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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- November 25, 2014

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Malware Linked to Brits, NSA
Wristband Heads Off Password Headaches
Lollipop's Encryption Takes a Hefty Toll
Thoughts of Thanksgiving for All That Is FOSS

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Today's Story Highlights

Malware Linked to Brits, NSA
A sophisticated malware program called "Regin" has been used in
systematic spying campaigns against a range of international targets
since at least 2008, Symantec reported. Regin is a backdoor-type Trojan
with a structure that displays a degree of technical competence rarely
seen in malware. "It's a beautiful piece of architecture," said Scott
Borg, CEO of the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81412.html

Wristband Heads Off Password Headaches
Has software glut got you down? Do you reuse passwords because creating
unique ones for all your online accounts would cause a memory overload?
If so, you may be interested in a bit of jewelry called the "Everykey,"
by a startup with the same name. Everykey is a wristband that removes
the need to remember the countless log-in credentials we use every day.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81410.html

Lollipop's Encryption Takes a Hefty Toll
The new full-disk encryption feature that's enabled by default in
Android 5.0 Lollipop comes at a hefty price in terms of performance,
according to a recent benchmark report. In fact, when full-disk
encryption is enabled, random read performance drops by 62.9 percent,
while random write performance falls by 50.5 percent, AnandTech reported
late last week.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81407.html

Thoughts of Thanksgiving for All That Is FOSS
Well Thanksgiving week is upon us here in the land of stars and stripes,
and in anticipation of all the social events soon to besiege us, more
than a few Linux bloggers have been practicing keeping their favorite
barstools warm down at the blogosphere's Punchy Penguin Saloon. How
chilly would those stools get if we were all flitting here and there
from this party to that? It would be truly unkind.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81408.html

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