Mysterious Words Found on Note Hidden in 1890s Dress May Have Been Secret Code

2023-12-15 Thread jim bell
Read "Mysterious Words Found on Note Hidden in 1890s Dress May Have Been Secret Code" on SmartNews: https://l.smartnews.com/p-Kz4dp/XCjPtx

Dems pass new law requiring a 'kill switch' in all new vehicles sold after 2026

2023-11-09 Thread jim bell
Read "Dems pass new law requiring a ‘kill switch’ in all new vehicles sold after 2026" on SmartNews: https://l.smartnews.com/p-LHKKH/tb2tun

AI translates 5,000-year-old cuneiform tablets into English

2023-10-06 Thread jim bell
Read "AI translates 5,000-year-old cuneiform tablets into English" on SmartNews: https://l.smartnews.com/p-KoQ83/L3dODA Jim Bell's note:Such writing can be considered a code or cipher, although its meaning was not intended to be concealed at the time of its writing.

Re: Cypherpunks Ethics

2023-09-10 Thread jim bell
and Julian Assange's "Crypto-Justice." "After presenting a genealogy of cypherpunk platformsincluding Timothy Mays BlackNet, Jim Bells Assassination Politics, Ross Ulbrichts Silk Road, and John Youngs Cryptomeit discusses the two central functions of Julian Assanges WikiLeaks."

Re: Jim Bell 1995 Posts and More

2023-09-08 Thread jim bell
Very interesting On Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 12:03 PM, pro2...@yahoo.com.au wrote: Thanks John Proves if there was a vast conspiracy to hide those emails, it failed. Thank you very much! Oh, and while you're here, perhaps a small favor? A mirror of " The CJ files " - I have a copy if yours

Why are SanDisk Wiping People's Information?

2023-08-22 Thread jim bell
https://nofilmschool.com/sandisk-erasing-issue

Phys.org: Scientists design novel nonlinear circuit to harvest clean power using graphene

2023-08-20 Thread jim bell
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-scientists-nonlinear-circuit-harvest-power.html

Windows Central: ULTRARAM could change the PC landscape forever

2023-08-20 Thread jim bell
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/cpu-gpu-components/ultraram-could-potentially-revolutionize-the-pc-landscape-as-we-know-it

Ars Technica: SanDisk Extreme SSDs are “worthless,” multiple lawsuits against WD say

2023-08-20 Thread jim bell
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/sandisk-extreme-ssds-are-worthless-multiple-lawsuits-against-wd-say/

Ars Technica: Google announces new algorithm that makes FIDO encryption safe from quantum computers

2023-08-20 Thread jim bell
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/08/passkeys-are-great-but-not-safe-from-quantum-computers-dilithium-could-change-that/

Pi formula

2023-08-19 Thread jim bell
Read "Formula Calculates Any Digit Of Pi, Nobody Noticed For Centuries" on SmartNews: https://l.smartnews.com/p-NFxsZ/FSO79I

ULTRARAM may be a silly name but it's the holy grail for memory tech and means your PC could hibernate for over 1,000 years

2023-08-15 Thread jim bell
: ULTRARAM may be a silly name but it's the holy grail for memory tech and means your PC could hibernate for over 1,000 years https://share.newsbreak.com/4ovo7rns

Intel Downfall: Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords, more | PCWorld

2023-08-15 Thread jim bell
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2025589/downfall-serious-security-vulnerability-in-billions-of-intel-cpus-how-to-protect-yourself.html

AnandTech: Kioxia's CD8P SSD Unveiled: Up to 30.72 TB, PCI 5.0 x4 Interface

2023-08-11 Thread jim bell
30 terabytes. A million times larger than the biggest I ever sold, in 1992. 31 years ago. Inventor of the SSD, 1980. 43 years ago.Jim Bell, SemiDisk Systemshttps://www.anandtech.com/show/19998/kioxias-cd8p-ssd-unveiled-up-to-3072-tb-pci-50-x4-interface

CoinDesk: SEC Asked Coinbase to Stop Trading in all Cryptocurrencies Other Than Bitcoin Before Suing: Report

2023-08-01 Thread jim bell
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/07/31/sec-asked-coinbase-to-stop-trading-in-all-cryptocurrencies-other-than-bitcoin-before-suing-report/

Re: Cryptocurrency: Superconductor Mining Chips... First To Fab, First To Profit, FTW

2023-07-26 Thread jim bell
That report of a room-temp, ambient pressure superconductor is amazing          Jim Bell On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 2:52 PM, grarpamp wrote: Superconductors, Aliens, AI, Genetic Compilers, Quantum... Singularity. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.12008.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.12037.pdf

BBC News: The tech flaw that lets hackers control surveillance cameras

2023-06-26 Thread jim bell
BBC News - The tech flaw that lets hackers control surveillance cameras https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65975446

Re: My apologies to Professor Rat, although I don't recall what I did years ago.

2022-09-02 Thread jim bell
I think I should provide some context to what I've previously said.  It occurred to me that I should actively attempt a little peace, and who knows maybe even a reconciliation with Professor Rat.  Or, at least, offer a mutual 'detente', a word from the 1970's, describing a lessening of that

Re: My apologies to Professor Rat, although I don't recall what I did years ago.

2022-09-02 Thread jim bell
On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 2:57 PM, professor rat wrote:Nothing personal Gym - its business - that's all And going by your receptions in Prague and Acapulco I might even be doing you a favor. Some things only your friends will tell you. As for the politics - if the Right don't kill you for

My apologies to Professor Rat, although I don't recall what I did years ago.

2022-09-02 Thread jim bell
emain very, very sorry.   Could you accept these apologies?  Peace.   Jim Bell

The Hill: The mother of all ‘zero-days’ — immortal flaws in semiconductor chips

2022-08-29 Thread jim bell
The Hill: The mother of all ‘zero-days’ — immortal flaws in semiconductor chips. https://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/3617715-the-mother-of-all-zero-days-immortal-flaws-in-semiconductor-chips/ The CHIPS Act of 2022 was signed into law on Aug. 9. It provides tens of billions of dollars in

Satellite Quantum key distribution.

2022-08-23 Thread jim bell
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-compact-qkd-paves-cost-effective-satellite-based.html Researchers experimentally demonstrated a space-to-ground QKD network using a compact QKD terminal aboard the Chinese Space Lab Tiangong-2 and four ground stations. Credit: Cheng-Zhi Peng, University of Science

Re: Anti War: Thread

2022-08-21 Thread jim bell
On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 12:53 AM, grarpamp wrote:https://nitter.net/pic/media%2FFXVNIJgXwAAUV-F.jpg Ukrainians are selling WEAPONS on the BLACK MARKET! Javelin, NLAW and AT4 launchers are for sale by Ukrainian arms dealers. Ukrainian generals and soldiers are underpaid and sell US and UK weapons

IEEE Spectrum: “Quantum-Safe” Crypto Hacked by 10-Year-Old PC

2022-08-19 Thread jim bell
IEEE Spectrum: “Quantum-Safe” Crypto Hacked by 10-Year-Old PC. https://spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-safe-encryption-hacked Future quantum computers may rapidly break modern cryptography. Now researchers find that a promising algorithm designed to protect computers from these advanced attacks could

Tom's Hardware: Tachyum Submits Bid to Build 20 Exaflops Supercomputer

2022-08-16 Thread jim bell
Tom's Hardware: Tachyum Submits Bid to Build 20 Exaflops Supercomputer. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tachyum-submits-bid-to-build-20-exaflops-supercomputer "Tachyum on Tuesday said that it had submitted a bid to the Department of Energy to build a 20 exaflops supercomputer in 2025. The

Google Program to Free Chips Boosts University Semiconductor Design

2022-08-13 Thread jim bell
https://www.hpcwire.com/2022/08/11/google-program-to-free-chips-boosts-university-semiconductor-design/ August 11, 2022 A Google-led program to design and manufacture chips for free is becoming popular among researchers and computer enthusiasts. The search giant’s open silicon program is

The Hacking of Starlink Terminals Has Begun | WIRED

2022-08-11 Thread jim bell
https://www.wired.com/story/starlink-internet-dish-hack/ Since 2018, Elon Musk’s Starlink has launched more than 3,000 small satellites into orbit. This satellite network beams internet connections to hard-to-reach locations on Earth and has been a vital source of connectivity during Russia’s

TC BioPharm Says It Aims To Deliver A Big Breakthrough In Cancer Treatments

2022-08-09 Thread jim bell
TC BioPharm Says It Aims To Deliver A Big Breakthrough In Cancer Treatments https://share.newsbreak.com/1k9e54im

Russian Hacker Warns Cyberwarfare Will Turn Deadly

2022-08-09 Thread jim bell
Russian Hacker Warns Cyberwarfare Will Turn Deadly https://share.newsbreak.com/1k9dxeho group Killnet has stated that cyberwarfare will result in casualties, just days after threats against a major American weapons manufacturer reportedly came to fruition. On Sunday, that hacker, Killmilk,

Quantum Computation and Its Possible Effects on Society

2022-08-08 Thread jim bell
Quantum Computation and Its Possible Effects on Society https://share.newsbreak.com/1k522vw8 Abstract Quantum computation is slowly becoming mainstream, as research on it is picking up pace, but can it really become part of our everyday life given how much our society depends on classical

Family Shocked by Ford Focus Electric Battery Replacement Costing More Than the Car

2022-08-07 Thread jim bell
Family Shocked by Ford Focus Electric Battery Replacement Costing More Than the Car https://share.newsbreak.com/1jzjzwot

Asymmetric cryptosystem based on optical scanning cryptography and elliptic curve algorithm

2022-08-07 Thread jim bell
Asymmetric cryptosystem based on optical scanning cryptography and elliptic curve algorithm https://share.newsbreak.com/1jyqtw88 - Open Access - Published: 11 May 2022 Asymmetric cryptosystem based on optical scanning cryptography and elliptic curve algorithm - Xiangyu Chang, 

A CPU world record has been broken by dousing a $6,000+ AMD chip in liquid nitrogen

2022-08-07 Thread jim bell
A CPU world record has been broken by dousing a $6,000+ AMD chip in liquid nitrogen https://share.newsbreak.com/1juy5ego It's a shame that AMD's Threadripper processors are no longer in the reach of most enthusiast gamers because the AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX just crushed a Cinebench

A fearsome new botnet is rapidly gaining momentum

2022-08-07 Thread jim bell
A fearsome new botnet is rapidly gaining momentum https://share.newsbreak.com/1juxwgz5 An old, infamous trojan has been forked, with the new variant being used to attack Linux SSH servers, experts have warned. However, unlike the original malware, whose purpose was quite clear, researchers

Scientists say they've debunked Google’s quantum supremacy claims once and for all

2022-08-06 Thread jim bell
Scientists say they've debunked Google’s quantum supremacy claims once and for all https://share.newsbreak.com/1joxv01w A team of scientists in China claim to have replicated the performance of Google’s Sycamore quantum computer using traditional hardware, thereby undermining the suggestion

SciTechDaily: The Million Dollar Problem That Could Break Cryptography

2022-08-04 Thread jim bell
SciTechDaily: The Million Dollar Problem That Could Break Cryptography. https://scitechdaily.com/the-million-dollar-problem-that-could-break-cryptography/ Usually, you can verify a solution to a problem. Whether it’s using multiplication for division or plugging the answer in for a variable, math

Intel is working on a new type of processor you've never heard of

2022-08-03 Thread jim bell
Intel is working on a new type of processor you've never heard of https://share.newsbreak.com/1j8gblhk Intel has let slip information about a new type of processor soon to make its way into the company’s portfolio: the versatile processing unit, or VPU. Although no formal announcement has

Vicious beatings, possibly in retaliation for lawsuits, claimed at Oregon’s federal prison

2022-08-02 Thread jim bell
Jim Bell's comment:. I spent about 1.5 years here. June 2010-March 12, 2012== Vicious beatings, possibly in retaliation for lawsuits, claimed at Oregon’s federal prison https://share.newsbreak.com/1j2kzqbb Vicious beatings, possibly in retaliation for lawsuits

Post-quantum encryption contender is taken out by single-core PC and 1 hour

2022-08-02 Thread jim bell
Post-quantum encryption contender is taken out by single-core PC and 1 hour https://share.newsbreak.com/1j2jwill In the US government's ongoing campaign to protect data in the age of quantum computers, a new and powerful attack that used a single traditional computer to completely break a

The New Way Police Could Use Your Google Searches Against You

2022-08-02 Thread jim bell
The New Way Police Could Use Your Google Searches Against You https://share.newsbreak.com/1j23z8tj For millennia, we’ve been told that asking questions was the path to enlightenment. But in the surveillance age, it might land you in jail. That’s the danger of a new search tactic that police

CNBC: Hacktivist group Anonymous is using six top techniques to 'embarrass' Russia

2022-08-02 Thread jim bell
CNBC: Hacktivist group Anonymous is using six top techniques to 'embarrass' Russia. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/28/how-is-anonymous-attacking-russia-the-top-six-ways-ranked-.html Hacktivist group Anonymous is using six top techniques to 'embarrass' Russia PUBLISHED THU, JUL 28 2022 6:00 PM

Yahoo News: High-risk Colombians say GPS devices only add to dangers

2022-08-02 Thread jim bell
Yahoo News: High-risk Colombians say GPS devices only add to dangers. https://news.yahoo.com/high-risk-colombians-gps-devices-140636081.html The bulletproof vehicles that Colombia’s government assigns to hundreds of high-risk individuals are supposed to make them safer. But when an

USB Drive Keeps Your Secrets… As Long As Your Fingers Are Wet? | Hackaday

2022-07-31 Thread jim bell
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/30/usb-drive-keeps-your-secrets-as-long-as-your-fingers-are-wet/ Walker] has a very interesting new project: a completely different take on a self-destructing USB drive. Instead of relying on encryption or other “visible” security features, this device looks and

Daily Mail: Fibre-optic cables may be used to eavesdrop up to 1km away, study says

2022-07-30 Thread jim bell
Daily Mail: Fibre-optic cables may be used to eavesdrop up to 1km away, study says. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11057699/Fibre-optic-cables-used-eavesdrop-1km-away-study-says.html 21st Century wire tap? Spies could use fibre-optic broadband cables to EAVESDROP on people from

Phys.org: Quantum cryptography: Making hacking futile

2022-07-30 Thread jim bell
Phys.org: Quantum cryptography: Making hacking futile. https://phys.org/news/2022-07-quantum-cryptography-hacking-futile.html The Internet is teeming with highly sensitive information. Sophisticated encryption techniques generally ensure that such content cannot be intercepted and read. But in

Tech Xplore: Twin physically unclonable functions (PUFs) based on carbon nanotube arrays to enhance the security of communications

2022-07-30 Thread jim bell
Tech Xplore: Twin physically unclonable functions (PUFs) based on carbon nanotube arrays to enhance the security of communications. https://techxplore.com/news/2022-07-twin-physically-unclonable-functions-pufs.html As the amount of data stored in devices and shared over the internet

The Register: IBM puts NIST’s quantum-resistant crypto to work in Z16 mainframe

2022-07-27 Thread jim bell
The Register: IBM puts NIST’s quantum-resistant crypto to work in Z16 mainframe. https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/07/27/z16_ibm_post_quantum_crypto/ Actual quantum computers don't exist yet. The cryptography to defeat them may already be here NIST pushes ahead with

The Register: IBM puts NIST’s quantum-resistant crypto to work in Z16 mainframe

2022-07-27 Thread jim bell
The Register: IBM puts NIST’s quantum-resistant crypto to work in Z16 mainframe. https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/07/27/z16_ibm_post_quantum_crypto/ IBM puts NIST’s quantum-resistant crypto to work in Z16 mainframe Big Blue says it helped developed the algos, so knows

BleepingComputer: Hackers scan for vulnerabilities within 15 minutes of disclosure

2022-07-27 Thread jim bell
BleepingComputer: Hackers scan for vulnerabilities within 15 minutes of disclosure. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-scan-for-vulnerabilities-within-15-minutes-of-disclosure/ System administrators have even less time to patch disclosed security vulnerabilities than

IEEE Spectrum: Micron Is First to Deliver 3D Flash Chips With More Than 200 Layers

2022-07-27 Thread jim bell
IEEE Spectrum: Micron Is First to Deliver 3D Flash Chips With More Than 200 Layers. https://spectrum.ieee.org/micron-is-first-to-deliver-3d-flash-chips-with-more-than-200-layers Boise, Idaho–based memory manufacturer Micron Technology says it has reached volume production of a 232-layer NAND

Semiconductor bill unites Sanders, the right — in opposition

2022-07-26 Thread jim bell
Semiconductor bill unites Sanders, the right — in opposition https://share.newsbreak.com/1hx0vuzi WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to boost semiconductor production in the United States has managed to do nearly the unthinkable — unite the democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders and the fiscally

CNN Exclusive: FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications

2022-07-25 Thread jim bell
CNN Exclusive: FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications https://share.newsbreak.com/1hlpc2u2 On paper, it looked like a fantastic deal. In 2017, the Chinese government was  offering to spend $100 million to build an ornate

Surveillance is pervasive: Yes, you are being watched, even if no one is looking for you

2022-07-22 Thread jim bell
Surveillance is pervasive: Yes, you are being watched, even if no one is looking for you https://share.newsbreak.com/1h6myng5 Surveillance is pervasive: Yes, you are being watched, even if no one is looking for you By Peter Krapp, Professor of Film & Media Studies, University of California,

Russia Delivers a Scathing Setback to Crypto

2022-07-19 Thread jim bell
Russia Delivers a Scathing Setback to Crypto https://share.newsbreak.com/1gp0afkg Hardly a week goes by without the young crypto industry receiving some bad news. The industry is currently playing a guessing game which consists of trying to guess which crypto company or crypto platform is

SATAn hack can steal data directly from your SATA cable

2022-07-19 Thread jim bell
SATAn hack can steal data directly from your SATA cable https://share.newsbreak.com/1gozsduo Researchers at the University of the Negev, Israel, have published a paper that demonstrates how a hacker could extract data from an otherwise secure system via its SATA cable. The attack uses the

A Beginner’s Guide to Quantum Programming

2022-07-19 Thread jim bell
A Beginner’s Guide to Quantum Programming https://share.newsbreak.com/1govv8d9 A new guide on programming quantum algorithms leads programmers through every step, from theory to implementing the algorithms on IBM’s publicly accessible 5-qubit ibmqx4 quantum computer and others. The guide

Homeland Security Is Buying Its Way Around the Fourth Amendment

2022-07-19 Thread jim bell
Homeland Security Is Buying Its Way Around the Fourth Amendment https://share.newsbreak.com/1goc7w5v American taxpayers pay to be spied upon. That's one takeaway from new documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which has been examining how federal agents spent

Homeland Security records show 'shocking' use of phone data, ACLU says

2022-07-18 Thread jim bell
Homeland Security records show 'shocking' use of phone data, ACLU says https://share.newsbreak.com/1gj8uwno In just three days in 2018, documents show that the CBP collected data from more than 113,000 locations from phones in the Southwestern United States — equivalent to more than 26 data

New documents reveal ‘huge’ scale of US government’s cell phone location data tracking

2022-07-18 Thread jim bell
New documents reveal ‘huge’ scale of US government’s cell phone location data tracking https://share.newsbreak.com/1gh2bhod "It’s no secret that U.S. government agencies have been obtaining and using location data collected by Americans’ smartphones. In early 2020, a Wall Street Journal 

Ghacks: Facebook has started to encrypt links to counter privacy-improving URL Stripping

2022-07-17 Thread jim bell
Ghacks: Facebook has started to encrypt links to counter privacy-improving URL Stripping. https://www.ghacks.net/2022/07/17/facebook-has-started-to-encrypt-links-to-counter-privacy-improving-url-stripping/ Facebook has started to encrypt links to counter privacy-improving URL Stripping MARTIN

BleepingComputer: Tor Browser now bypasses internet censorship automatically

2022-07-16 Thread jim bell
BleepingComputer: Tor Browser now bypasses internet censorship automatically. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tor-browser-now-bypasses-internet-censorship-automatically/ The Tor Project team has announced the release of Tor Browser 11.5, a major release that brings new features to

DARKReading: Fake Google Software Updates Spread New Ransomware

2022-07-13 Thread jim bell
DARKReading: Fake Google Software Updates Spread New Ransomware. https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/attacker-using-fake-google-software-update-to-distribute-new-ransomware Fake Google Software Updates Spread New Ransomware "HavanaCrypt" is also using a command-and-control server that is

Ars Technica: New working speculative execution attack sends Intel and AMD scrambling

2022-07-12 Thread jim bell
Ars Technica: New working speculative execution attack sends Intel and AMD scrambling. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/07/intel-and-amd-cpus-vulnerable-to-a-new-speculative-execution-attack/ Some microprocessors from Intel and AMD are vulnerable to a newly discovered

Hackaday: Why You Should Totally Roll Your Own AES Cryptography

2022-07-12 Thread jim bell
Hackaday: Why You Should Totally Roll Your Own AES Cryptography. https://hackaday.com/2022/07/11/why-you-should-totally-roll-your-own-aes-cryptography/ WHY YOU SHOULD TOTALLY ROLL YOUR OWN AES CRYPTOGRAPHY  24 Comments - by:  Maya PoschJuly 11, 2022 -  -  -  -  - Software

SciTechDaily: MIT Quantum Sensor Can Detect Electromagnetic Signals of Any Frequency

2022-07-11 Thread jim bell
SciTechDaily: MIT Quantum Sensor Can Detect Electromagnetic Signals of Any Frequency. https://scitechdaily.com/mit-quantum-sensor-can-detect-electromagnetic-signals-of-any-frequency/ MIT engineers expand the capabilities of these ultrasensitive nanoscale detectors, with potential uses for

Hackaday: Lift The Veil On RSA With This RSA Calculator

2022-07-10 Thread jim bell
Hackaday: Lift The Veil On RSA With This RSA Calculator. https://hackaday.com/2022/07/08/lift-the-veil-on-rsa-with-this-rsa-calculator/ Encryption algorithms can be intimidating to approach, what’s with all the math involved. However, once you start digging into them, you can break the math

Tom's Hardware: U.S. Wants China's SMIC to Stop Making 14nm Chips

2022-07-10 Thread jim bell
Tom's Hardware: U.S. Wants China's SMIC to Stop Making 14nm Chips. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/us-wants-china-smic-to-stop-making-14nm-chips When the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) restricted access of China's largest contract chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.

Uber bosses told staff to use ‘kill switch’ during raids to stop police seeing data

2022-07-10 Thread jim bell
Uber bosses told staff to use ‘kill switch’ during raids to stop police seeing data https://share.newsbreak.com/1f0rpzek Uber bosses told staff to use ‘kill switch’ during raids to stop police seeing data By Rob Davies and Simon Goodley, 5 hrs agoThe GuardianFollow Senior executives at Uber

In era of transparency, Arizona law limits filming police

2022-07-08 Thread jim bell
In era of transparency, Arizona law limits filming police https://share.newsbreak.com/1epq2b9e PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s governor has signed a law that restricts how the public can video police at a time when there’s growing pressure across the U.S. for greater law enforcement transparency.

IBM’s 3D chip stacking process could revive a famous rule on computing power

2022-07-08 Thread jim bell
IBM’s 3D chip stacking process could revive a famous rule on computing power https://share.newsbreak.com/1epjejbm IBM Research and Tokyo Electron (TEL) collaborated on a new breakthrough in 3D chipmaking that uses a novel method to keep Moore's Law in motion. The two companies partnered on a

End-to-end encryption’s central role in modern self-defense – Ars Technica

2022-07-08 Thread jim bell
https://www.wired.com/story/end-to-end-encryption-abortion-privacy/ A number of course-altering US Supreme Court decisions last month—including the  reversal of a constitutional right to abortion and the overturning of a century-old limit on certain firearms permits—have activists and average

FBI and M15 issue rare joint warning for all iPhone and Android users over growing China cybersecurity attacks

2022-07-07 Thread jim bell
FBI and M15 issue rare joint warning for all iPhone and Android users over growing China cybersecurity attacks https://share.newsbreak.com/1ejnpwln "DIRECTORS from the top intelligence agencies representing the United States and the United Kingdom have appeared together to make a forceful

Ars Technica: The cryptopocalypse is nigh! NIST rolls out new encryption standards to prepare

2022-07-07 Thread jim bell
Ars Technica: The cryptopocalypse is nigh! NIST rolls out new encryption standards to prepare. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/07/nist-selects-quantum-proof-algorithms-to-head-off-the-coming-cryptopocalypse/ In the not-too-distant future—as little as a decade, perhaps, nobody

US general says Elon Musk's Starlink has 'totally destroyed Putin's information campaign'

2022-07-05 Thread jim bell
US general says Elon Musk's Starlink has 'totally destroyed Putin's information campaign' https://share.newsbreak.com/1e7p372p - US Brigadier General Steven Butow said Starlink has "destroyed Putin's information campaign." - The internet service helped organize attacks and kept

Drug smuggling: Underwater drones seized by Spanish police

2022-07-05 Thread jim bell
Drug smuggling: Underwater drones seized by Spanish police - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62040790 Jim Bell's comment:I actually thought of this 30+ years ago, unmanned, underwater smuggling drones, but I made no attempt to implement this. At that time, GPS was very new, solar

IEEE Spectrum: Quantum Computing for Dummies

2022-07-04 Thread jim bell
IEEE Spectrum: Quantum Computing for Dummies. https://spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-computing-for-dummies Quantum computers may one day rapidly find solutions to problems no regular computer might ever hope to solve, but there are vanishingly few quantum programmers when compared with the number of

BBC News: Julian Assange submits High Court appeal to fight extradition

2022-07-01 Thread jim bell
Julian Assange submits High Court appeal to fight extradition - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62008245

Prosecutions against abortion providers could utilize 'mass surveillance,' experts warn

2022-06-27 Thread jim bell
https://news.yahoo.com/prosecutors-states-where-abortion-now-231745604.html As the U.S. enters an era of diminished reproductive rights following the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, a path has been cleared for at least 13 states — those with “trigger laws” — to begin

Engadget: Google warns internet service providers helped distribute Hermit spyware

2022-06-26 Thread jim bell
Engadget: Google warns internet service providers helped distribute Hermit spyware. https://www.engadget.com/google-hermit-spyware-204549595.html?src=rss Google is warning of a sophisticated new spyware campaign that has seen malicious actors steal sensitive data from Android and iOS users in

TechCrunch: Google is notifying Android users targeted by Hermit government-grade spyware

2022-06-26 Thread jim bell
TechCrunch: Google is notifying Android users targeted by Hermit government-grade spyware. https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/23/hermit-zero-day-android-spyware/ Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch Security researchers at Lookout recently tied a previously unattributed Android mobile spyware,

$100 million worth of crypto has been stolen in another major hack

2022-06-24 Thread jim bell
$100 million worth of crypto has been stolen in another major hack https://share.newsbreak.com/1c424ehk " $100 million worth of crypto has been stolen in another major hack PUBLISHED FRI, JUN 24 2022 6:38 AM EDTUPDATED FRI, JUN 24 2022 9:28 AM EDTRyan Browne@RYAN_BROWNE_WATCH LIVEKEY POINTS

U.S. Tech Industry Frets About Handing Data to States Prosecuting Abortion

2022-06-24 Thread jim bell
U.S. Tech Industry Frets About Handing Data to States Prosecuting Abortion https://share.newsbreak.com/1c3uo905

A Huge Step Forward in Quantum Computing Was Just Announced: The First-Ever Quantum Circuit

2022-06-23 Thread jim bell
A Huge Step Forward in Quantum Computing Was Just Announced: The First-Ever Quantum Circuit https://share.newsbreak.com/1bul2vlo A Huge Step Forward in Quantum Computing Was Just Announced: The First-Ever Quantum Circuit ScienceAlert - 2 days agoAustralian scientists have created the world's

Mega says it can’t decrypt your files. New POC exploit shows otherwise – Ars Technica

2022-06-21 Thread jim bell
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/06/mega-says-it-cant-decrypt-your-files-new-poc-exploit-shows-otherwise/ "In the decade since larger-than-life character Kim Dotcom founded Mega, the cloud storage service has amassed 250 million registered users and stores a whopping 120

This 1.5TB microSD is surely witchcraft

2022-06-21 Thread jim bell
This 1.5TB microSD is surely witchcraft https://share.newsbreak.com/1bhubzb6

Kentucky court rules police violated robbery suspect’s rights by pulling from his cellphone without warrant

2022-06-18 Thread jim bell
Kentucky court rules police violated robbery suspect’s rights by pulling from his cellphone without warrant https://share.newsbreak.com/1b052vco A sharply divided Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that police violated a robbery suspect’s constitutional protections by accessing his

Hertzbleed Is A New CPU Hack Affecting Just About Everybody

2022-06-18 Thread jim bell
Jim Bell's note: In late 1977, I built a single board microprocessor trainer called a Dyna-Micro. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22dyna+micro%22=%22dyna+micro%22=chrome..69i57j46i175i199i512j0i22i30l5j0i10i22i30.8593j1j16=ms-android-motorola-rvo3=chrome-mobile=UTF-8#imgrc=TPvWtUel0XoNkM

New Hertzbleed Side-Channel Attack Affects All Modern AMD and Intel CPUs

2022-06-18 Thread jim bell
https://thehackernews.com/2022/06/new-hertzbleed-side-channel-attack.html "A newly discovered security vulnerability in modern Intel and AMD processors could let remote attackers steal encryption keys via a power side channel attack. "Dubbed Hertzbleed by a group of researchers from the

Chinese hackers attack sophos

2022-06-18 Thread jim bell
https://thehackernews.com/2022/06/chinese-hackers-exploited-sophos.html " sophisticated Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) actor exploited a critical security vulnerability in Sophos' firewall product that came to light earlier this year to infiltrate an unnamed South Asian target as part

Nearly half of Democrat men under 50 approve of assassinating politicians

2022-06-16 Thread jim bell
The Overton Window has moved.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window?wprov=sfla1 -- Nearly half of Democrat men under 50 approve of assassinating politicians https://share.newsbreak.com/1aj5jtrh "A new poll last week found that voters who identified as Democrats were more likely

Dark web drug dealer jailed over cryptocurrency millions

2022-06-16 Thread jim bell
Dark web drug dealer jailed over cryptocurrency millions https://share.newsbreak.com/1ai5nepi

Quantum Computer Programming for Dummies

2022-06-16 Thread jim bell
Quantum Computer Programming for Dummies https://share.newsbreak.com/1af4b2r1 Newswise — LOS ALAMOS, N.M., June 14, 2022—For would-be quantum programmers scratching their heads over how to jump into the game as quantum computers proliferate and become publicly accessible, a new beginner’s

Hackers just launched the largest HTTPS DDoS attack in history

2022-06-15 Thread jim bell
Hackers just launched the largest HTTPS DDoS attack in history https://share.newsbreak.com/1af1w5g5

A new vulnerability in Intel and AMD CPUs lets hackers steal encryption keys

2022-06-15 Thread jim bell
A new vulnerability in Intel and AMD CPUs lets hackers steal encryption keys https://share.newsbreak.com/1acrbteo Microprocessors from Intel, AMD, and other companies contain a newly discovered weakness that remote attackers can exploit to obtain cryptographic keys and other secret data

US Defense Official Credits Elon Musk's Starlink For Making It Impossible For Putin To Silence Ukraine

2022-06-13 Thread jim bell
US Defense Official Credits Elon Musk's Starlink For Making It Impossible For Putin To Silence Ukraine https://share.newsbreak.com/19yxx0t4 Elon Musk's SpaceX-owned Starlink came in handy for Ukraine when the Eastern European country's war with Russia left it bereft of internet service.

POLITICO: How DOJ took the malware fight into your computer

2022-06-13 Thread jim bell
POLITICO: How DOJ took the malware fight into your computer. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/13/how-doj-took-the-malware-fight-into-your-computer-00038932 In the past year, federal prosecutors and FBI agents have increased their efforts to defeat botnets and contain malware outbreaks by

'A Mass Invasion of Privacy' but No Penalties for Tim Hortons

2022-06-12 Thread jim bell
https://news.yahoo.com/mass-invasion-privacy-no-penalties-151852739.html One way to figure out how deeply Tim Hortons is woven into Canada’s fabric is a cross-border comparison. If McDonald’s, perhaps its closest analogue in the Uni... __-- "The vector for Tim Hortons’

EXCLUSIVE: Crypto Traders Say Coinbase Refusing To Return Wrongly Deposited Funds Despite Having Access

2022-06-11 Thread jim bell
EXCLUSIVE: Crypto Traders Say Coinbase Refusing To Return Wrongly Deposited Funds Despite Having Access https://share.newsbreak.com/19g5kr7n

Strong Showing for First Experimental RISC-V Supercomputer

2022-06-11 Thread jim bell
https://www.nextplatform.com/2022/06/09/strong-showing-for-first-experimental-risc-v-supercomputer/ A European team of university students has cobbled together the first RISC-V supercomputer capable of showing balanced power consumption and performance. More importantly, it demonstrates a

The M1 has a major security loophole that Apple can’t patch

2022-06-10 Thread jim bell
The M1 has a major security loophole that Apple can’t patch https://share.newsbreak.com/19ais0pf

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