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Friday Fun: Funny DIY robots

Simone Giertz – YouTube channel at https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC3KEoMzNz8eYnwBC34RaKCQ has some funny “commecials” involving interesting DIY robots…  

We Asked Experts What Would Happen If Everything Was Encrypted | PCMag.com

Various law enforcement agencies have decried how strong encryption makes the Web “go dark,” i.e. it stymies their ability to peruse the Matrix unfettered in search of bad guys and their nefarious intentions. At the same time that authorities are seeking to enhance their digital surveillance powers, privacy advocates are pushing for more default encryption

Quantum Computing With Ordinary CMOS Transistors – IEEE Spectrum

Future quantum computers might not be all that different from the one you’re using now. An international team of researchers have created a the most fundamental part of a quantum computer—the quantum bit, or qubit—using only a CMOS transistor that is not much different from those in today’s microprocessors. http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/computing/hardware/qubits-quantum-computing-with-run-off-the-mill-cmos-transistors Posted from WordPress for Android

How To Patch and Protect Linux Glibc Getaddrinfo Stack-based Buffer Overflow Zero Day Vulnerability CVE-2015-7547 and CVE-2015-5229 [ 16/Feb/2016 ]

A stack-based critical buffer overflow was found in the way the libresolv library (glibc) performed dual A/AAAA DNS queries. A remote attacker could crash or, potentially, execute code running the library on Linux. How do I patch and protect my server or workstation against the glibc getaddrinfo on Linux operating system? http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-patch-cve-2015-7547-glibc-getaddrinfo-stack-based-buffer-overflow/ Posted from WordPress

U.S. Hacked Into Iran’s Critical Civilian Infrastructure For Massive Cyberattack, New Film Claims – BuzzFeed News

A new documentary on “Stuxnet”, the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear program, reveals it was just a small part of a much bigger cyber operation against the nation’s military and civilian infrastructure under the code name “NITRO ZEUS”. http://www.buzzfeed.com/jamesball/us-hacked-into-irans-critical-civilian-infrastructure-for-ma#.lgV7VGmGm Posted from WordPress for Android

Severe Glibc DNS Vulnerability Found

I saw this morning a notice from my local information security authority titled “GNU C -kirjastosta (glibc) löydetty vakava haavoittuvuus“. It tells that February also this year brought another nasty security issue on glibc library (last year’s vulnerability was GHOST). It is a Critical glibc (GNU C library) security issue that needs a bug fix