science.slashdot.org - Freshly Exhumed writes: A new approach to controlling magnetism in a microchip could open the doors to memory, computing, and sensing devices that consume drastically less power than existing versions. The approach could also overcome some of the inherent physical limitations that have been slowi...
bleepingcomputer.com - Have you ever wanted to run a Linux shell on your iOS device to transfer files, write shell scripts, or simply to use Vi to develop code or edit files? Now you can, with a project called iSH that is currently available as a TestFlight beta for iOS devices.
iphoneincanada.ca - SaskTel customers are being warned about phishing scams targeting them via text messages. According to Prince Albert’slarongeNOW, some customers in the tri-communities have been recipients of phishing scams via text message, which claim SaskTel has refunds for customers due to an “error”, redire...
informationsecuritybuzz.com - 1. Increase in crime, espionage and sabotage by rogue nation-states With the ongoing failure of significant national, international or UN level response and repercussion, nation-state sponsored espionage, cyber-crime and sabotage will continue to expand. Clearly, most organisations are simply not...
zdnet.com - Internet Explorer's scripting engine was the favorite target of a North Korean cyber-espionage group this year, after the hackers deployed two zero-days, but also crafted new exploits for two other older vulnerabilities. The group's name is DarkHotel, a cyber-espionage group that McAfee and many...
blog.trendmicro.com - I personally had a great week last week. Trend Micro was very fortunate to participate in and sponsor National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) 2018 Conference and Expo and the IBM Cyber Day 4 Girls at Florida International Unive...
news.slashdot.org - Stan Lee, the legendary writer, editor and publisher of Marvel Comics whose fantabulous but flawed creations made him a real-life superhero to comic-book lovers everywhere, has died. He was 95. From a report: Lee, who began in the business in 1939 and created or co-created Black Panther, Spider-M...
news.slashdot.org - The Firefox Test Pilot team on Monday rolled out two new experimental features, one of which is aimed to make this year's holiday shopping a bit easier on your wallet. It's called Price Wise, and it's an online shopping comparison tool that lets you add items from across several retailers to a Pr...
news.softpedia.com - The Cylance Threat Intelligence Team unearthed a new cyber-espionage group using sophisticated tools and techniques to evade detection during a large-scale and year-long espionage campaign targeting the Pakistani military and government. The APT was dubbed "The White Company in acknowledgment of...
ehackingnews.com - The dark shady web is filled with malign threats like malware, spyware, and viruses that could change the entire constitution of the device. The altercations usually are so elaborately complex and infinitesimal that it gets difficult to realize their existence. That’s why we have for you 10+ wa...
news.slashdot.org - China has been pushed into third place on a list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. From a report: The latest list by Top 500, published twice a year, puts two US machines -- Summit and Sierra -- in the top two places. The US has five entries in the top 10, with other entries from Switz...
news.softpedia.com - An Android call recording application with hidden malicious code designed as a malware dropper was found by malware researcher Lukas Stefanko in the Google Play store. At the moment Stefanko discovered the "Simple Call Recorder" application published by FreshApps Group already had over 5,000 ins...
tech.slashdot.org - Spending too much time on "social media" sites like Facebook is making people more than just miserable. It may also be making them depressed. From a report: A new study conducted by psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania has shown -- for the first time -- a causal link between time spent...
blog.malwarebytes.com - A roundup of security news from November 5 to November 11, including bitcoin scams, VirtualBox zero-day, ColdFusion vulnerability, Android security, and cybersecurity training. Categories: Security world Week in security Tags: bitcoin scamsbitlockercoldfusionelon muskProcess Hackerstick...
tech.slashdot.org - An anonymous reader shares a report: As the holiday shopping season approaches, voice-powered smart speakers are again expected to be big sellers, adding to the approximately one-quarter to one-third of the U.S. population that already owns a smart speaker and uses a voice assistant at least once...
securityboulevard.com - Phishing is a long-standing social engineering technique used by cybercriminals to trick people into giving up sensitive information such as credit card details and login credentials. It can come in many forms, including telephone phishing, smishing (SMS phishing), phishing emails, and phishing w...
science.slashdot.org - Weather forecasting is impressively accurate given how changeable and chaotic Earth's climate can be. It's not unusual to get 10-day forecasts with a reasonable level of accuracy. But there is still much to be done. One challenge for meteorologists is to improve their "nowcasting," the ability to...
grahamcluley.com - A man has been jailed for six and a half years after sending a letter bomb to Bitcoin exchange Cryptopay. Why would anyone do such a horrendous thing? Police believe it was because he couldn't remember his password.
informationsecuritybuzz.com - One and a half years after its epidemic, WannaCry ransomware tops the list of the most widespread cryptor families and the ransomware has attacked 74,621 unique users worldwide. These attacks accounted for 28.72% of all users targeted by cryptors in Q3 2018. The percentage has risen over the last...
science.slashdot.org - Reader Iwastheone shares a report: A small rocket from a little-known company lifted off Sunday from the east coast of New Zealand, carrying a clutch of tiny satellites. That modest event -- the first commercial launch by a U.S.-New Zealand company known as Rocket Lab -- could mark the beginning...
bbc.com - Image copyright Valve A man has been given $20,000 (15,500) for discovering a bug in the Steam video games store that let people download any game for free. Security researcher Artem Moskowsky found a flaw in Steam's portal for games developers that let anybody generate licence keys without pay...
