Tag Archive for: insecurity

More IoT insecurity: The surveillance camera that anyone can log into

The root password is 6 digits, it’s the same for everyone, it’s hard-wired, so you can’t change it….and it’s a video security system.
Naked Security – Sophos

Net of Insecurity: The kernel of the argument – Washington Post


Washington Post

Net of Insecurity: The kernel of the argument
Washington Post
Now, consider this: The Linux kernel runs on the New York Stock Exchange, every Android smartphone and nearly all of the world's supercomputers. Most of the rapidly expanding universe of connected …. The Security Intelligence Response Team for Akamai

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National Insecurity Agency: How the NSA’s Surveillance Programs Undermine … – New America Foundation


Reason

National Insecurity Agency: How the NSA's Surveillance Programs Undermine
New America Foundation
Join us for a wide-ranging afternoon panel discussion between technologists, policy experts and Internet industry representatives, to discuss how the NSA's actions threaten Internet security and the Internet economy that relies on it, and how we can
Alan Grayson Accuses Former NSA Chief Of Disclosing Classified Information Huffington Post

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Browser Study Sheds Light On Firefox’s Insecurity (And Google Approves This Message) (Andy Greenberg/The Firewall)

Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
Browser Study Sheds Light On Firefox’s Insecurity (And Google Approves This Message)  —  Illustration by Galit Weisberg.  Click on the image to see his original.  —  Updated with a response from Mozilla.  —  When Google funds a study on browser security and allows it to be published …

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