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Arduino unleashes a serious Internet of Things system for hardware hackers
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2016-09-30 00:39
Back in the old days hardware manufacturers felt safe in the knowledge that no mere hardware hacker could attempt to recreate their inventions. From Sony to Philips to LG to Samsung, the consumer electronics industry was locked up and no one could crack the case. Until those meddling Arduino kids came along…
Samsung pushes out September security patch for the Galaxy S6 edge+
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2016-09-30 00:38
Samsung has been awfully busy today. Not only has it distributed the Marshmallow update for the Galaxy A7 and Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (Wi-Fi), but it’s also now pushing out this month’s security patch for the International variant of the Galaxy S6 edge+.
The upgrade is around 160MB in size and, just like the version that made its way to the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge earlier this week, carries a truckload of much-needed patches for both the Android OS and the device to make it more stable and secure.
Broadband access creeps along but DDoS attacks explode
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2016-09-30 00:16
Akamai released its quarterly State of the Internet reports today, one detailing quality of access and the other attacks on companies and infrastructure. The slow march continues towards a better and faster internet for everyone — and that includes hackers.
'Syrian Electronic Army' goon extradited from Germany now coughs to hacking, extortion - The Shadow remains at large
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2016-09-30 00:15
An associate of the self-styled Syrian Electronic Army has been sentenced to five years in an American prison for his part in running a cyber extortion scheme against businesses around the world.
On Wednesday, Syrian-born Peter Romar, 37, pled guilty in a Virginia district court to conspiring to unlawfully access computers and to receive extortion proceeds from the hacking. Romar, who was extradited from Germany where he had emigrated, will be sentenced on October 21. He faces a maximum of five years in prison.
Google's Project Shield defends free speech from botnet scourge
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2016-09-30 00:14
Akamai, which speeds website content to users, had never seen anything like it.
At nearly 620 gigabits of traffic per second, an "extremely large and unusual" attack flooded cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs' website with page-view requests, knocking it offline.
