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Tech News Flash: Monday -- August 4, 2014

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100 Years Hence: Technology's Influence on War's 'Greatness'
When It Comes to Technology, Humans Are Idiots
Tor Has Been Breached - What Now?
That Innocent Little Thumb Drive Could Be Big Security Trouble

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100 Years Hence: Technology's Influence on War's 'Greatness'
When the "Guns of August" began firing 100 years ago, few expected it to
be a long war, and fewer still expected it to be a "World War." However,
the "Great War," as it was known to contemporaries, in fact was destined
to become the First World War -- and it truly was the first modern war.
Today it is easy to look back at the Second World War for providing
great technical advancements.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80831.html

When It Comes to Technology, Humans Are Idiots
There are a lot of things going on at the moment. Israel is tactically
defending itself against Hamas -- winning the battles but losing the
war, because the Israeli government can't see the big picture. The U.S.
is still blaming Snowden for leaks, even though Russia clearly is able
to pull damaging information pretty much anytime it wants without
Snowden's help.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80832.html

Tor Has Been Breached - What Now?
News that two Carnegie-Mellon CERT researchers have developed an
inexpensive way to breach the Tor network has the project, privacy
advocates, and probably criminals who use the network equally concerned.
The Tor Project posted has advised relays to upgrade to Tor 0.2.r.23e or
0.2.5.6-alpha to close the protocol vulnerability used by the
researchers.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80834.html

That Innocent Little Thumb Drive Could Be Big Security Trouble
USB flash drives could be at risk of a pernicious attack on their
firmware. Over the past two decades, USB devices, aka "thumb drives,"
have proliferated all over the world, because USB has proven to be a
versatile standard. That versatility, though, also makes USB devices
vulnerable to what could be a very nasty firmware attack, noted Karsten
Nohl and Jakob Lell of Secure Research Labs.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80829.html

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