The State of the Network

[freetrader]

(Inter)Network-related happenings that don't deserve to clutter up other threads

 

[freetrader]

Internet of Things becoming a major factor in DOS attacks:

http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/51726/cyber-crime/ovh-hit-botnet-iot.html

 

[AdrianX]

here is another big one:
A Neural Network for Machine Translation, at Production Scale

Computers learning to read the internet in any language.

 

[freetrader]

That's one thing I've always wondered about:

How does Google train such a neural network?
Because they don't offer to learn from the user after they've translated. Or maybe I haven't noticed how?

Fascinating that it's GNMT is now going into production use on Chinese -> English translation.
Curious if I'll see a difference.

And I'm surprised at how highly Google's graph ranks machine translation on that scale from 0-6 !

 

[AdrianX]

Because they don't offer to learn from the user after they've translated. Or maybe I haven't noticed how?

good question, what I've always done is immediately translate back the translation as I can't validate the transactions, but I can verify the translation of the translation.

I imagine it's possible to write an algorithm that's able to self correct on this feedback loop and compare both outcomes to standard linguistic structure and meaning to some degree.

 

[freetrader]

 

[freetrader]

Mirai botnet creator unmasked as DDOS protection developer tempted by the dark side

https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/18/mirai-botnet-creator-unmasked-as-ddos-protection-developer-tempted-by-the-dark-side/

Why I am not very surprised.

Similar situation to AV manufacturers being caught out a while back.

Full article by Krebs:

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/who-is-anna-senpai-the-mirai-worm-author/

 

[Zangelbert Bingledack]

@freetrader

He runs an anti-DDoS company, so he couldn't possibly have a reason to DDoS people. Just like how Blockstream runs a Bitcoin company so they couldn't possibly have a reason to subvert Bitcoin.

 

[freetrader]

And ... this is why I'm glad the scaling conferences are moving away from using Cisco's WebEx for conferencing:

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1096

TLDR; security vulnerability in WebEx Chrome plugin allows remote code execution

 

[freetrader]

http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-top-manager-at-russian-cybersecurity-firm-arrested-in-moscow-2017-1

http://www.burojansen.nl/bvd-aivd/dutch-secret-service-tries-to-recruit-tor-admin/

 

[freetrader]

http://twitter.com/rogueNASA

https://twitter.com/altnatparkser

https://twitter.com/altUSEPA

(I'll be extending this list as it grows longer - thankful for any notifications if someone spots something that needs adding)

 

[freetrader]

https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/26/trump-order-strips-privacy-rights-from-non-u-s-citizens-could-nix-eu-us-data-flows/

 

[freetrader]

The Rise of the Chatbots - an Infographic

 

[freetrader]

 

[freetrader]

<popcorn>

 

[Bagatell]

More from shadowbrokers.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-14/latest-shadow-brokers-leak-reveals-nsa-hacked-swift-belgium-hq


“This is as big as it gets. It’s internet God mode.”

https://www.wired.com/2017/04/major-leak-suggests-nsa-deep-middle-east-banking-system

 

[AdrianX]

 

[freetrader]

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/the-tragedy-of-google-books/523320/

 

[AdrianX]

A Network Vulnerability

 

[freetrader]

UK Draft Investigatory Powers (Technical Capability) Regulations 2017

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/ourwork/reports/home-office-consultation:-investigatory-powers-(technical-capability)-regulations-2017

The Home Office are consulting on their draft technical capability notices regulation. This is a short 4 week consultation concluding on 19 May with responses to: investigatorypowers@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk.

This is a ‘targeted consultation’ - and has not been publicised to the tech industry or public. The Secretary of State is in fact not under any obligation to consult the public, but instead must consult only a small selection of organisations listed in Section 253 (6) of the Investigatory Powers Act

PDF:

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/assets/files/pdfs/home_office/ANNEX_A_Draft_Investigatory_Powers_(Technical Capability)_Regulations.pdf