Security Advice, The Hysteresis Of →
via Pete Herzog, comes this elemental take on security advice and the hysterisis thereof. Saturday's Must Read!
Every Step You Take, Every Move You Make... The Litany of Android Tracking
via David Yanofsky writing at Quartz - comes this disturbing revelation of deep-tracking behaviors in use by Google and exhibited by Google's Android phones whilst in use. Apparently, Bad Behavior is tolerated (and a business requirement) in Mountain View... Today's Must Read.
Quantum Video, Sino-Style →
Don't Trip the Pony - Microsoft Releases Fix to Fix Intel Fix →
via the inimitable Peter Bright - reporting, as it were, for our beloved Ars Technica; in which, the Good Mr. Bright regales us with the news of an apparent fix for the quivering jelly of a patch Intel released to fix their own craptastic fix. Enjoy.
North Korean Computer Center Open Library Created →
Martyn Williams, writing at 38North, reports on the new North Korean Computer Center - ostensibly, an open library of Democratic People's Republic of Korea created (mostly modified) software. We strongly suggest caution when opening any files (eg., PDFs, DOCs, Binaries, et cetera and running any software from the library - especially with this caveat descendit onustus...:
"In publishing the PDF files, the team running the site had to strip out tracking code that had been inserted into the files by the Red Star OS. The software adds a hard-drive serial number to files when they are opened, potentially allowing the government the ability to determine all the computers on which a file has been viewed." - via Martyn Williams, writing at 38North
Sunday's Site of Interest
This Sunday's Site of Interest is Offensive Security by Automation; containing pertinent information on Subdomain Delegation Takeover to Massdns the site is short, concise yet helpful to finding bugs, challenges and whatnot within your client's domains. Enjoy.
Orange Trumps Bear →
via Graham Cluely, comes this superb tale of how the Kingdom of the Netherlands' intelligence agency AIVD tracked and reported on nefarious Russian infiltrators into the election systems (and others) of the United States of America. Those Dutch!