For my Digital Forensics students.
New
Bluetooth vulnerability can hack a phone in 10 seconds
Security company
Armis has found a collection of eight exploits, collectively called
BlueBorne,
that can allow an attacker access to your phone without touching it.
The attack can allow access to computers and phones, as well as IoT
devices.
“Armis believes many more vulnerabilities await
discovery in the various platforms using Bluetooth.
… As you can see from this video, the vector
allows the hacker to identify a device, connect to it via Bluetooth,
and then begin controlling the screen and apps. It’s not
completely secretive, however, because in activating the exploits you
“wake up” the device.
Since the DoE budget is over $28 Billion, this is
not a big deal.
U.S. Energy
Department Invests $20 Million in Cybersecurity
… Nine
national laboratories in California, Illinois, Idaho, Tennessee,
Washington, Colorado
and New Mexico have been selected for a total of 20 projects
focusing on protecting energy infrastructure from cyber threats and
improving information sharing.
If
downloading or installing or using the App is illegal, can the
arrests be legal?
Turks
detained for using encrypted app 'had human rights breached'
Tens of thousands of Turkish citizens detained or
dismissed from their jobs on the basis of downloading an encrypted
messaging app have had their human rights breached, a legal opinion
published in London has found.
The
study, commissioned by opponents of the Turkish president, Recep
Tayyip Erdoğan, argues that the arrest of 75,000 suspects primarily
because they downloaded
the ByLock app is arbitrary and illegal.
… “The evidence that the [ByLock] app was
used exclusively by those who were members or supporters of the Gülen
movement [is] utterly unconvincing and unsupported by any evidence,”
the two barristers say. “There is a great deal of evidence ...
which demonstrates that the app was widely available and used in many
different countries, some of which had no links to Turkey.”
This is going to have an impact on my students.
Do they know how to find similar articles elsewhere?
Google
Offers Olive Branch to Publishers by Relaxing Policy on Subscription
Sites
Google Inc. is planning to end its "first
click free" policy that enables users of its search engine to
bypass paywalls on news websites, a move that could help publishers
boost subscriptions, News Corp Chief Executive Robert Thomson said
Tuesday.
Google for years has encouraged publishers to be
part of the program, which allows search users to access a limited
amount of content on subscription-based news sites free of charge.
Some publishers say the policy has hurt subscription growth and say
their sites are penalized in Google's search rankings if they don't
participate in the program.
The Wall Street Journal, which is owned by News
Corp, opted out of the program this year and saw its traffic from
Google search fall 38% last month compared with a year earlier
because its stories were demoted in search results, a spokesman said.
[Note that this article is
similar to the one in the WSJ that popped up on my RSS Feed. Bob]
… Up to now, subscription-based sites that
didn't participate in first click free have been disadvantaged in
Google's search results, because its algorithm only scanned the
portions of articles outside the paywall. Under its new approach,
Google's technology will be scanning the full article, despite any
paywalls, according to one of the people familiar with the situation.
But would President Trump ever ride in one?
Department
Of Transportation Rolls Out New Guidelines For Self-Driving Cars
The Department of Transportation released its
revised guidelines on automated driving systems Tuesday, outlining
its recommended — but not mandatory — best practices for
companies developing self-driving cars. The first such guidelines
released under the Trump administration, the Vision
for Safety 2.0 scales back some of the recommendations outlined
last year under President Obama.
(Related).
Tesla's
Autopilot system is partially to blame for a fatal crash, federal
investigators say
The National Transportation Safety Board said
Tuesday that aspects of Tesla's Autopilot played a role in a fatal
crash involving Joshua Brown, 40, in May 2016.
The NTSB, an independent government investigative
agency, met
on Tuesday to "determine the probable cause" of the
fatal crash last year in Williston, Florida. The board cannot issue
recalls or force regulatory changes, but it can make recommendations.
The NTSB said Autopilot played a contributing role
in the crash because the system allows drivers to avoid steering or
watching the road for long periods. Autopilot was also not designed
to be used on the type of road where the crash occurred, the agency
said.
… Brown had his hands on the wheel for 25
seconds during the 37 minutes Autopilot was activated, the NTSB
wrote in a June report. The Model S displayed a visual asking
Brown to hold the steering wheel seven times during the trip, and six
of those were followed by auditory warnings, it wrote.
Could be educational or a sleep aide.
NY
Appellate Division, First Dept. to Broadcast Oral Arguments in Real
Time
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Sep 12, 2017
“Presiding
Justice Rolando T. Acosta announced that effective Tuesday,
September 12, 2017, oral argument of cases before the New York State
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department will be
broadcast live over the internet. The public may watch the webcasts
from most internet connected devices, including smart phones and
tablet computers, by visiting the Court’s website at
www.nycourts.gov/courts/ad1/index.shtml.
Additionally, a digital archive of oral arguments will be made
available on the website for on-demand viewing, generally within five
business days. Oral
arguments will be screened [How
can they do this while streaming live? Bob] to prevent
the disclosure of confidential information, and such information will
not be included in the digital archive…”
Also for my Digital Forensics students.
Network issues suck. When you can’t get online,
you likely get frustrated and want to get connected again as soon as
you can. We’ve outlined the
basic process for diagnosing network problems, and you can be
even more prepared for your next outage by knowing how to use native
Windows tools and downloading a few third-party utilities.
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