DARPA, the R&D branch of the US Department of Defense, is holding the first qualification event today in its Cyber Grand Challenge. The goal of the Cyber Grand Challenge is find ways to automate computers to reverse engineer and understand security flaws in software, with this Challenge being held 'capture the flag'-style. The final event is scheduled for July 17th with a … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
Book Review: @War – The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex
@War - The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex by Shane Harris is a non-fiction book about cyber-security, cyber-warfare, and surveillance. I finished reading the book coincidentally at the same time some surveillance powers of the Patriot Act expired. From history classes, I was always interested in the military-industrial complex - the combined efforts of corporate America … [Read more...]
An explanation of uBlock Origin’s new permissions
uBlock Origin, a resource-efficient adblocking extension for Google Chrome, updated yesterday to version 0.9.8.2. With the update came a permissions change - the extension wants to access more data than it did previously. When an extension makes a permissions change, Chrome updates but disables the extension automatically and pops up a little notification to indicate the new … [Read more...]
Uninstall Hola ASAP
Hola previously billed itself as a VPN to browse anonymously and access media unavailable in your region, such as Netflix or streaming live sports. In the past week, security researchers have accused Hola of being harmful to the Internet as a whole. As a VPN or "unblocker", it may have allowed you access to different media but it was also increasing your vulnerability. The … [Read more...]
NVIDIA SHIELD for your TV now available
NVIDIA's Android TV SHIELD console is now available. The SHIELD is not to be confused with the SHIELD Tablet or Portable that NVIDIA has previously released. The console allows 4K streaming, built on Android TV, and was announced in March at NVIDIA's 'Made to Game' event. The SHIELD console includes the console and a controller. The vertical stand and remote accessories are … [Read more...]