Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Malware mints virtual currency using victim's GPU • The Register

Malware mints virtual currency using victim's GPU • The RegisterWas just a matter of time before someone brought this up. This is the first thing I thought of when I heard of Bitcoin. Ah another cool use for GPU other than hacking passwords LOL.

Friday, August 12, 2011

A Cloud that Can't Leak

38239 from technologyreview.com - StumbleUpon Going DEEP Wow!
Researchers recognized the potential value of fully homomorphic encryption (in which software could perform any calculation on encrypted data and produce a result that was also encrypted) many years ago. But until recently, it wasn't known to be possible, let alone practical. Only in 2009 did Craig Gentry of IBM publish a mathematical proof showing fully homomorphic encryption was possible.

Apple releases Lion Recovery Disk Assistant | Operating Systems | Macworld

Apple releases Lion Recovery Disk Assistant | Operating Systems | Macworld Just as I predicted so now you don't have to pay $70 for the Apple Lion recovery usb stick and can make your own.
Pretty quick too. It took Microsoft a lot longer to release their usb tool if I remember correctly.

Beware of Macs in enterprise, security consultants say • The Register

Beware of Macs in enterprise, security consultants say • The Register
Like many other researchers, Stamos praised a variety of advanced security protections built into Lion, the latest version of OS X

Intel® Driver Update Utility

Intel® Driver Update Utility
Online check to see if your Intel drivers are updated to latest versions.