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Jun 29, 2016
A lot of enterprise and home Symantec users are open to remote code execution vulnerabilities reported by Google’s Project Zero. These vulnerabilities don’t require any user interaction on a software that runs at the highest privilege levels possible: in certain cases… read more »
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Jun 29, 2016
Marathon Valley, seen through the robotic eyes of Opportunity http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA20749 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ has published a very high resolution (17.000x6000 pixels) image of Marathon Valley on Mars surface. The image is a merge of multiple pancam exposures taken during the period April… read more »
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Jun 28, 2016
A great episode, a great season finale… …a great soundtrack! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFK0yG8xG5I Ramin Djawadi From Wikipedia: Ramin Djawadi (Persian: رامین جوادی; born July 19, 1974) is a German-Iranian composer. Djawadi is best known for his Grammy-nominated, guitar-heavy score for the 2008 Marvel… read more »
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Jun 28, 2016
How programmers write mission-critical code at NASA? To help them to write code clean, easy to understand and error-proof, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has published a document with 10 rules for developing software, named “The Power of Ten–Rules for Developing Safety… read more »
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Jun 27, 2016
The BGP hijacking is the illegitimate takeover of groups of IP addresses by corrupting Internet routing tables. Autonomous Systems On the Internet any host, identified by its unique IP address, can talk to any other, anywhere in the world: this… read more »
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Jun 26, 2016
Just for fun! https://www.facebook.com/nixcraft/photos/a.431194973560553.114666.126000117413375/1337662246247150/ From Wikipedia: Editor war is the common name for the rivalry between users of the Emacs and vi (Vim) text editors. The rivalry has become a lasting part of hacker culture and the free software community. Many… read more »
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Jun 25, 2016
TOR tries to resist to FBI attacks with a new project Apparently, the FBI seem capable to discover real address of the users of the Tor Network, and many experts are trying to win legal battles to force FBI to confess… read more »
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Jun 24, 2016
A short reasoned selection from my bookmarks RobTex DNSLookup, Domain informations,Network informations [embed]https://www.robtex.com/[/embed] Shodan Search engine used to find Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices around the world: reports open port and services. [embed]https://www.shodan.io/[/embed] Network-Tools.com Several online services, including domain… read more »
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Jun 23, 2016
Security researcher Lawrence Abrams has noticed a new ransomware strain composed entirely of JavaScript. The ransomware, dubbed RAA, has been circulating through attachments masquerading as Word .doc files according to this post on Lawrence’s site BleepingComputer.com: RAA is currently being distributed… read more »
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Jun 22, 2016
Endings are hard, but Person of Interest managed get its ending just right! #include <stdio.h>#include <limits.h> #define R INT_MAX int main(){ char myreview[R] = "The series finale delivered a satisfying ending to a great show that became so much more than… read more »
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Jun 22, 2016
Where are the limits of human technology? And can we somehow avoid them? This is where quantum computers become very interesting https://quantumfrontiers.com/2013/08/22/the-most-awesome-animation-about-quantum-computers-you-will-ever-see/ Entertaining and informative video about quantum computers, made by Kurzgesagt: In normal computers, bits are the smallest unit… read more »
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Jun 21, 2016
But, it’s too simple? http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/06/13/the-end-of-an-expensive-era/ Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), run for the public’s benefit. The idea being that it’s high time more websites had a simple, easy to manage method to offer https encryption: The… read more »
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Jun 20, 2016
You’re going to die tomorrow, Lord Bolton. Sleep well. The budget for CGI spared during this season was spent all in this epic episode: excellent storyline, direction and editing almost cinematic. Highlights “My reign has just begun.” Daenerys and Yara: girl… read more »
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Jun 20, 2016
What happened to the ukulele transcriptions published on the old blog? Some weeks ago I’ve migrated my blog in a Medium’s Pubblication. Some people have written to me asking: “But, what happened to the ukulele transcriptions published on the old blog?”… read more »
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Jun 20, 2016
A simple tool that transforms a Firefox Browsers into a penetration testing suite Firefox Security Toolkit is a bash script that downloads the most important extensions (also downloads Burp Suite certificate and a large user-agent list for User-Agent Switcher), and installs… read more »
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Jun 17, 2016
The U.S. Defense Department is still using 8-inch floppy disks in a computer system that coordinates the operational functions of the nation’s nuclear forces. According to a report from the US Governmental Accountabilty Office, major governmental agencies use IT systems that… read more »
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Jun 16, 2016
TheMachine got the driver license? How excite the geeky side of the spectators?Put a scene with which Harold Finch that travels on a Tesla Model S, driven by TheMachine. The Snowden’s Router Another deeply nerd moment: Shaw and Reese recovers, in… read more »
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Jun 15, 2016
In November 1992 John Williams has recorded “The Seville Concert”: let’s take a look to the “making-of” In November 1993, on british TV was airing “The Seville Concert”: in this concert (perhaps more properly a recording session, since no audience… read more »
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Jun 14, 2016
The Blackfish dies offscreen? The Hound teaches us that the offscreen deaths are not reliable! Episode highlights The Mountain: rips a man’s head with his bare hands [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx1t8zwVbRU[/embed] The Hound: responds to the brotherhood’s carnage with philosophy. Cersei: was disappointed… read more »
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Jun 14, 2016
I’m sure: i’m an unusual runner On my Facebook stream, recently has showed up this link: 15 Signs You’re in Love With Running: Whether it’s the thrill of crossing a finish line, the euphoric feeling you get when you’ve completed a… read more »