Information Security & Occasional Forays Into Adjacent Realms
Holy Mackerel, it's those pesky PRC APT operators again! via Forbes contributor Zak Doffman. h/t
'The military espionage group’s tactics, described by Check Point as “very dangerous,” involved hijacking diplomatic communication channels to target specific computers in particular ministries.' - via Forbes contributor Zak Doffman
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.
A new DNS root environ, courtesy of our friends in Russia and the People's Republic of China - ostensibly arriving in August of 2018. Essentially, both countries will begin managing their own 'internal' DNS infrastructure for the majority of their 'in-country' routing. What could go wrong?
Apparently, Facebook's CEO decided to VR the PR - amidst the Squalor in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Listen Up: Using the Tradegy in Puerto Rico to Market the Oculus Rift product is Astonishingly Bad Form.
Of course, there is the Chicanery That Is Facebook - all of this was done with superimposition techniques, using an NPR video as the source material...
Notwithstanding the Virtual Stupidity evidenced by this stunt, VR and AR have the potential to efficiently quantify injuries and damage caused by storms and man-made calamities as well.
ProTip: Don't Use Other Peoples Suffering To Flog Your Products(s). Doing So Is Immoral.
Then, there's this...
That is All.