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 […]
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The Other Y2K Bug: It Still Lurks In Your MS Word And It allows Remote Code Execution
Weekly Axis Of Easy #26 In this issue: Bruce Shneier to congress: Equifax breach was huge and solely Equifax’s fault Your financial advisor may soon be powered by Artificial Intelligence The other Y2K bug: it still lurks in your MS Word and it allows Remote Code Execution Root DNS Key Rollover postponed over concerns […]
Not everybody knows about the new Top Level Domains
With well over 1000 new Top Level Domains up and running now there are all sorts of possibilities to create seemingly novel URLs that leverage the meaning to the right-of-the-dot.
Canada Revenue Agency Orders Paypal To Disclose Data
Weekly Axis Of Easy #25 In this issue: Canada Revenue Agency orders Paypal to disclose data PSA: Canada Revenue Agency does not take Bitcoin Former founder: Facebook exploits psychology to make site “addictive” LockCrypt Ransomware spreading via compromised mail servers Krebs: How to opt-out of Equifax selling your salary history Ethereum smart contract bug locks […]
In Search Of An Amoral Registrar
Weekly Axis Of Easy #24 In this issue: Catalonian websites shutdown as Spain clamps down on separatists Saskatchewan introduces law against posting “revenge p0rn” In search of an amoral domain registrar Equifax breach: consumers’ salary history among details leaked Hackers poison Google search results to deliver malware Catalonian websites shutdown as Spain clamps down on […]
TD Whistleblower: Bank offshoring work & data without customers knowledge
Weekly Axis Of Easy #23 In this issue: Facebook feed change will leave independent news out in the cold Baby *do* Fear The Reaper: new botnet bigger than Mirai BadRabbit Ransomware spreading from Eastern Europe TD Whistleblower: Bank offshoring work & data without customers knowledge Facebook feed change will leave independent news out in the […]
