Well my history was boring as all heck. Nothing but technical searches and common sites any grade school kid could visit I go to.

I didn't realize I went to Menards online store so much.

At least I see no one's using my account but me!

 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/us/miami-sextortion-phone-security-trnd/index.html

(CNN)An extortion case involving bikini-clad models, social media celebrities and racy images has sparked an intriguing legal debate over phone security and the Fifth Amendment.
...
Interestingly, both Granick and Horowitz said that judges have generally ruled that fingerprints, unlike passwords, are not considered "testimonial acts." That means phones that can be unlocked with fingerprints are not protected in the same way as those with passwords.
"I think it's more established, more certain, that you'll be provided better protection under the law using a password than a thumbprint," Horowitz said.

Don't talk to the police and 'forget' your password(s).

 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/us/miami-sextortion-phone-security-trnd/index.html


Don't talk to the police and 'forget' your password(s).

"You have the right to remain silent...until we ask you for your password."

 

"You have the right to remain silent...until we ask you for your password."

They can ask all they want.

What's the password for my phone?

 

The judge has a strong argument:

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Charles Johnson said he was following the law. "For me, this is like turning over a key to a safety deposit box," he said on Wednesday.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39804358​

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-echo-look-judge-style-outfits-2017-4

Alexa can already help you with lots of different things using just your voice, but now she can see you as well. The latest iteration of Amazon's Echo now comes equipped with a camera that can take photos and video of you to help you decide what to wear in the morning. Having a connected camera in your bedroom might creep you out, but if you're ok with it, Alexa could be your new personal fashion consultant.

The ultimate AI test question.

 

http://www.zdnet.com/article/leaked-document-reveals-uk-plans-for-wider-internet-surveillance/

 

http://www.zdnet.com/article/leaked-document-reveals-uk-plans-for-wider-internet-surveillance/

Why am I not surprised? ... I've always been under the impression that the Brits excel at surveillance... if I'm not mistaken, London has the highest density of street cameras than anywhere else in the world.

 

The fight for 702
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/us/politics/congress-surveillance-nsa-privacy.html?_r=0

Mr. Comey also warned that one of the proposed changes — a new requirement that a warrant be obtained to search for Americans’ information in the surveillance repository — risked a failure to “connect dots” about potential threats.

But Representative Ted Poe, Republican of Texas, sought to warn other lawmakers that Congress needed to impose a warrant requirement.

“Privacy is being betrayed in the name of national security,” Mr. Poe told congressional aides at an event to discuss Fourth Amendment issues and legislation late last month.
...
“I know there are some people who want a clean reauthorization of Section 702,” he said. “I don’t believe that is possible.”

 

https://newsroom.intel.com/news/important-security-information-intel-manageability-firmware/

Examples of systems affected.
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/intelmanageabilityissue.html

 

https://theintercept.com/2017/05/11...breaking-computer-project-to-entire-internet/

The supercomputer described in the trove, “WindsorGreen,” was a system designed to excel at the sort of complex mathematics that underlies encryption, the technology that keeps data private, and almost certainly intended for use by the Defense Department’s signals intelligence wing, the National Security Agency. WindsorGreen was the successor to another password-cracking machine used by the NSA, “WindsorBlue,” which was also documented in the material leaked from NYU and which had been previously described in the Norwegian press thanks to a document provided by National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden. Both systems were intended for use by the Pentagon and a select few other Western governments, including Canada and Norway

Nice cracking machine for older/weaker (1024 bit) RSA keys.

Old stuff:

 

 

Digital blowback.
https://theintercept.com/2017/05/12...is-helping-hijack-computers-around-the-world/

Most importantly, unlike previous massively replicating computer worms and ransomware infections, today’s ongoing WannaCry attack appears to be based on an attack developed by the NSA, code-named ETERNALBLUE. The U.S. software weapon would have allowed the spy agency’s hackers to break into potentially millions of Windows computers by exploiting a flaw in how certain versions of Windows implemented a network protocol commonly used to share files and to print. Even though Microsoft fixed the ETERNALBLUE vulnerability in a March software update, the safety provided there relied on computer users keeping their systems current with the most recent updates. Clearly, as has always been the case, many people (including in government) are not installing updates. Before, there would have been some solace in knowing that only enemies of the NSA would have to fear having ETERNALBLUE used against them — but from the moment the agency lost control of its own exploit last summer, there’s been no such assurance. Today shows exactly what’s at stake when government hackers can’t keep their virtual weapons locked up. As security researcher Matthew Hickey, who tracked the leaked NSA tools last month, put it, “I am actually surprised that a weaponized malware of this nature didn’t spread sooner.”

A Microsoft spokesperson provided the following comment:

Today our engineers added detection and protection against new malicious software known as Ransom:Win32.WannaCrypt. In March, we provided a security update which provides additional protections against this potential attack. Those who are running our free antivirus software and have Windows updates enabled, are protected. We are working with customers to provide additional assistance.

 

https://ph.news.yahoo.com/cyber-kid-stuns-experts-showing-toys-weapons-194103421.html

His father, information technology expert Mano Paul, told how aged about six Reuben had revealed his early IT skills correcting him during a business call.

Using a simple explanation from dad on how one smart phone game worked, Reuben then figured out it was the same kind of algorithm behind the popular video game Angry Birds.

"He has always surprised us. Every moment when we teach him something he's usually the one who ends up teaching us," Mano Paul told AFP.

But Paul said he been "shocked" by the vulnerabilities discovered in kids toys, after Reuben first hacked a toy car, before moving onto more complicated things.

"It means that my kids are playing with timebombs, that over time somebody who is bad or malicious can exploit."

 

https://ph.news.yahoo.com/cyber-kid-stuns-experts-showing-toys-weapons-194103421.html

From the article:

...a rogue device known as a "raspberry pi"

I hate reporters.

 

From the article:



I hate reporters.

Wow... "rogue", uh? ... makes me feel like a freaking x-man or something... I don't like reporters much, either. But they just have to sell their story to an audience, don't they?

 

From the article:



I hate reporters.

I like network penetration tester.

 

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article153373524.html

That man, Wesley Victor, and his girlfriend had been ordered by a judge to produce a pass code to phones suspected of containing text messages showing their collusion in the extortion plot.


Victor claimed he didn’t remember the number. He prevailed.

On Tuesday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Charles Johnson ruled that there was no way to prove that Victor actually remembered his pass code, more than 10 months after his initial arrest. Johnson declined to hold the man in contempt of court.

“The judge made the right call,” said his lawyer, Zeljka Bozanic. “My client testified he did not remember. It’s been almost a year. Many people, including myself, can’t remember passwords from a year ago.”

 

http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)30538-X

The Code for Facial Identity in the Primate Brain

 

“Theresa May’s response is predictable but disappointing,” says Paul Bernal at the University of East Anglia, UK. “If you stop ‘safe places’ for terrorists, you stop safe places for everyone, and we rely on those safe places for a great deal of our lives.”

https://www.newscientist.com/articl...ated-calls-to-ban-encryption-still-wont-work/