http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/03/android_tops_2016_vuln_list_with_523_bugs/?mt=1483419470366 This article tells how vulnerabilities with CVE numbers were divided in 2016. Adobe and Microsoft were on top, but Google’s Android aimed highest ever. →
https://www.hackster.io/kayakpete/snowmelt-system-monitor-be4a01?ref=challenge&ref_id=79&offset=3 This is an interesting looking environment monitoring IoT project. It uses AT&T IoT, PubNub etc… →
https://blog.hackster.io/hacksters-top-50-or-so-projects-from-2016-2d69de57b3c7#.dswqmr119 Here is a collection of interesting looking projects from 2016. →
https://juliareda.eu/2016/12/10-illegal-things/ Those ideas do not look good. →
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/12/did-russia-tamper-with-the-2016-election-bitter-debate-likely-to-rage-on/ Released report does not have good solid evidence who was behind the attacks. This article also tells why it is hard to know who is really behind those attacks – it is well possible that hackers faked some of the evidence. Whoever did this, if they wanted to cause disruption and lack of faith, →
https://theintercept.com/2016/12/31/russia-hysteria-infects-washpost-again-false-story-about-hacking-u-s-electric-grid/ →
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/19/waste-not-want-not-sweden-tax-breaks-repairs Make repairing things cheaper, so they can be used for longer time. →
https://opensource.com/article/16/12/yearbook-top-programming-trends-2016?sc_cid=701600000011jJaAAI →
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603275/the-biggest-clean-energy-advances-in-2016/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=atlantic Clean energy advanced this year in many ways. →
Washington Post posted a catchy headline: Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility, showing risk to U.S. electrical grid security, officials say Electrical grid can be hacked also in USA – and it was hacked. But this headline is making thing to look more dangerous than what the actual incident was. Also Reuters reported it: Code →