The idea for this posting started when I read New approaches to dominate in embedded development article. Then I found some ther related articles and here is the result: long article. Embedded devices, or embedded systems, are specialized computer systems that constitute components of larger electromechanical systems with which they interface. The advent of low-cost →
Why Are We Fighting the Crypto Wars Again? The iPhone Crisis reignited a conflict that should have been settled in the 90s. The loser is our national security. https://backchannel.com/why-are-we-fighting-the-crypto-wars-again-b5310a423295#.m4ysbpcv1 Posted from WordPress for Android →
http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/40505.html Another story on bad IoT security… Posted from WordPress for Android →
Blame It On The Voices: Adding “-ing” to the end of a movie title changes the plot http://www.blameitonthevoices.com/2016/01/adding-ing-to-end-of-movie-title.html?m=1 →
Hackers have figured out how easy it is to take down a hospital article tells that when 18 USB sticks were dropped into a hospital, within 24 hours, at least one of them had been plugged into a nurse’s station, infecting it with malware. Hackers were soon able to get into the hospital’s network and take →
Signs You’re Burning Out (And How To Stop It): Even the best jobs can lead to burnout. The harder you work and the more motivated you are to succeed, the easier it is to get in over your head. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/signs-youre-burning-out-how-stop-dr-travis-bradberry Posted from WordPress for Android →
The way you move your mouse is unique, like fingerprints, and can be used by dark forces to track you on supposedly anonymous and secure networks like Tor, according to a Barcelona researcher. Jose Carlos Norte discovered the snooping method in recent weeks: Using Javascript, a hacker could identify a user based on the movements in →
The German TV show NEO MAGAZIN Royale asked their viewers to send in old hardware. These old floppy drives, scanners, typewriters, hard drives, modems, and speakers would be turned into instruments. The German hip hop group, Fettes Brot performed Die da on these instruments. Fettes Brot feat. Geekchester – Jein | NEO MAGAZIN ROYALE mit →
For years, when it came to credit-card security, the United States was the last major holdout in the developed world, continuing to issue cards with magnetic stripes rather than the more-secure microchip EMV cards (EMV stands for the three companies that pioneered the chip: Europay, Mastercard, and Visa). http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/us-determined-to-have-the-least-secure-credit-cards-in-the-world/473199/ Posted from WordPress for Android →
Now consider this story by the New York Post, which cries out in terror that a master key to the New York City utilities has leaked. The New York Post is crying out in terror that this master key is on the loose, and goes on to publish the full secret of the key, →