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Fascinating Infographic of public commentary, this time, focusing on the interweb , as it were.
Fascinating Infographic of public commentary, this time, focusing on the interweb , as it were.
Do you need further proof that advertising is intrinsically evil? I'll wager not, especially in the case of the obviously idiotically managed, and therefore open-to-exploitation Yahoo Ad Network. It's one exploit after another for these poor fools... Profoundly and Blatantly Stupid.
'In January, for instance, Fox IT reported that visitors to Yahoo’s website were bombarded with malicious adverts that attempted to infect computers with a wide array of financially-motivated malware. Later in the same month, there were claims made that Bitcoin-mining malware had been spread via Yahoo ads...' via Graham Cluely
Bletchley Park has released the August 2014 edition of the Trusts' podcast series, this time, entitled 'Inspiring Women' in cryptanalysis; in which, the Trust focuses on the work women accomplished at Bletchley Park during World War II.
OWASP has released it's 2014 Top Ten Proactive Controls for Developers, in both PDF and HTML formats. Outstanding news.
Brian Krebs illustrates a proliferation of legal businesses with nefarious polar-opposites as the lead-in to the main topic of that day's posting: An online service that will thoroughly deplete a targeted competitor's advertising budgets. While interesting in-and-of-itself, the topical post contains a sub-plot of existential interest. Curious? Read On.
The fascinating content of Mr. Krebs well-researched and concise post is not the miscreant service he describes in superb detail, but the notion of business/anti-business constructs [a la Matter/Antimatter, if you will...].
With the application of scrutiny (whether cursory or in-depth), researchers can locate exact, crime-laden copies of nearly every legit business or activity existing in the under-belly of our beloved Interweb. This behavior exactly matches the physical world, as the nature of the two opposing antagonists will expand to fill any empty space, vis-à-vis the concept of horror vacui.
ISOC, The Internet Society, has named the Jonathan B. Postel Award recipient for 2014 - Mahabir Pun. The Award was presented to Mr. Pun for his role in Nepalese internet access efforts, thereby increasing knowledge, literacy in the Himalaya region and the founding of the Nepal Wireless Networking Project. Congratulations!
via ISOC: About the Postel Award
The award is named for Dr. Jonathan B. Postel to recognize and commemorate the extraordinary stewardship exercised by Jon over the course of a 30 year career in networking. He served as the editor of the RFC series of notes from its inception in 1969 until 1998. He also served as the ARPANET "numbers Czar" and Internet Assigned Numbers Authority over the same period of time. He was a founding member of the Internet Architecture (nee Activities) Board and the first individual member of the Internet Society, where he also served as a Trustee.
via ISOC: About the Internet Society
The Internet Society (www.internetsociety.org) is the trusted independent source for Internet information and thought leadership around the world. It is also the organizational home for the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). With its principled vision, substantial technological foundation and its global presence, the Internet Society promotes open dialogue on Internet policy, technology, and future development among users, companies, governments, and other organizations.