An anonymous reader shares a report: Malware authors are frantically trying to weaponize a new infection vector that was revealed at the start of June. The trick relies on using Windows Settings (.SettingContent-ms) shortcut files in order to achieve code execution on Windows 10 PCs. Ever since SpecterOps security researcher Matt Nelson published his research…

It’s not much more expensive than the X5 it replaces, but it has way more to offer. …read more Source:: CNet

Amazon’s cashier-less concept is slowly expanding. …read more Source:: CNet

Stock in US biz plunges as patent spat gets very serious The ongoing war between US-based memory maker Micron and Asian DRAM manufacturers went nuclear today.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer and serial entrepreneur who was at the center of a trade secrets lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, is back. And he is connected to an autonomous trucking company that is still in stealth mode, TechCrunch has learned. The company, called Kache.ai…

The two say they got 30-day bans for using a certain slur. …read more Source:: CNet

Tighter seating doesn’t hamper safety or slow down evacuations, the agency said. …read more Source:: CNet

Developers blaming you for not knowing about data collection is why it’s so hard to trust tech right now. …read more Source:: CNet

DDoS attacks continue to plague the Internet, getting bigger and more dangerous. And now, the kids are involved. …read more Source:: DarkReading

The first half of 2018 saw more cryptocurrency theft than all of 2017 combined, driving a rise in digital money laundering as criminals elude authorities. …read more Source:: DarkReading