Video: Fed's Focus on Faster Payments (InfoRiskToday) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 30, 2015, 11:58 pm)

Supreme Court hears first appeals case for exec convicted under CFAA (SC Magazine) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 30, 2015, 11:58 pm)

VTech Hack Gets Worse: Chat Logs, Kids' Photos Taken In Breach Slashdotby samzenpus on privacy at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at November 30, 2015, 11:33 pm)

An anonymous reader writes: The VTech hack just got a little worse. Reports say that in addition to the 4.8 million records with parents' names, home addresses, passwords and the identities of 227k kids, the hackers also have hundreds of gigabytes worth of pictures and chat logs belonging to children. ZDNet reports: "Tens of thousands of pictures — many blank or duplicates — were thought to have been taken from from Kid Connect, an app that allows parents to use a smartphone app to talk to their children through a VTech tablet. Motherboard was able to verify a portion of the images, and the chat logs, which date as far back as late-2014. Details about the intrusion are not fully known yet. The hacker, who for now remains nameless, told Motherboard that the Hong Kong-based company 'left other sensitive data exposed on its servers.'"

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Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar on Ballon d'Or shortlist AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)(cached at November 30, 2015, 11:28 pm)

La Liga trio to vie for football's World Player of the Year Award that will be announced in January.
Internet of malicious things: Yale home automation vulnerable (SC Magazine) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 30, 2015, 11:28 pm)

RSI Videofied is a 101 in how to build IP CCTV and alarms with zero security, zero e SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 30, 2015, 11:28 pm)

Being Thankful for Open Source Software (IT Toolbox Blogs) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 30, 2015, 11:28 pm)

Black SEO offered to cyber-criminals (SC Magazine) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 30, 2015, 11:28 pm)

FBI investigates Russian hacker that stole billions of login credentials (SC Magazi SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 30, 2015, 11:28 pm)

Oz gov wants to flog health records for big data (The Register) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 30, 2015, 11:28 pm)

BlackBerry says no to Pakistani backdoor gambit (ArsTechnica) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 30, 2015, 11:28 pm)

VoIP on the Matterhorn (IT Toolbox Blogs) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 30, 2015, 11:28 pm)

Put Save As Back on the File Menu TidBITS(cached at November 30, 2015, 11:04 pm)

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Researchers Create Sodium Battery In Industry Standard "18650" Format Slashdotby samzenpus on power at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at November 30, 2015, 11:03 pm)

Zothecula sends word that French team has developed a battery using sodium ions in the usual "18650" format. Gizmag reports: "A team of researchers in France has taken a major step towards powering our devices with rechargeable batteries based on an element that is far more abundant and cheaper than lithium. For the first time ever, a battery has been developed using sodium ions in the industry standard "18650" format used in laptop batteries, LED flashlights and the Tesla Model S, among other products."

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WordPress sites once again being compromised (SC Magazine) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 30, 2015, 10:58 pm)