Serious weaknesses in the Internet’s time-synchronization mechanism can be exploited to cause debilitating outages, snoop on encrypted communications, or tamper with Bitcoin transactions, computer scientists warned Wednesday. Link: New attacks on Network Time Protocol can defeat HTTPS and create chaos
And so I did what anyone else would: I cleared my afternoon schedule and got right down to business; reading, carefully, the entire document. It turns out that I was much too pessimistic! I needed only 33 minutes. Link: OS X El Capitan License: in Plain English
#Malware #Security – Android malware apps might net hackers millions, fool Google Play Store security – Most of the recent malware-related security reports detailed various threats targeting Apple’s iOS ecosystem, but that doesn’t mean hackers have stopped attacking Android. Link: Android malware apps might net hackers millions, fool Google Play Store security
US authorities confirmed that hackers belonging to the Islamic State (ISIL) are trying to hack American electrical power companies. According to the U.S. Link: The ISIL is trying to hack American electrical power companies
A newly found security flaw could be affecting every Android device on AT&T or Verizon’s wireless network, according to an advisory posted by the Carnegie Mellon University CERT database. Link: Security flaw makes every Android device on AT&T and Verizon’s wireless vulnerable
