Day: June 20, 2019

A $4bn biz without a live product just broke the record for the amount paid for a domain name. WTF is going on?

Goodbye Sex.com: Voice.com now #1 at $30m Comment This week saw the greatest sum ever paid for a domain name: Voice.com was sold in an all-cash deal for $30m to a company called Block.one, more than doubling the previous, longstanding record of $13m for Sex.com.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Google fixes Nest Cam bug that let ex-owners of used devices see video, report says – CNET

The factory reset wasn’t fixing the security issue, and Google needed to step in, according to a report. …read more Source:: CNet


Match, Tinder Swipe Right For Privacy Red Flags, Say Experts

Analysts at ProPrivacy say the dating apps collect everything from chat content to financial data on their users — and then they share it. …read more Source:: Threatpost


It’s now officially the WhackBook Pro: If the keyboards weren’t bad enough, now MacBook Pro batts are a fire risk

Apple issues voluntary recall for godforsaken laptops, again Apple has urged its fans to stop using certain MacBook Pro models, and has issued a voluntary recall of the notebooks, after they were found to be prone to battery blazes.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Slack stock closes at $38.62 on first day of trading – CNET

The messaging startup flies by the initial $26 reference price. …read more Source:: CNet


Keanu Reeves, superhero? Marvel really, really wants him to join the MCU – CNET

The studio talks to the actor “for almost every film we make,” Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige says. …read more Source:: CNet


Bipartisan House Lawmakers Announce Compromise Anti-Robocall Bill

A bipartisan pair of House lawmakers on Thursday unveiled a compromise bill aimed at thwarting the scourge of robocalls dialing up U.S. consumers, about one month after the Senate adopted its own anti-robocall bill. From a report: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) and ranking member Greg Walden (R-Ore.) on Thursday…


PayPal COO Bill Ready announces he’s leaving the company

Ready as been with PayPal since 2013 when the then-eBay-owned company acquired Braintree​, where Ready was chief executive. …read more Source:: ZDNet


The Feather “FAUXBERRY” Is Now A Real Thing

Last month we featured an interesting project from Hackaday.io that was essentially trying to recreate the iconic Blackberry form factor for use with Adafruit’s line of Feather development boards. This would let you drop in modules for everything from LTE to packet radio, opening up a nearly limitless possibilities for handheld hacking. The only problem…


LoudMiner Cryptominer Uses Linux Image and Virtual Machines

A Tiny Core Linux 9.0 image configured to run XMRig runs on a VM, rather than victim machines hosting the malware locally. …read more Source:: Threatpost