got a view of what is technology used on similar device made by Dresser Wayne AB. →
https://securityintelligence.com/man-with-machine-harnessing-the-potential-of-artificial-intelligence/?cm_mmc=PSocial_Facebook-_-Security_Detect%20threats%20-%20QRadar-_-WW_WW-_-23012462_Tracking%20Pixel&cm_mmca1=000017NK&cm_mmca2=10004134&cm_mmca4=23012462&cm_mmca5=48989195&cm_mmca6=bdfe5818-7fea-4ba1-a728-fef91b396b4d&cvosrc=social%20network%20paid.facebook.WW%20Newsfeed%20Job%20Title%20CISO%20Discover%20SI%20Blog%20Engagement%20SI%20Watson%20Man%20With%20Machine%20AI%20Watson1%20_SD%20Behav_DesktopMobile%20Tablet_1x1&cvo_campaign=000017NK&cvo_pid=23012462 When we think of artificial intelligence (AI), we think of robots — machines that mimic human behavior or thought. This is partly the influence of comics, novels, movies and other pop culture tidbits, but the boundaries of AI have progressed far beyond this basic personification. At its most basic level, machine learning, a subset of →