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MacKeeper did not keep security in mind when building their own systems
Posted on Wednesday, 16 December 2015
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Sean Kalinich
You know that awkward moment when your security company actually fails and ends up exposing your data? Well that is happening for a, less than loved, Mac application called MacKeeper. It seems that they forgot all about data management and…
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Open Access to the GPU. Is this an open invitation to Malware?
Posted on Tuesday, 15 December 2015
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Sean Kalinich
The average GPU is a pretty powerful computational device. The highly parallel design and efficient memory structure means that you can execute operations at a rate that puts most CPUs to shame. With the advent of Cuda and OpenCL the…
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Apple has bought a new factory in Taiwan, possibly to make new screens
Posted on Tuesday, 15 December 2015
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Not that long ago there were rumors popping up that Apple was buying a failed division of Qualcomm. This was Qualcomm’s Interferometric Modulator Display (also known as IMOD or Marisol). The concept was brilliant even if the execution was not.…
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Can Anonymity on the Internet Really Happen? MIT Says Yes.
Posted on Monday, 14 December 2015
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Sean Kalinich
Privacy is something that many people think they want and have on the internet. Of course, most of us actually know that Privacy is not something that really exists in the broader internet. Unless you control all points in the…
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Radeon Technologies Group trying to recapture the glory of ATi
Posted on Thursday, 10 December 2015
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Sean Kalinich
In September of 2015 (that would be this year) AMD announced that they were splitting off their GPU business into the Radeon Technologies Group (RTG). This move had a number of reasons (most good) and would serve to distance the…
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My Quantum Computer can beat up your PC says Google and NASA
Posted on Wednesday, 09 December 2015
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Sean Kalinich
The idea of Quantum computing has been with us since the dawn of science fiction and it is a very cool one. In recent years we have seen advances that have made this once theoretical concept turn into a reality.…
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Microsoft to push even harder to get users to upgrade to Windows 10...
Posted on Tuesday, 08 December 2015
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Sean Kalinich
Just when you thought it could not get more annoying, Microsoft has turned up the Windows 10 update notifications. The little nudges for Windows 8.x users pop up in the corner (systray) and also when you boot up your PC…
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Asetek targets Giagbyte and AMD in patent dispute with Cooler Master
Posted on Monday, 07 December 2015
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Sean Kalinich
Asetek is hard at work throwing its legal muscle around and they have rolled AMD and Gigabyte into their efforts. After winning a patent suit against Cooler Master over technology found in the pumps on some of their All in…
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Bendgate: it’s not just for iPhones anymore.
Posted on Monday, 07 December 2015
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Sean Kalinich
Not all that long ago someone found out that Apple’s iPhone was not all that strong and could be damaged with little pressure. This issue became known as Bendgate… the use of the word gate still following us from the…
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NSA mass data collection to stop in 20 days, but just on paper.
Posted on Monday, 09 November 2015
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Sean Kalinich
In the post-Snowden era the idea that government agencies are spying on us is no longer the real of Movies/TV or conspiracy theorists. It is fairly well documented that this is happening every day. The question has moved from what…
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AMD sued for misleading information about Bulldozer cores, does it hold water
Posted on Monday, 09 November 2015
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It seems that at least one person is rather annoyed at AMD for making claims about certain FX series CPUs running Bulldozer cores. On November 4th the news went out that Tony Dickey had filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf…
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CISA passes the Senate, opens the door to more abuse and fails to address security
Posted on Thursday, 29 October 2015
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Sean Kalinich
Cybersecurity is a fairly common buzz word used in Washington these days. It is tossed around to scare people that are ignorant of the way computer systems work so that legislation that is exceptionally pro-corporate friendly and anti-consumer can be…
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Potential New Exploit found in OpenSSL gets around latest hotfix
Posted on Friday, 02 October 2015
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It seems that someone may have found a way around at least one of the latest hot fixes for OpenSSL. According to some talk around the darker places on the internet, a rehash of metadata can allow a malicious individual…
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Possible Breach At Hilton Highlights PoS Risk
Posted on Monday, 28 September 2015
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Sean Kalinich
Just when you thought it was safe to use your credit card we are hearing rumblings of a breach at Hilton. According to Brian Kerbs and some of our own sources a payment card breach has taken place and the…
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Hackers using unencrypted satellite communication to hide C&C servers
Posted on Tuesday, 15 September 2015
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Sean Kalinich
Security and malware research company, Kaspersky has recently released a paper describing what they say is the “ultimate level of anonymity” used by any malicious hacking group. In their report they describe a new attack by the group Ouroboros as…
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Concerns about an EA Origin Breach Pop Up After a Round of Password Reset Emails Go Out
Posted on Monday, 14 September 2015
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There are rumblings on the internet that all might not be well with EA after a round of password reset notices appear to have been sent out on Sunday (8-13-2015). EA does not give a specific reason behind the reset…
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