Day: July 26, 2019

Southwest Airlines leaving Newark Airport due to Boeing 737 woes – CNET

Declining passenger numbers and profits fuel the airline’s departure. …read more Source:: CNet


Avengers: Endgame deleted scene reveals possible Gamora spoiler – CNET

Plus, get your Kleenex ready: The tribute to a departed Iron Man is a tearjerker. …read more Source:: CNet


Louisiana Gov Declares Emergency After Cyberattacks Plague Schools

Attacks on at least three school districts and likely others have prompted the state’s first emergency due to cyberattack. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Petition to change the day of Halloween spooks Twitter – CNET

Change.org petition calls for making Halloween fall on a Saturday so it won’t be on a school night. Social media’s not so sure. …read more Source:: CNet


Apple Contractors ‘Regularly Hear Confidential Details’ on Siri Recordings, Report Says

Alex Hern, reporting for The Guardian: Apple contractors regularly hear confidential medical information, drug deals, and recordings of couples having sex, as part of their job providing quality control, or “grading,” the company’s Siri voice assistant, the Guardian has learned. Although Apple does not explicitly disclose it in its consumer-facing privacy documentation, a small proportion…


Marcus ‘MalwareTech’ Hutchins Gets No Prison Time, One Year Supervised Release

An anonymous reader writes: Marcus ‘MalwareTech’ Hutchins, the security researcher who helped stop the WannaCry ransomware outbreak, was sentenced today in the US to time served and one year of supervised release. The UK-born malware analyst avoided the prison time in the case as the judge described “too many positives on other side of ledger”…


Gamers Are Easy Prey for Credential Thieves

Gamers are easy pickings for credential crooks, thanks to lax security hygiene and poor gaming company practices. …read more Source:: Threatpost


The March Toward a DIY Metal 3D Printer

[Hyna] has spent seven years working with electron microscopes and five years with 3D printers. Now the goal is to combine expertise from both realms into a metal 3D printer based on electron-beam melting (EBM). The concept is something of an all-in-one device that combines traits of an electron beam welder, an FDM 3D printer,…


Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Tarantino love letter to movies has a bloody twist – CNET

Review: Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio star in this homage to Hollywood’s golden age that revisits the Tate murders in typical Tarantino but tackles too much. …read more Source:: CNet


Tune in online this summer: Get a better view of your data with Sophos Cloud Optrix

Make security, compliance and analytics simple Webinar Cybersecurity company Sophos says it has the answer to the challenge so many businesses face when they move to the public cloud and struggle to manage their growing quantities of data.… …read more Source:: TheRegister