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Witnesses told police she had been following the man closely and mumbling to herself. She got up from a nearby bench and shoved him as the train pulled into the platform

1. Good disguise as crazy street person: Check

2. Follow suspect mumbling so as to cause him to ignore you: Check

3. Time ambush as train approaches; roll for surprise: Success

4. Melee attack for knockdown: Success

5. Slip away and collect payment: Check

Looks like a successful Shadowrun to me…

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In a test, the researcher’s system was able to generate 348 billion NTLM password hash checks per second.

That sounds a lot like Shadowrun level matrix security. How many passes does it take to get an administrator password now?

http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/12/05/0623215/new-25-gpu-monster-devours-strong-passwords-in-minutes

“We would be much better served if we accepted that prevention eventually fails, so we need detection, response, and containment for the incidents that will occur.” It seems that computing is continuing to move towards Life in Shadowrun with a realization that everything is vulnerable and hackable. More focus needs to be given to more detection and response. Hey! We already knew that…

http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2012/09/unrealistic-security-advice.html

“similar innovations, such as data-glove technologies have failed to find mainstream application domains outside the computer games industry, and this may be also prove to be the case for Digits”

Oh, the day is coming… yes, its coming.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19884218

When discussing how hacks are best executed in 2070 Shadowrun, things like this: “ the attacker(s) installed malicious software and stole project files related to one of Telvent’s core offerings — OASyS SCADA — a product that helps energy firms mesh older IT assets with more advanced ‘smart grid’ technologies” are exactly how. Exploiting the layers of code and the protocols established to connect all those layers…

http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/09/27/2144220/smart-grid-control-software-maker-hacked

First, of course, hacking is cool, especially white hats. Drone hacking is doubly cool. The fact that they did it by overriding the GPS is scary…

http://www.slate.com

As real life technology continues to careen towards the technology of Shadowrun, AR Gloves have made a solid appearance on the scene. Not yet integrated in a ComLink, rather they are attached to an iPad at the moment. In any case, how long until we see an integration of all these technologies?

http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/augmented-reali-15.php

Ever been on a run and time is simply running out? Several attempts at some nice quiet wet work fail and you are left with Plan #E? This surely sounds like one of those days…

Investigators were working Saturday night to determine why a cyclist in Los Angeles was shot dead by an occupant of an SUV that had just struck him at an intersection.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/27/cyclist-shot-dead-after-being-hit-by-suv-at-los-angeles-intersection/#ixzz1w2ugCe8c?test=latestnews

In another example of technology rolling towards Shadowrun tech, this woman has a robotic arm controlled by thought. Neural interfaces continue to advance. Combine that with other advances and we’ll see attached, functional, cybernetic limbs in our lifetime!!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516140000.htm

In yet another story of medical advances that bring us nearer to various reflex augmentations, a paralyzed 71 year old man regains use of his hands when the damaged nerves are bypassed.
Ok. Give me my Wired Reflexes R3!!

http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/0142234/paralyzed-man-regains-hand-function-after-breakthrough-nerve-rewiring-procedure