Trying to decide which phone is right for you? Let’s take a closer look. …read more Source:: ZDNet

The npm ecosystem of JavaScript libraries is more interwoven than most developers think, and the entire thing is a gigantic house of cards, being one bad hack away from compromising hundreds of thousands of projects, according to a recent academic study. From a report: The research, carried out by the Department of Computer Science from…

Silent Librarian cyberattackers are switching up tactics in a phishing scheme bent on stealing student credentials. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Domain-name slinger keeps mum amid hours-long multi-service outage 123-Reg, which promotes its “award-winning 24/7 UK support,” as a selling point for its service, is suffering a sustained and ongoing email service outage – with Reg readers claiming the company has shut off its online support channels.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

intensivevocoder writes: Fedora — as a Linux distribution — will celebrate the 15th anniversary of its first release in November, though its technical lineage is much older, as Fedora Core 1 was created following the discontinuation of Red Hat Linux 9 in favor of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Five years after the start of…

Three different loaders and two payloads are hiding in audio files. …read more Source:: Threatpost

The United States carried out a secret cyber operation against Iran in the wake of the Sept. 14 attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities, which Washington and Riyadh blame on Tehran, two U.S. officials have told Reuters. From the report: The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the operation took place in late…

The tool is designed to help identify misconfigurations and compliance violations in the Google Cloud Platform. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Steganography malware trend moving from PNG and JPG to WAV files. …read more Source:: ZDNet

The Google Pixel Slate had a rough start, but regular updates to improve performance make it the best Chrome OS laptop and Android tablet I’ve ever used. With Google revealing the Pixelbook Go it’s also the last high-end Chromebook from Google. …read more Source:: ZDNet