Saturday, August 10, 2019

O.MG Cable


Terrifying. 
USB cable based attack method. Remote access and control. 

Trump’s El Paso Photo Is Obscene - The Atlantic



Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Computer Museum Of America


Preserving Our Digital Roots

After 40 years of collecting technology and four years of testing temporary exhibitions, the Computer Museum of America (CMoA) will be opening the doors to its new permanent home on July 20,2019. The CMoA will preserve the achievements of the digital revolution to educate, entertain and inspire the innovator in us all.

In the months following our opening, we will roll-out carefully curated exhibits featuring selected items from our collection of over 250,000 artifacts from the digital revolution. Our opening exhibit traces the history of the Supercomputer featuring iconic artifacts like the Cray 1A, Connection Machine 2 and the Intel PSC and PSC2, unveiling how these marvels of engineering impact our everyday life and the future.


https://computermuseumofamerica.org/

Monday, August 5, 2019

True talent



5 of the biggest data breaches ever



Monday's news that a hacker had accessed the personal information of millions of Capital One credit card customers and card applicants probably didn't shock all that many people.

Data breaches sadly are becoming a common occurrence.

Even with 100 million Americans and 6 million Canadians possibly affected, this latest event doesn't even rank among the top 10 such breaches (measured by number of customer records affected.)

From:

Equifax agrees to settlement of up to $700 million over 2017 data breach - The Verge


The Equifax numbers:

In total the breach exposed 147 million people's names and dates of birth, 145.5 million social security numbers, and 209,000 payment card numbers and expiration dates.

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

WOW! | Federal judge rejects Justice Department’s bid to swap out lawyers for census case on citizenship question


The federal judge in New York on Tuesday wrote that the department's request to withdraw the previous lawyers was "patently deficient." The department had earlier this week announced its intention to swap out the legal team on the case, without saying exactly why. A person familiar with the matter said the decision was driven in […]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/07/09/federal-judge-rejects-justice-departments-bid-to-swap-out-lawyers-for-census-case-on-citizenship-question/

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Hacker Puts Hosting Service Code Spaces Out of Business | Threatpost

 Code Spaces, a code-hosting and software collaboration platform, has been put out of business by an attacker who deleted the company's data and backups.

More:
https://threatpost.com/hacker-puts-hosting-service-code-spaces-out-of-business/106761/

Thursday, May 2, 2019

DevOpsDays Washington, DC 2019



Devopsdays Washington, DC

JULY 8 - 9, 2019

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20004
A house divided against itself cannot stand.