Security: NoScript, Georgia and CFAA, FUD, and MyFitnessPal 'Cloud' Breach
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Firefox 57-59 & Noscript 10 usage guide - 2nd edition
Noscript is maturing nicely. It is not the all-can-do tool that we had in Firefox before the 57th release, but it is adequate and suitable for most people, and it provides the necessary protection, and more importantly, the necessary quiet you want when browsing the net. Silent, static pages so you can focus on reading and not having your senses assailed any which Web 2.0 or Web 3.0 way. But I guess most people will focus on the security side of things.
I am using the addon across multiple profiles and systems, and I have not observed any big breakages or bugs. Occasional tiny issues crop here and there, and then vanish a day later. The one that I do remember was a temporary issue with XSS for a brief while, but other than that, it seems to work in a very similar fashion to the old Noscript. Performance is also comparable. And then, there's still more room for improvements and new stuff, which I'm sure will be coming. Hopefully, this was a pleasant read. Take care.
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Georgia Passes Anti-Infosec Legislation
Despite the full-throated objections of the cybersecurity community, the Georgia legislature has passed a bill that would open independent researchers who identify vulnerabilities in computer systems to prosecution and up to a year in jail.
EFF calls upon Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal to veto S.B. 315 as soon as it lands on his desk.
For months, advocates such as Electronic Frontiers Georgia, have descended on the state Capitol to oppose S.B. 315, which would create a new crime of “unauthorized access” to computer systems. While lawmakers did make a major concession by exempting terms of service violations under the measure—an exception we’ve been asking Congress for years to carve out of the federal Computer Fraud & Abuse Act (CFAA)—the bill stills fall short of ensuring that researchers aren’t targeted by overzealous prosecutors. This has too often been the case under CFAA.
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Newly Found Malware Deliberately Avoids Government Networks [Ed: So-called 'Malware'. Basically just someone running a script to scan for machines with an open SSH port and truly shitty (if not still-default) password. It is not hard to understand why crackers typically try not to touch government IPs. Governments don't care about cracking (they do it themselves) unless the cracks affect government and immunity/impunity is available only for other "state actors" (crackers taxpayers pay for). Systemic hypocrisy.]
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Your MyFitnessPal Account Was Almost Certainly Hacked, Change Your Password Now
If you’re one of the millions of the 150 million MyFitnessPal users, bad news: hackers have your email address, your user name, and your hashed password.
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MyFitnessPal data breach affects 150 million users, Including fitness wearables
Digital data thefts are on the rise and sports apparel merchant Under Armour has become the latest victim of the crime. The Baltimore (USA) based company has disclosed that there was a massive data breach into its food and nutrition app and website, MyFitnessPal, system earlier this year. An unauthorized party gained access to the system and was able to acquire data of about 150 million users.
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