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  1. May be old breaches but if OP wasn't aware of them he may not have taken steps to secure his account or move to another provider until now.

    It wasn't that, it was the fact that my data was retained by a plan I haven't used or been a part of for over a decade.

    Pretty sure we can't just change providers, since that second one was the OPM breach. Unless we move to Canada or something.

    Bingo.

  2. Adobe released an update for the Adobe Flash Player earlier this week to rectify a zero-day exploit being employed as part of the long-running cyber-espionage campaign known as "Pawn Storm." Unfortunately, as determined by Trend Micro and confirmed by Adobe in a follow-up security bulletin, that update failed to correct the problem, and so another update has been released today.


    The new update addresses "critical" vulnerabilities in the Flash Player, which "if exploited would allow malicious native-code to execute, potentially without a user being aware," according to Adobe's severity ratings. This could result in PCs being crashed or even taken over by remote attackers.


    The good news, such as it is, is that the exploit is being used in "limited, targeted attacks," according to the security bulletin. Trend Micro said essentially the same thing on its blog, noting that Pawn Storm attacks appear to be contained to international government agencies, specifically against "several foreign affairs ministries from around the globe."


    Even so, this is pretty clearly another nail in Flash's coffin. It's on the way out anyway, and security holes like this are sooner or later bound to become less about making sure that Flash is up to date, and more about wondering why you're bothering with it in the first place.


    There's plenty to read about it if cyber-security is your thing. If, on the other hand, you just want to ensure that your PC doesn't get dicked around by some jerk on the other side of the planet, you can simply grab the latest update and carry on with your day. Either way, it's something you'll want to get on with as soon as possible.


    Thanks, Ars Technica.


    http://www.pcgamer.com/adobe-flash-player-updated-to-combat-critical-security-vulnerability/


    hell i think i posted something similar here


  3. One option is going beyond a usb dead drop, but has access to local open networks, so obviously not just a mortared in usb stick.

    Something you can ssh into and observe and use a redirect you can open for free using vpn for starters, this goes more into doing real life shit which i was used to back in phreaking days where'd I'd mod a cheap cordless setup and connect it to a j box that could with some climbing be inserted into a telecom pole box and powered off line while charging handsets at home.

    then again we don't use dial up anymore,

  4. Going from C/C++/C# to Java is a nightmare, it's laid out so fucked.

    College at 30 years old, after taking AP comp sci in HS C++, then military come out, no credit for AP. 101 is now a Java course including me a Microsoft worker, and a huge nix admin. We constantly butted heads with the professor about optimizing code and using easier formats for long winded shit she taught, oh and every damn thing had to be commented, which ended up being more comments than code. Made my high school AP Comp Sci look like MIT level vs this shit. Java is ok at best but so shit otherwise.

  5. It's been years since I've been to a local meetup, but they were always great. Then again back then I was big into phone phreaking and would travel to Canada for meets just to blab about their Millenium card based phones.

    Politics discussion is always going to cause issues just like religion why I try to keep it away from any discussion as I tend to be a Libertarian/Conservative asshole at times.

    Reading the last couple issues it does seem to still have a couple decent articles, but nothing 0 day or new you can't find with keeping up on forums or RSS security feeds.

  6. Well, this is actually kinda clever.

    Microsoft has (well, had at least) a policy of eating their own dog food. By moving to Linux this department is giving the finger to the OS department, who's going to be pissed and work hard to solve the issues they have. In the mean time, each time Azure kicks the bucket, it's because of Linux.

    Where's Microsoft's downside?

    Corporation/money wise none.

    User wise they were smart to do the free Windows 10 update for users.

    However users finding the tracking bits and personal info being shared by 10 is kind of a backlash on them, but not that many mainstream sites are covering it.

    I can't wait to setup a Win10 box in my lab to test for vulnerabilities and with most people not removing the tracking stuff in 10 it's going to be a goldmine of data for anyone who hacks and gains access.

  7. I can't say I'm enamored, but I have played a few of the games. I do like the story line and the plot twists.

    I played the original metal gear for NES. When I was 10-11 years old I played almost all of th NES games from start to finish. Metal Gear is a game is you don't really forget about.

    I played Metal Gear Solid 2 The Sons of Liberty a While back. Me and a friend finished that game start to finish in a few sittings.

    The problem I have with most video games, Metal Gear included, is that they are not difficult enough.

    While I have the OG MG games on NES the MSX versions are the definitive versions to play.

    If you have a PS3 I'd recommend getting the Legacy Collection as those versions are on it along with a bunch of the Solid games.

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