2017
Net Neutrality II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
by 1 other (via)The FCC will vote on the Restoring Internet Freedom NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) on 18 May 2017; once that’s done, the proposal will remain open for public comment until 17 July 2017, followed by a month-long reply period.
‘Ghost Hosts’ Bypass URL Filtering
by 1 other (via)Malware authors have found a way to evade URL-blocking systems by swapping bad domain names with unknown ones.
2016
Radio.Garden your internet map radio
by 1 other (via)By bringing distant voices close, radio connects people and places.
5 Ways to Secure Your Browser
by 1 other (via)What’s the one piece of software you use more than anything else, day in and day out? For most people, the answer is easy: their web browser.
Bruce Schneier: ‘The internet era of fun and games is over’
by 1 other (via)Internet pioneer Bruce Schneier issued a dire proclamation in front of the House of Representatives’ Energy & Commerce Committee Wednesday: “It might be that the internet era of fun and games is over, because the internet is now dangerous.”
Security check for Internet of Things
Check if your internet-connected devices at home are public on Shodan. If they are, this means they are accessible to the public, and hackers.
2011
Anonymous announces: The Plan
(via)Anonymous, the faceless hacktivist organization spawned from the Internet, has released a plan- excuse me- “The Plan.”
How to submit website to Baidu.com
(via)We just want to share with you guys how to submit your website to Baidu, China’s #1 search engine…
Wireless router hijacked for child pornography
(via)Malcolm Riddell awoke at 6 a.m. one day last year to some of the most heart-sinking words a homeowner can hear: “FBI, open up.”
2010
How to submit website to Baidu.com
(via)We just want to share with you guys how to submit your website to Baidu, China’s #1 search engine…
Bunny-crushing videos stir outrage online
(via)BEIJING (AFP) – A group of “crush fetishists” has caused an online storm in China after uploading graphic videos showing attractive young Chinese women crushing small rabbits.
Crooks prey on young online
(via)ONE in 10 Australian internet users – more than 1.3 million people – lost an average of $1000 each to cyber criminals in the past 12 months.
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Google I/O Will Be Chrome’s Time to Shine
(via)In the year and a half since it first emerged, Google’s Chrome browser has matured from a thinner-than-air experiment that only ran on Windows into a stable, full-featured browser that works on all major operating systems and is available in 50 languages.
Has Apple won the Web video war?
(via)With Apple declaring war against Adobe’s hold over Web video, some reports say the Cupertino company has already won.
Facebook Rolls Out New Login Security Features
(via)Facebook is now one of the most popular targets for phishers, hackers and scammers.
Apple MobileMe Mail beta Invitation
(via)What is this? We originally thought it could possibly be linked into the rumors that MobileMe may soon be free, but reader Beau quickly pointed us to a news post from Apple detailing a new MobileMe Mail beta application.
Twitter hit by bug
(via)BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhuanet) — Twitter has been hit by a bug that left users, including many celebrities, with no “followers”.
New attack today against Wordpress
(via) Note that we are not blaming Wordpress here. I am assuming that if the problem was on Wordpress itself, the number of infected sites would be much much bigger. Maybe a plugin is vulnerable or someone stole lots of passwords. Also, all the hacked sites were on shared hosts, no one so far on a private server
Rumor: MobileMe To Drop Subscription Fee
(via)MobileMe may be the one Apple product I’ve never been tempted enough to at least consider pulling the trigger on.
First internationalised domain names go live
(via)The first top level domains with non-Latin characters went live on Thursday, just over six months after the process for doing so was approved, with another thirteen nearing registration.
‘Cyberwar’ A Misused Term
(via)Some officials and computer security companies are arguing that the World Wide Web is battlefield in a “cyberwar” that has armies of hackers stealing online secrets and using the Internet to attack the mainframe of many real world companies.
