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WPA2 Wi-Fi Vulnerability

This just in.

From BleepingComputer:

Mathy Vanhoef, a researcher from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), has discovered a severe flaw in the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi networks.

The flaw affects the WPA2 protocol itself and is not specific to any software or hardware product.

Vanhoef has named his attack KRACK, which stands for Key Reinstallation Attack.

Yikes!

Also from BleepingComputer:

List of Firmware & Driver Updates for KRACK WPA2 Vulnerability

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Ernie Ball: The Hetfield + Hammett Experience

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This is something that I’ve been meaning to post for two weeks. Finally I get to pick up a few packs of Ernie Ball strings at a local Guitar Center. I am working on a few guitars this week.

From Metallica:

What do James and Kirk do when they’re not on tour?  Hang out at HQ!  And now you have the chance to hang with them!  In conjunction with our friends at Ernie Ball, makers of fine guitar strings and instrument accessories, three lucky winners will be coming to the San Francisco Bay Area to spend the day with James and Kirk at HQ AND get their choice of a Hetfield or Hammett Signature ESP Guitar.

Head to www.ernieball.com/metallica for more details.

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AppleCare+ for iPhone X carries a $199 price tag.

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iPhone X is availble for Pre-Order on Friday, October 27, 2017 and delivers on Tuesday, November 3, 2017.

iPhone X itself starts at $999.00 for the 64GB model and $1,149.00 for the 256GB model. The AppleCare+ for iPhone X is priced at $199.00, $50 higher than iPhone 8, iPhone 7 and iPhone 6s AppleCare+.

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Live from Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park, It’s Tuesday Morning!

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Apple is set to hold its first event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park today, September 12, 2017.

With the recent leaks, one can only wonder if Apple would have any surprises at all. According to an Apple employee who is definitely not Phil Schiller (@pschiller), *wink-wink*, there is one definite surprise for the event. There are some who call it a “preview”.

Apple will be streaming the event live at Apple.com and Apple TV.

 

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Dreamhost is under DDoS Attack

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NOTE:
Earlier, we were unable to published the post here because at its current incarnation, 37prime is hosted by Dreamhost. We posted one at our WordPress.com-hosted blog.

From @Dreamhost:

“Our engineers have identified the cause of the DNS degradation as a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. dreamhoststatus.com“

Dreamhost is currently in the news as the Department of Justice “demands that DreamHost hand over 1.3 million visitor IP addresses” for a site hosted by the company.

Wordfence chimed in:

The DDoS appears to be unrelated to the DoJ request above. It looks like it may be an Anonymous attack targeting the Dreamhost DNS to try to take a white supremacist website called ‘punishedstormer dot com’ offline. The website came online today and is hosted at Dreamhost.

We will closely follow this news.

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Carlos Alazraqui: Q&A – Birthplace (Video)

Carlos Alazraqui sent the continuation to the video he recorded earlier in December 2009. There has been some dispute in Wikipedia regarding his Birthplace. Some Wikipedia editors insisted that Carlos was born in Sacramento, California citing information from IMDB. Some Wikipedia editors said that Carlos was born in Yonkers, New York.

In this video, Carlos set the record straight.

Carlos: “The real answer is I was born in Yonkers, New York. And then very quickly moved to Northern California. Raised and grew up in Concord, California…….”

There you go, IMDB is incorrect. Wikipedia Editors who said Yonkers, New York are correct.

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Note:
This post was originally posted at 37prime.podcast which then moved to 37prime.video. Now it is posted at 37prime.news.