WWE women's tournament will be the rise of its next starlet - CNET
cnet.com - Move over, Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, 32 women will fight it out in August on the WWE Network for the Mae Young Classic.
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Physicists Have Created the Brightest Light Ever Recorded
science.slashdot.org - Jason Koebler writes: A group of physicists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Extreme Light Laboratory announced Monday that they have created the brightest light ever produced on Earth using Diocles, one of the most powerful lasers in the United States. When this high intensity laser pulse...
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The wait is over -- you can now buy the OnePlus 5 - CNET
cnet.com - The wait is finally over. After announcing the phone last week, OnePlus is now openly selling its latest flagship, the OnePlus 5, online. No waiting in line in front of a pop-up shop, no invite-only promotions (though the company did away with that methodology years ago). The phone will be a...
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Cyberheist Nets 44 Million In Single CEO Fraud Attack
blog.knowbe4.com - Earlier in August, one of the worlds largest cable manufacturers Leoni AG publicly confessed that it had fallen victim to a classic CEO Fraud attack that has cost the company a whopping 44 million dollars. Following two weeks of intensive investigations, new details surfaced and the thieves turne...
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Idea to encrypt Web traffic at rest hits the IETF's Standard Track
theregister.co.uk - Mozilla engineer spots a gap in Web security, reaches for the patch kit In spite of the rise of HTTPS, there are still spots where content originating on the Web can remain unencrypted, so a Mozilla engineer wants to close one of those gaps.…
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New Shifr RaaS Lets Any Dummy Enter the Ransomware Business
bleepingcomputer.com - Several security researchers have spotted a new Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) portal over the weekend that lets anyone generate their own ransomware executable just by filling in three form fields and pressing a button.
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Social Media Giants Step Up Joint Fight Against Extremist Content
tech.slashdot.org - Social media giants Facebook, Google's YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft said on Monday they were forming a global working group to combine their efforts to remove terrorist content from their platforms. From a report: Responding to pressure from governments in Europe and the United States after a s...
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New Study Explains Why Trump's 'Sad' Tweets Are So Effective
politics.slashdot.org - An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: During his campaign and presidency, Donald Trump has used Twitter to circumvent traditional media broadcasters and speak directly to the masses. He is particularly known for one specific tweet construction: he sets up a situation that he feels s...
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Zillow Threatens To Sue Blogger For Using Its Photos For Parody
yro.slashdot.org - Kate Wagner is facing potential legal charges by real estate Zillow for allegedly violating the site's terms of service by reproducing images from their site on her blog. Wagner's blog is called McMansion Hell -- a Tumblr blog that "highlights the absurdity of giant real estate properties and the...
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China, Canada Vow Not To Conduct Cyberattacks On Private Sector
news.slashdot.org - New submitter tychoS writes from a report via Reuters: China and Canada have signed an agreement vowing not to conduct state-sponsored cyberattacks against each other aimed at stealing trade secrets or other confidential business information. The new agreement was reached during talks between Can...
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'Infarm' Startup Wants To Put a Farm In Every Grocery Store
science.slashdot.org - Infarm, a 40-plus person startup based in Berlin, imagines a future where every grocery store has its own farm packed with herbs, vegetables and fruit. "The plants themselves are being monitored by multiple sensors and fed by an internet-controlled irrigation and nutrition system," reports TechCr...
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ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, June 27th 2017 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=5560, (Tue, Jun 27th)
isc.sans.edu - SANS Internet Storm Center - A global cooperative cyber threat / internet security monitor and alert system. Featuring daily handler diaries with summarizing and analyzing new threats to networks and internet security events.
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University warns students about phishing scam - PA home page
pahomepage.com - Two W ilkes U niversity students are back on the job hunt tonight -- after getting some fake checks from a fake job. It all started with an e-mail. And now those students have a warning for any other job seekers like them.
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Google Home Is 6 Times More Likely To Answer Your Question Than Amazon Alexa
tech.slashdot.org - According to software developed by New York-based 360i, Google Home is six times more likely to answer your question than Amazon Alexa -- its biggest competitor. Adweek reports: It's relatively surprising, considering that RBC Capital Markets projects Alexa will drive $10 billion of revenue to A...
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US engineer in the clink for wrecking ex-bosses' smart meter radio masts with Pink Floyd lyrics
theregister.co.uk - 'I'm not a master hacker, I was just f**king with them after a few beers' Fueled by beer and bitterness, a US techie logged into his ex-employer's radio towers to sabotage them – and is now behind bars as a result.…
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'I'm Suing New York City To Loosen Verizon's Iron Grip'
tech.slashdot.org - New submitter mirandakatz writes: New York City is lagging far behind when it comes to ensuring ubiquitous, reasonably priced fiber optic internet access for every resident. There's a jaw-dropping digital divide in the city, and more than a quarter of households are still using dial-up. The city ...
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Fake Online Stores Reveal Gamblers' Shadow Banking System
news.slashdot.org - randomErr shares an exclusive report from Reuters: A network of dummy online stores offering household goods has been used as a front for internet gambling payments. The seven sites in Europe to sell items including fabric, DVD cases, and maps are fake outlets. The faux store fronts are a multina...
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Judge Sentences Man To One Year In Prison For Hacking Smart Water Readers In Five US Cities
yro.slashdot.org - An anonymous reader writes: A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for hacking and disabling base stations belonging to water utility providers in five cities across the U.S. East Coast. Called TGB, these devices collect data from smart meters installed at people's hom...
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Anthem Agrees To $115 Million Settlement For 2015 Breach
darkreading.com - Anthem Agrees To $115 Million Settlement For 2015 BreachIf approved, it will dwarf settlements paid by Target, Home Depot, Ashley Madison. Friday, Anthem Healthcare agreed to settle a series of lawsuits related to the company's 2015 data breach, which impacted 78.8 million individuals. The settl...
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Apple Releases First Public Beta Of iOS 11 for iPhone and iPad
apple.slashdot.org - Zac Hall, writing for 9to5Mac: Apple has released the first macOS High Sierra public beta for Mac. This allows users who are not registered developers to test pre-release versions of macOS with new features for free. Prior to the public beta availability, macOS High Sierra has only been available...
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Apple Releases First Public Beta Of MacOS High Sierra for Mac, iOS 11 for iPhone and iPad
apple.slashdot.org - Zac Hall, writing for 9to5Mac: Apple has released the first macOS High Sierra public beta for Mac. This allows users who are not registered developers to test pre-release versions of macOS with new features for free. Prior to the public beta availability, macOS High Sierra has only been available...
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Apple's iOS 11 public beta is now available - CNET
cnet.com - This is iOS 11 on the iPhone 7 Plus and the iPad Pro. Sarah Tew/CNET It's the tenth anniversary week of the iPhone, and it's also the release of the iOS 11 public beta, which is now available. Much like last year, the public version of the beta software is a chance for everyone to download and ...
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Netflix teases Spike Lee's 'She's Gotta Have It' TV reboot - CNET
cnet.com - Netflix has unveiled a teaser trailer for the TV reboot of Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It." The 10-episode series based on Lee's 1986 debut film will premier on Netflix on November 23 -- just in time to enjoy during your post-Thanksgiving food coma. As a modern update on the movie's plot, the...
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iOS 11 public beta: What it does for the iPhone - CNET
cnet.com - The iPhone 8 could end up being an amazing, transformative 10th-anniversary iPhone. At first glance, iOS 11 doesn't seem quite so ambitious. It's more of a series of targeted upgrades, with some of them being downright fantastic. Apple's newest version of its operating system for iPhones and iPa...
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Sorry, But Anonymous Has No Evidence That NASA Has Found Alien Life
science.slashdot.org - From a Popular Science article: In a new video, the hacker group known as Anonymous claims that NASA has discovered alien life. But before you freak out, let's talk. Sadly, the group of activists and hacktivists doesn't seem to have found any new evidence to support their extraordinary claim. The...