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Twitter Updates for 2012-10-07
@paul_clarke Ever the security guy, it depends on what you are trying to achieve. NAS or not, software or hardware RAID, etc… # #Tumblr goes out and hundreds of thousands of people start to wonder "Why can't I run my own system and avoid this?" # @jribbens Nice add. I would geo, I have too…
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In case you haven’t been keeping up with the #Hakin9 #NMap hoax this week, you REALLY need to read
this: The article is by some well-known researchers: Jon Oberheide, Nico Waisman, Matthieu Suiche, Chris Valasek, Yarochkin Fyodor, the Grugq and Jonathan Brossard, Mark Dowd Maybe they were sick of Hakin9’s constant please-write-an-unpaid-article-for-us spam and decided to submit some well-crafted gibberish in response. Even the paper title is ridiculous: Nmap: The Internet Considered Harmful –…
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How to simultaneously oppress people & screw up your e-economy: #Iran blocks MP3, MP4, AVI, SWF files /HT @small_media
Over the past two weeks, the internet has been the site of an intensified battle between Iranian internet users and Iran’s Filtering Committee (IFC). It began when secure access to Google search and Gmail was blocked, provoking a media storm with western media like Ars Technica and the Guardian quick to report. The filtering was…
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Government won’t fund ploughshare research, so instead we adapt the swords # #hackerspace #darpa
Piffle: “Having these programs in schools is fantastic, but the military calling the shots in American education?” Mitch Altman, a co-founder of Noisebridge, a San Francisco hackerspace, said in an interview. “I don’t see that as a positive move,” added Mr. Altman, who, in an online post, was among the first to take a stand…
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PHP, the web’s most popular programming language, is coming to mobile # one for @glynwintle HT @jimfinnis
A certain kind of developer loves to hate on PHP. They are really going to hate where PHP’s custodians are taking it next. PHP was created by Danish programmer Rasmus Lerdorf in 1995. In 1997, Israeli programmers Andi Gutmans and Zeev Suraski rewrote the parser, creating the base for PHP 3. By 1999, they had…
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How SQLite Is Tested
SQLite is open source. This gives many people the idea that it is not well tested as commercial software and is perhaps unreliable. But that impression is false. SQLite has exhibited very high reliability in the field and a very low defect rate, especially considering how rapidly it is evolving. The quality of SQLite is…
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identity theft as mind-reading
Cute video, but I’m ambivalent; to my mind the banks should be working harder to be proof against fraud whatever their clients may get up to short of outright taking-the-money-out-on-behalf-of-a-fraudster. However, pragmatism rules…
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I know Adele is a great vocalist but I can’t work out what a “Skyfawww” is? #skyfall
I am actually quite worried that this may be a shark jump.
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To Encourage Biking, Cities Forget About Helmets – NYTimes.com
Kind of the definitive answer: Before you hit the comment button and tell me that you know someone whose life was probably saved by a bike helmet, I know someone, too. I also know someone who believes his life was saved by getting a blood test for prostate specific antigen, detecting prostate cancer. But is…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-10-06
BEST SECURITY BLOG EVAR –> http://t.co/LPg6LwOc <!– /ht @glynwintle #THIS #PAINFULLY #FUNNY #MUSTREAD #SOMUCHTHIS # Exploit mitigations: http://t.co/LueN0Ldt via @sec_reactions # When I read mainstream news about security stuff: http://t.co/LNETZEtJ via @sec_reactions # Using Burp Sequencer: http://t.co/5kPxIBYS via @sec_reactions /fao @Matt_the_Geek # Fuzzing a website during pen-test: http://t.co/ZGSgtIwl via @sec_reactions /cc @Matt_the_Geek # Ok, I'll…
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Etymology of Entomology: “Blue Arsed Fly”
Oxford Dictionary: Tracing blue-arsed flies and Bellinis Most of us are familiar with the meaning of “running around like a blue-arsed fly”, but where exactly did this peculiar phrase come from? Editors at the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) are appealing for the public’s help in tracing the history of English words and phrases such as…