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So you think you know C?

C programming language has been there for 44 years: C was originally developed by Dennis Ritchie between 1969 and 1973 at Bell Labs, and used to re-implement the Unix operating system. C is not cluttered with obscure features so it should easy! So it’s easy to claim that you know C. How well do you

66% of Organizations Won’t Survive a Cyberattack

http://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/87590-of-organizations-wont-survive-a-cyberattack?utm_content=42849784&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin According to this article most organizations are not properly prepared against cyber attack. Many of them might not be able to properly recover from such attack.

Trust UPS teardown

An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is an electrical apparatus that provides emergency power to a load when the input power source or mains power fails. The on-battery runtime of most uninterruptible power sources is relatively short (only a few minutes) but sufficient to start a standby power source or properly shut down the protected equipment.

$55 surveillance camera hacked by Mirai botnet within 98 seconds

https://www.hackread.com/mirai-botnet-hacks-surveillance-camera-in-98-secs/ This article reports how Mirai botnet got access to security camera. The security of networked security cameras needs to be improved – the devices with default password can get hacked faster than you can find how to change the password!

Great. Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy on You

https://www.wired.com/2016/11/great-now-even-headphones-can-spy/ Very many gadgets have microphone that can be used for spying. And in some cases even headphones that don’t have microphones can be used for recording sounds…