Bash bug could be bigger threat than Heartbleed by Panni30 in Bitcoin

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Someone please explain how the vulnerability itself works - heartbleed was the heartbeat command not checking the user supplied length of the response, allowing a malicious user to send a longer length than the actual message and have the server respond with out of bounds memory.

For this bug, what exactly in the environmental variables would trigger it?

Introducing the Steam Music Player - Including free Valve soundtracks to owners of the games by McBackstabber in Games

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Umm, okay. Please stop bloating the Steam client and stay to games.

BitPay And PayPal, An Unbeatable Payment Partnership by mmeijeri in Bitcoin

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Shit. We're going to hit $200 by the end of the week!

This is so unfortunate. The DDoS attacks are ruining Dota by leesoutherst in DotA2

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Or just stop using Skype. Plenty of great alternatives. I like Subrosa

Dota 2 - The Rekindling Soul Update by wykrhm in DotA2

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Next year will bring monumental changes to Dota 2

NEW ECONOMY UPDATE! VOLVO POINTS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

Crystal Maiden = 1250 VP

Riki = 2000 VP

Earth Spirit = 6300 VP

[Release] FreeFall - Make your phone scream when you drop it! by highasakite14 in jailbreak

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Not true. Search indexing since iOS 3 is only performed when it is locked and the battery is bring charged.

Scottish Independence: 70,000 Nationalists Demand Referendum be Re-Held After Vote Rigging Claims by spasticbadger in worldnews

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Your argument would have made sense, however you forgot BBC's abysmally biased coverage.

Study of 100 billion animals fed GM and regular crops shows no effect of GM crops on animal health. by [deleted] in science

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It's at the same level of done as whether vaccines are the cause of autism or whether 9/11 was an inside job.

One of these is not like the other.

Any mods to 'opt out' of the mini objectives & scoring for social events (dates, parties)? by goldcakes in thesims

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Thank you, that's great! Can this be applied to dates too?

Canadian government begins invalidating passports of citizens who have left to join extremist groups by egedar in worldnews

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The burden of proof is on the prosecutor. It is important that this NEVER gets changed. It wasn't even changed for the Hitler trials!

Canadian government begins invalidating passports of citizens who have left to join extremist groups by egedar in worldnews

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Revoking passports should have court review however. You know of this becomes normalised, economic activists who are already called "terrorists" will find their passports revoked if there isn't any court oversight.

Canadian government begins invalidating passports of citizens who have left to join extremist groups by egedar in worldnews

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Yep. What should be done is an immediate suspension, followed up by a court review. There won't be any delay on the power, and the cases should be few enough that the legal congestion will be minimal.

Canadian government begins invalidating passports of citizens who have left to join extremist groups by egedar in worldnews

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I agree with this too, but there should be court review. Suspend the passport right away, but have a court hearing afterwards..

What happens if this is going to be applied to people who peacefully protest G20 but always targeted with brutal response?

Canadian government begins invalidating passports of citizens who have left to join extremist groups by egedar in worldnews

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Because in most countries you present the case against a judge first.

Summary of why downward pressure is overwhelming by [deleted] in BitcoinMarkets

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I believe it's the MtGox hacked coins being liquidated

Pay ransom for ransomware? Cryptowall by oouncolaoo in AskNetsec

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Impossible to say. There's a whole ecosystem around malware these days. There are dedicated groups that focus on infecting computers, and sells installs to malware creators.

People who write the malware in question are different from people who distribute it.

For example, I can get 1000 US installs for 35000 rubles (about $900)

Pay ransom for ransomware? Cryptowall by oouncolaoo in AskNetsec

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Sure but why? There's little benefit to not hosting a cheap authentication server on a $20/month offshore VPS.

ASIO and hundreds of police raid Sydney and Brisbane homes in counter-terrorism raid by [deleted] in australia

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Allegedly. Just like the three Tamil 'terrorists' (completely bullshit), or Haneef's involvement in the London bombings (non-existent).

Reserve judgement until they are found guilty, because based on historical precedent there's a 90+% chance all charges will be dismissed.

ASIO and hundreds of police raid Sydney and Brisbane homes in counter-terrorism raid by [deleted] in australia

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Allegedly. Just like the three Tamil 'terrorists' (completely bullshit), or Haneef's involvement in the London bombings (non-existent).

Reserve judgement until they are found guilty, because based on historical precedent there's a 90+% chance all charges will be dismissed.

ASIO and hundreds of police raid Sydney and Brisbane homes in counter-terrorism raid by [deleted] in australia

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Allegedly. Just like the three Tamil 'terrorists' (completely bullshit), or Haneef's involvement in the London bombings (non-existent).

Reserve judgement until they are found guilty, because based on historical precedent there's a 90+% chance all charges will be dismissed.

ASIO and hundreds of police raid Sydney and Brisbane homes in counter-terrorism raid by [deleted] in australia

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Just like how they got Haneef. Wow, people have short attention spans these days.

ASIO and hundreds of police raid Sydney and Brisbane homes in counter-terrorism raid by [deleted] in australia

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Haneef case. The AFP has been completely wrong many times before. Reserve judgement until someone is actually found guilty, because I'll bet you $100 right now all charges will be dismissed within a year. pm me if interested.

ASIO and hundreds of police raid Sydney and Brisbane homes in counter-terrorism raid by [deleted] in australia

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Just like how sure the government was about Dr Haneef.

ASIO and hundreds of police raid Sydney and Brisbane homes in counter-terrorism raid by [deleted] in australia

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Remember the Haneef affair?

why are you reporting this?

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