An anonymous reader shares a report: Sears, the employer of more than 68,000 filed for bankruptcy in October. Its last shot at survival is a $4.6 billion proposal put forward by its chairman, Eddie Lampert, to buy the company out of bankruptcy through his hedge fund, ESL Investments. ESL is the only party offering to…
Guardzilla Home Cameras Open to Anyone Wanting to Watch Their Footage
The home surveillance cams have hard-coded credentials. …read more Source:: Threatpost
FCC Says It is Investigating CenturyLink 911 Outage
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said on Friday the agency had launched an investigation into a nationwide CenturyLink outage that has affected 911 service for consumers across the country. In a statement, he said [PDF]: “When an emergency strikes, it’s critical that Americans are able to use 911 to reach those who can help….
Facebook’s leaked rulebooks highlight struggle with content moderation – CNET
The New York Times uncovers 1,400 documents demonstrating Facebook’s growing political influence and troubles with moderation …read more Source:: CNet
The best after-Christmas deals and sales: Amazon Digital Day, 40 percent off PS Classic, $20 off JBL Clip 3 – CNET
Ready to cash in some gift cards? …read more Source:: CNet
Google Erases Kurdistan From Maps in Compliance With Turkish Government
schwit1 shares a report: Google has removed a map outlining the geographical extent of the Greater Kurdistan after the Turkish state asked it to do so, a simple inquiry on the Internet giant’s search engine from Wednesday on can show. “Unavailable. This map is no longer available due to a violation of our Terms of…
Start Preparing Now for the Post-Quantum Future
Quantum computing will break most of the encryption schemes on which we rely today. These five tips will help you get ready. …read more Source:: DarkReading
Hijacking Online Accounts Via Hacked Voicemail Systems
Proof-of-concept hack of a voicemail systems shows how it can lead to account takeovers multiple online services. …read more Source:: Threatpost
Apache NetBeans 10.0 Now Available
The Apache Software Foundation has released NetBeans 10.0, the second major release of the Apache NetBeans IDE. The release, said the Apache Software Foundation, is focused in adding support for JDK 11, JUnit 5, PHP, JavaScript and Groovy, as well in solving many issues. From a blog post: JDK 11 support has been enhanced in…
DooM Retrospective: 25 Years of Metal
Metal is many things. A material hard and coarse in nature that by forging it in fire becomes sharp enough to cut through anything in its path. The music that bares its namesake is equally cutting and exudes an unyielding attitude that seeks to separate the posers from the true acolytes. Metal is the sentiment…
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