Equifax Breach Fallout: Your Salary History — Krebs on Security
In May, KrebsOnSecurity broke a story about lax security at a payroll division of big-three credit bureau Equifax that let identity thieves access personal and financial data on an unknown number of Americans. Incredibly, this same division makes it simple to access detailed salary and employment hi...
Hasnain says:
Of course, Equifax had a site where you could see all pay history for someone in the last 2 years, knowing ssn, a PIN (WHICH WAS THE DATE OF BIRTH) and basic info.
Sigh. Had to sign up for yet another site I don't want to use, just so I could change my pin and prevent others from getting that data.
Posted on 2017-10-09T01:45:52+0000
The American Dream – Afifa Zaheer – Medium
Dreaming is a potion we all take to bridge the gap between the real and surreal. We all have thought of things that have been accused of…
Using Binary Diffing to Discover Windows Kernel Memory Disclosure Bugs
Posted by Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero Patch diffing is a common technique of comparing two binary builds of the same code – ...
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Posted on 2017-10-08T00:19:55+0000
Facebook's VP of Product on Mastering Focus and Intentional Work
Facebook VP of Product Fidji Simo shares tactics to master focus in a world where possibilities are endless and the stakes are high.
Apache Guacamole (incubating)
Because the Guacamole client is an HTML5 web application, use of your computers is not tied to any one device or location. As long as you have access to a web browser, you have access to your machines.
Click to view the original at guacamole.incubator.apache.org
This Shooting Isn’t About Gun Control We Refuse To Pass, It’s About Access To Mental Health Care We’re Continuing To Gut
By Paul Ryan
Hasnain says:
My emotions kept going up and down when reading this.
This hit right in the feels: "Instead, we need to pay attention to the fact that many people with treatable mental illnesses struggle to afford medication or therapy, and then work around the clock to ensure that their meager options only dwindle further and become more expensive. That is where we need to be focused as a nation."
Posted on 2017-10-02T22:27:20+0000
The Secret World of Tiny Phones That Go Inside Your Butt
Available from Amazon and popular in prison, these phones carry reviews like: "No anal problems!!! Didn't hurt my bum at all thanks guys :)"
Perspective | I wanted to understand why racists hated me. So I befriended Klansmen.
My collection of robes and hoods is still growing.
Hasnain says:
Worth reading - still relevant to this day, about how talk and dialogue are one of the few reliable ways to bring people to set aside their differences.
Posted on 2017-10-01T19:24:41+0000
Idle Words
The piece claims that “users searching for a common chemical compound used in food production are offered the ingredients to produce explosive black powder” on Amazon’s website, and that “steel ball bearings often used as shrapnel” are also promoted on the page, in some cases as items that other cus...
Hasnain says:
"There is no real penalty for making mistakes, but there is enormous pressure to frame stories in whatever way maximizes page views. Once those stories get picked up by rival news outlets, they become ineradicable. The sheer weight of copycat coverage creates the impression of legitimacy. As the old adage has it, a lie can get halfway around the world while the truth is pulling its boots on."
Posted on 2017-09-30T18:14:46+0000
It’s time to give Firefox another chance
If you're like me, you switched your default browser over to Chrome years ago and never looked back. Chances are, before you made the switch, you used Firefox..
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Posted on 2017-09-30T05:59:03+0000