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0-day bug in fully patched OS X comes under active exploit to hijack Macs

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“Hackers are exploiting a serious zero-day vulnerability in the latest version of Apple’s OS X so they can perform attacks that install malware without requiring victims to enter system passwords, researchers said.  As Ars reported last week, the privilege-escalation bug stems from new error-logging features that Apple added to OS X 10.10. Developers didn’t use standard safeguards involving additions to the OS X dynamic linker dyld, a failure that lets attackers open or create files with root privileges that can reside anywhere in the OS X file system. Researchers from anti-malware firm Malwarebytes said a new malicious installer is exploiting the vulnerability to surreptitiously infect Macs.”

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/08/0-day-bug-in-fully-patched-os-x-comes-under-active-exploit-to-hijack-macs/

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Drivers, Beware Traffic Stops in the American Police State

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“Trying to predict the outcome of any encounter with the police is a bit like playing Russian roulette: most of the time you will emerge relatively unscathed, although decidedly poorer and less secure about your rights, but there’s always the chance that an encounter will turn deadly.  Unfortunately for drivers, not only have traffic stops become potentially deadly encounters, they have also turned into a profitable form of highway robbery for the police departments involved.  Never before have ‘we the people’ been so seemingly defenseless in the face of police misconduct, lacking advocates in the courts and in the legislatures. So how do you survive a police encounter with your life and wallet intact?”

https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/drivers_beware_the_costly_deadly_dangers_of_traffic_stops_in_the_ameri

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Chinese regulator vows share support after markets tumble 8.5% in a day

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“China said on Monday it was prepared to buy shares to stabilize the stock market and avert ‘systemic risks’, after major indices plunged more than 8 percent in the biggest one-day fall since 2007.  The securities regulator also said market authorities would deal severely with anyone engaged in the ‘malicious shorting of stocks’, in Beijing’s latest attempt to stave off a full-blown market crash.  Monday’s slump, amid growing doubts about the strength of the world’s second biggest economy, shattered three weeks of relative calm as a barrage of support measures helped stabilize values following a sharp sell-off that started in mid-June.”

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/27/us-markets-china-stocks-idUSKCN0Q10KE20150727

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China Has Biggest One-Day Stock Crash Since 2007

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“China’s stocks tumbled amid concern a three-week rally sparked by unprecedented government intervention is unsustainable.  Monday’s retreat shattered the sense of calm that had fallen over mainland markets last week and raised questions over the viability of government efforts to prop up share prices as the economy slows.  The Shanghai gauge had rebounded 16 percent from its July 8 low through Friday as officials went to extreme lengths to halt a rout that erased $4 trillion from the nation’s equities. Officials allowed more than 1,400 companies to halt trading, banned major shareholders from selling stakes and armed a state-run financing vehicle with more than $480 billion to support the market.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-27/chinese-stock-index-futures-drop-before-industrial-profits

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Pakistan bans BlackBerry messaging, e-mail for “security reasons”

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“The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued a directive to mobile phone network operators to shut down access to BlackBerry Enterprise Services for all mobile customers by November 30. The new order is ‘for security reasons,’ a PTA spokesperson told The Guardian.  The order comes just six days after Privacy International issued a report warning that Pakistan’s intelligence agencies are ramping up electronic surveillance efforts. The ongoing battle with the Pakistani Taliban and other insurgents has been used as justification for an increasingly broad surveillance campaign by Pakistan’s intelligence community.”

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/07/pakistan-bans-blackberry-messaging-e-mail-for-security-reasons/

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Someone built a meth lab inside a federal research facility, and it exploded

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“Somebody built a methamphetamine lab inside a federal research facility, and a security guard was injured when it exploded. Chemical & Engineering News reports that the explosion took place July 18th at the National Institute of Standards & Technology, and local police say evidence at the scene is ‘consistent with the production of’ meth. Congress is now investigating how this all happened, because they watched Breaking Bad and are not having it this close to our nation’s capital.  The suspected meth lab, which is located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was built in NIST‘s special projects building, which was sitting empty after scientists concluded their most recent experiment there.”

http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/22/9018989/meth-lab-national-institute-standards-technology

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Here’s a risk to stocks you’ve likely overlooked

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“Michael Milken, the creator of junk bonds, once remarked: ‘Liquidity is an illusion…..It’s always there when you don’t need it, and rarely there when you do’.  The problems with liquidity underscore the distorting effects of central bank intervention in financial markets. Official policies in the aftermath of the financial crisis have forced excessive risk taking in search of returns. Yet regulatory changes have contributed to a reduction in trading liquidity. Over time, investors can become increasingly exposed to ever more risky financial assets that in a crisis would be difficult to trade — triggering a major collapse in prices.”

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-a-threat-to-stocks-youve-likely-overlooked-2015-07-21

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The Total Failure Of Gun Control Captured In One Photo

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“The bullets that shattered the glass in more than a dozen places around the gun-free zone sign did not heed its commands.  In addition to ignoring the sign designating the area as a gun-free zone, the terrorist shooter also appears to have illegally obtained his firearms. In other words, the gun control regime not only failed to prevent the terrorist from obtaining his firearms, it also failed to prevent him from possessing them in a gun-free zone. The gun ban did, however, dissuade law-abiding Marines from carrying firearms that they could’ve used to protect themselves.”

http://thefederalist.com/2015/07/17/the-total-failure-of-gun-control-captured-in-one-photo/

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Standing Between You And All The Benefits Of Telemedicine

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“The same organization that thinks you shouldn’t be able to get a prescription from a Teladoc doctor you have never met, thinks it’s perfectly okay for you to get a prescription from an ‘on call’ doctor who you have also never met, who is subbing in for your regular doctor and who probably isn’t looking at your medical records when he orders the prescription.  Today, as in the past, organized medicine acts as a cartel agent for the doctors.  Another opponent is Medicare. In general, the federal government won’t pay for telemedicine except under special circumstances.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngoodman/2015/07/09/standing-between-you-and-all-the-benefits-of-telemedicine-the-ama-and-the-federal-government/

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Gov.-recommended automatic braking systems are braking at the wrong time

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“This is far from the first time automatic braking systems have come under scrutiny, with the Wall Street Journal noting that Honda, Fiat Chrysler, and General Motors vehicles have all been the subject of similar complaints. These complaints are relatively uncommon considering that around 630,000 vehicles sold in the US this year are thought to have automatic braking systems. This number, produced by market analysts Navigant Research and reported by the WSJ, is expected to rise to 10 million by the year 2020. The NHTSA also apparently has faith in the technology, and this year added automatic braking systems to its list of recommended safety features.”

http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/19/8811435/automatic-braking-complaints-accidents

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