Telecom and Networking

http://thehackernews.com/2016/08/github-ssl-certificate.html?m=1 Internet security is really broken when you can’t trust the integrity of CAs. →

http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/internet/malawi-and-south-africa-pioneer-unused-tv-frequencies-for-rural-broadband?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook TV frequencies can be used to provide wireless broadband Internet. →

I have several times pointed to interesting material that is posted to Control Geek blog. Here is another good time to point you there. My Show Networks talk from The Eleventh HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) article tells that John Huntington’s Show Networks talk from The Eleventh HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) is now here on →

http://electronicsofthings.com/expert-opinion/iot-everybodys-mind/ There are many players in today’s IoT game. →

It seems like the NSA has been HACKED! But that might not be the truth. There has been many security news out on the message has NSA hacking group been hacked? It is hard to say for sure if that is true or not, but what seems to be true is that some of the →

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/08/orbital-angular-momentum-states-may-vastly-increase-fibers-bandwidth/ With OAM it is possible to increase bandwidth, but we will need new fibers. →

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/08/linux-bug-leaves-usa-today-other-top-sites-vulnerable-to-serious-hijacking-attacks/ There is a serious problem in new TCP feature designed to prevent hacking: it makes possible to make easily man-in-the-middle type attacks from anywhere. Feature is built into Linux kernel 3.6-4.7 (patch on newest version available). https://www.rt.com/usa/355558-linux-vulnerability-websites-attacks/ At the symposium, the researchers demonstrated the exploit by injecting code into a live USA Today page →

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/understanding-ssl-usage-country-john-matherly?trk=hp-feed-article-title-like Nice report on SSL usage situation in real world. →

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-trusted-interfaces-should-mandatory-critical-sergiu?trk=hp-feed-article-title-like Check out this article to understand Network of Things security. →

http://www.geek.com/news/comcast-says-privacy-is-a-premium-feature-you-should-pay-for-1664668/ Some ISPs seem to want to spy users for profit from collected information – if you want to opt out from that they think you should pay extra. →