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Nuclear accidents make mutant bugs and birds
2016-03-11 02:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche-Welle: Biologist Timothy Mousseau has spent years collecting mutant bugs, birds and mice around Chernobyl and Fukushima. In a DW interview, he shares some surprising insights into the effects of nuclear accidents on wildlife. DW: Professor Timothy Mousseau, did you collect these mutant firebugs [pictured at the top of the page]? Timothy Mousseau: Yes, the firebugs are really an eye-opener. My research partner Anders Moller and I were visiting Chernobyl on April 26, 2011. We were wandering around Pripyat...
Google fixes Android bugs, including lingering Mediaserver flaw
2016-03-08 16:50:36| Wireless - Topix.net
The updates addressed critical security vulnerabilities in the keyring component, MediaTek Wi-Fi Driver, Conscrypt, the libvpx library, Mediaserver component, and the Qualcomm Performance component. The most severe vulnerability is the remote code execution flaw in Mediaserver that could be exploited through multiple methods, including email, Web browsing, and MMS, when processing maliciously crafted media files.
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Rarely Patched Bugs in Home Wi-Fi Hookups Cripple Security
2016-01-19 01:42:08| Wireless - Topix.net
In late 2014, a small Massachusetts software company got an ominous email: A computer-security researcher said a flaw in one of its programs put millions world-wide at risk of being hacked. Engineers at the company, Allegro Software Development Corp., analyzed the flaw in the program, which can help users access the controls of home Internet routers.
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NSA Keeps Some Security Bugs Under Its Hat
2015-11-10 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
The U.S. National Security Agency is getting a collective side-eye after posting what it characterized as proactive information: the fact that it discloses 91 percent of security vulnerabilities that pass through its internal review process. While the agency appears pleased with its newfound transparency, it's being called out en masse for the things it's not reporting.
NSA: We Disclose 91 Percent of Security Bugs We Find
2015-11-10 00:01:53| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
But as critics point out, the NSA likely exploits these bugs as much as it can before making them public.
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