Axis Of Easy Special Update In this issue: The Intel chipset bug What and who is affected What to do about it The Intel chipset bug A security research team discovered two separate vulnerabilities in Intel chips that exploit weaknesses in the isolation between the operating system and the application layer in one […]
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Mirai Botnet Creators Headed For Prison
Weekly Axis Of Easy #30 In this issue: Today is “The Purge” day on Twitter. Industrial hack illustrates infrastructure vulnerabilities California voter database hacked Mirai botnet creators headed for prison FCC repeals “Open Internet” legislation “This time is Different” What Bitcoin really is… Today is “The Purge” day on Twitter. In a recent ToS […]
Bell Canada Pushes Website Blacklist
Weekly Axis Of Easy #29 In this issue: Bell Canada pushes website blacklist Satori Botnet feared larger than Mirai Canadian spy agencies datamining ordinary citizens’ data in bulk Arizona using facial recognition on all citizens with a drivers license Don’t try this at home: Couple cashes in life savings to mine bitcoin Bell Canada […]
German Government: Put Mandatory Backdoors In All The Things
Weekly Axis Of Easy #28 In this issue: RETRACTION: Last week’s Telus piece was from 2005 #facepalm German Government: Put mandatory backdoors in all the things Russia floats proposal for separate DNS root for BRIC nations Quad9: A new Recursive DNS service that blocks malware for you EFF to ICANN Registrars: Don’t become censors […]
"Net Neutrality" wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
Last week the internet went insane when the FCC announced it would likely repeal the Obama-era “Open Internet Act” which enshrined “net neutrality” into law. Ajit Pai, who was appointed to the FCC by then President Obama, entered a dissenting opinion when the rule was enacted. He was later made FCC chair by Trump. From […]
Net Neutrality Wasn't All It Was Cracked Up To Be
Weekly Axis Of Easy #27 This week’s edition is longer than usual as all kinds of scary Orwellian stuff happened last week! FCC to kill “net neutrality”. Internet goes insane. Telus blocks access to union website (in 2005! *facepalm*) Uber caught paying hackers to cover-up 57 million record data breach Google admits tracking users’ location […]
