Day: October 20, 2013

WordPress WPLocalPlaces Shell Upload

The WPLocalPlaces theme for WordPress suffers from a remote shell upload vulnerability. Note that this advisory has site-specific information…….


NSA reportedly hacked Mexican president’s e-mail account

The US infiltrated a government e-mail server to eavesdrop on former president Felipe Calderon — “a lucrative source” of information, according to classified documents reviewed by Der Spiegel…….


Sleeper: LG G2 One of the Fastest Android Smartphones On the Market

MojoKid writes “The LG G2 is the follow-up to LG’s Optimus G Pro. It’s also one of the few smartphones on the market right now powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 quad-core SoC. The G2 sports a 5.2-inch 1080p display, 2GB of RAM and up to 32GB of on board storage. However, the 2.26GHz quad-core Snapdragon…


The site that claims to know if someone died in your house

DiedInHouse.com believes it might have the answer to that uncomfortable sense that there might be strange spirits in your house…….


Scientists Say Climate Change Is Damaging Iowa Agriculture

Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes “Radio Iowa reports that 155 scientists from 36 colleges and universities in Iowa are jointly issuing a call for action against global warming and calling on the US Department of Agriculture to update its policies to better protect the land. ‘The last couple of years have underscored the fact that…


Twitter said to be considering killing off its #Music app

The app, which launched just six months ago, is seen as part of the social network’s plan to transform itself into a media platform…….


How You Too Can Be Shut Down By the Feds For Flying Drones

An anonymous reader writes “University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor Matt Waite waived a government cease and desist letter recently received for his experiments using 3-pound, $500 drones for news reporting (specifically, for a story about drought in Nebraska). He gave journalism organizations the lowdown on what they can expect from the government on this front going…


Apple and the emperor’s new wearable tech

With the hiring of another executive from the fashion industry, how can Apple’s sense of overall design make wearable tech attractive?……


NSA Hacked Email Account of Mexican President

rtoz writes “The National Security Agency (NSA ) of United States hacked into the Mexican president’s public email account and gained deep insight into policymaking and the political system. The news is likely to hurt ties between the US and Mexico. This operation, dubbed ‘Flatliquid,’ is described in a document leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden….


Building an Opt-In Society

An anonymous reader writes “In a talk at Y Combinator’s startup school event, Stanford lecturer Balaji Srinivasan explained his vision for governing systems of the future. The idea is to find space to set up a new ‘opt-in’ society outside existing governments, and design it to take full advantage of technology to keep people in…