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A young boy has shocked an audience of security experts by casually hacking into their Bluetooth devices to control his electronic toy. I never did trust that Teddy Ruxpin. Or the Care Bears.
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Electronic toys (especilly dolls) tend to make me think of these movies: Child's Play (franchise) - Wikipedia
Now if one of those start "hacking" into an audience of "security experts", I think they just might be a bit more than just "shocked".
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A trove of more than 560 million login credentials has been exposed by a leaky database, researchers revealed on Tuesday, including email addresses and passwords stolen from as many as 10 popular online services. Well, I guess not that anonymous any longer
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Perhaps CP could leak the passwords used by the most annoying of our spammers - maybe get that number up to 561 million
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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With the rate the spammers seem to sign up here, it would probably be more like 572 million.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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A comparison of the WinRT APIs between Windows 10 build 16188 (pre fall creators update) and Build 16193 (post fall Creators Update) shows that Microsoft added a large number of APIs to deal with cellular data connectivity, but specifically removed APIs dealing with phone calls, such as call blocking, voice mail, phone line, phone call origin and many more. I'm sure that doesn't mean anything, right?
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Then it should be called a downdate.
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Depends on your perspective.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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The race is on for quantum supremacy—the point at which quantum computing will outperform even the best conventional computer. Can you play Doom on it?
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hmm...isn't that bringing misfortune, maybe?
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Just by accessing a folder containing a malicious SCF file, a user will unwittingly share his computer's login credentials with an attacker via Google Chrome and the SMB protocol. It's always nice when we can spread the blame around, isn't it?
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Sounds like a job for Nirsoft's File Types Manager.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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As cybersecurity experts scramble to stop another wave of ransomware and malware scams that have infected computers around the world, computer science experts are 'phishing' for reasons why these types of attacks are so successful. "Participants could not detect the real emails with any degree of confidence."
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Because information that helps them avoid detection is so readily available online. Duh.
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So their advice is "don't open e-mails unless you're sure you know where they come from"?
Well, I'm glad someone finally thought of that! I've been wracking my brain for a solution!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Computer scientists from Saarland University and Google are giving wrinkles, knuckles and birthmarks a whole new meaning. Similarly to temporary tattoos for children, the researchers are placing ultra-thin, electronic tattoos on distinctive body locations. The user can touch, squeeze or pull them, and thereby intuitively control mobile devices such as a music player, or easily make indicators light up. Press the heart tattoo to phone Mom?
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Phys.org wrote: The user can touch, squeeze or pull them, and thereby intuitively control ... devices ..., or easily make indicators light up.
It is that sort of technology then?
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I like things that make my indicators light up, don't you?
TTFN - Kent
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I do, plus it would make things easier for all those oblivious folk out there like myself! Green-light/red-light and you're on your way.
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The latest version of Android incorporates more machine learning, faster performance and better notifications. "Fluid Experiences" and "Vitals". Sounds like they crossed it with Game of Thrones
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Fluid Experiences" and "Vitals" Dunno about GoT, but I really fancy a beer, now.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Reports show that the new ‘Adylkuzz’ attacks are on a scale that “could dwarf” the WannaCry attack, and use the infected computers to mine virtual currency. Jokes on them: I don't have any currency anywhere
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Google announced Android is gaining official support for the Kotlin programming language, in addition to Java and C++.
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Microsoft is eyeing artificial intelligence capabilities to give its Visual Studio IDE a greater grasp of the available code for a project. Now the AI can ask for codez pls
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This is really good news, because the ms-of-latter-years has proven itself to be so good at doing everything right.
I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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