FinSpy turning up in dictatorships across the world
Two security researchers have found new evidence that legitimate spyware sold by British firm Gamma International appears to be being used by some of the most repressive regimes in the world.…
Google engineer finds British spyware on PCs and smartphones
New vulnerabilities found in latest Java update
Following its latest updates, more vulnerabilities have been uncovered in Oracle’s Java 7 runtime.
DIY laser cutter from non-DIY parts
[Jerry] missed the laser cutters he had been using at the local TechShop. It closed down and after seeing some hardware in a surplus store he decided to build a laser cutter to call his own. You won’t be disappointed by his build log. It’s got a ton of hi-res images and plenty of explanation. …
Hackaday Links August 31, 2012
Landing a fixed-wing through hotel balcony french doors As you can see, launching an RC airplane off of a hotel balcony is easy. But watch the video and you’ll find out trying to fly through the french doors for a landing is another story. [Team BlackSheep] hits (har, har) Thailand in this collection of breathtaking …
Vatican refuses to comment on cyber attack rumors
Vatican City, Aug 31, 2012 / 12:12 pm .- The Vatican is refusing to confirm or deny reports that it has once again been subject to a cyber attack by hostile hackers.
Taking moving time-lapse images over days at a time
It’s neat to watch these lilies open and close during the time-lapse movie. But what makes it even better is to see the camera slowly move during the time-lapse event. It’s thanks to a special dolly which the photographers built for this purpose. The system is based on two curved and inclined pipes which make …
StarHub Teams with Arbor Networks’ Cloud Signaling Coalition to Prevent DDoS Attacks
The Cloud Signaling Coalition is a cutting-edge partnership among enterprises, data center operators and service providers that strives to maintain availability of network frameworks and speed time-to-mitigation for DDoS attacks.
Here we go again: Critical flaw found in just-patched Java
Emergency fix rushed out half-baked
Security Explorations, the Polish security startup that discovered the Java SE 7 vulnerabilities that have been the targets of recent web-based exploits, has spotted a new flaw that affects the patched version of Jav…
Preorder TI’s ARM Cortex-M4 Launchpad for $5 delivered
Texas Instruments just open preorders for the new Stellaris LaunchPad. The boards won’t ship until the end of September, but if you don’t mind the wait you can get one for $4.99 including delivery (we’d wager non-U.S. addresses have to pay for delivery, but leave a comment if you know for sure several readers have reported …
What you can do when a Raspberry Pi teams up with an Arduino
We thought that connecting an Arduino to a Raspberry Pi was overkill, but one thing caught our attention. [Jan Stevens] mentions that the RPi is less expensive than the Ethernet Shield. Interesting. As we looked into his writeup a bit more we began to think he’s onto something. [Jan] uses the PHP serial class to …
