Month: August 2018

Nissan recalls 166K vehicles for ignition-switch defect – Roadshow

The Juke, Sentra, Versa and others are included in the recall of 2017-2018 vehicles. …read more Source:: CNet


Email Security Systems Miss Thousands of Malicious Links

A new study from email security company Mimecast shows that malicious links in emails are being missed by many security systems. From a report: Mimecast examined more than 142 million emails that had passed through organizations’ email security vendors. The latest results reveal 203,000 malicious links within 10,072,682 emails were deemed safe by other security…


The best Labor Day 2018 deals at Best Buy – CNET

Take a quick break from the barbecue to check out these sweet deals from the big-box store. …read more Source:: CNet


Canon EOS R full-frame mirrorless and more expected Sept. 5, reportedly – CNET

Is the wait finally over? …read more Source:: CNet


US Accuses China of ‘Super Aggressive’ Spy Campaign on LinkedIn

The United States’ top spy catcher said Chinese espionage agencies are using fake LinkedIn accounts to try to recruit Americans with access to government and commercial secrets, and the company should shut them down. From a report: William Evanina, the U.S. counter-intelligence chief, told Reuters in an interview that intelligence and law enforcement officials have…


Learn FPGA with this Persistence of Vision Hack

Everybody wants to give FPGA development a try and here’s a great way to get into it. You can build your own Persistence of Vision display using a $30 dev board. It’s a fun project, and you’ll learn quite a bit about designing for an FPGA, as well as using the Quartus design software. The…


AI Still Useless at Catching Hate Speech, Research Finds

New research has shown just how bad AI is at dealing with online trolls. From a report: Such systems struggle to automatically flag nudity and violence, don’t understand text well enough to shoot down fake news and aren’t effective at detecting abusive comments from trolls hiding behind their keyboards. A group of researchers from Aalto…


Rumored Panasonic full-frame mirrorless reveal on Sept 25 is odd, but plausible – CNET

Panasonic’s been making nothing but Micro Four Thirds cameras for years, so this comes out of left field. …read more Source:: CNet


MagentoCore Card Skimmer Found on Mass Numbers of E-Commerce Sites

The Magecart group is likely behind the most prolific card-stealing operation seen in the wild to date. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Threatpost News Wrap Podcast For Aug. 31

This week’s news includes a Microsoft zero-day flaw and Yahoo’s recent email privacy snafu. …read more Source:: Threatpost