Day: June 10, 2020

Snake Ransomware Delivers Double-Strike on Honda, Energy Co.

The ICS/SCADA-focused malware is likely behind a duo of attacks this week, on Honda and a South American energy company, researchers said. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Twitter test asks if you want to read an article before retweeting it – CNET

The prompt will be tested on Android devices. …read more Source:: CNet


Tech Terms Face Scrutiny Amid Anti-Racism Efforts

Apple, Google, Microsoft and other Big Tech companies have stepped up their comments on the need for racial justice amid the Black Lives Matter protests that have gripped the US for the past two weeks. Now, a growing group of technologists say the language of the industry itself needs to change in order to fight…


Apple will discontinue iTunes U in favor of Classroom and Schoolwork apps – CNET

Apple will sunset iTunes U in 2021. …read more Source:: CNet


Planet’s View From Above Just Got Clearer

An anonymous reader shares a report: The remote-sensing firm Planet operates more than one hundred satellites that constantly orbit the earth, collecting imagery of the world’s entire landmass each day. Now, to offer more clarity to its customers, it has flown a handful of its satellites 50 km closer to the Earth. This literal zoom-in…


While Huawei burns, Ericsson lands plush new O2 contract to help push 5G in Britain

Carrier to use Swedish giant’s RAN kit to upgrade 3G/4G sites Swedish infrastructure giant Ericsson today confirmed a new deal with O2 UK for its RAN equipment, which will be used to upgrade existing 3G/4G sites across the West of England and Wales.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Critical Intel Flaws Fixed in Active Management Technology

Two critical flaws in Intel AMT, which could enable privilege escalation, were patched along with 20 other bugs in its June security update. …read more Source:: Threatpost


We’re all sleeping worse due to COVID-19, study shows – CNET

People are sleeping more amid coronavirus lockdowns, but sleep quality is worse, according to a new study. …read more Source:: CNet


A Levitating Lamp without Magnets

If you think of levitating objects you probably think about magnets but this is not what [Aaron Hung] used to build his levitating LED lamp. To be fair, his lamp is not really levitating but merely generates the illusion through the principles of tensegrity. We have featured a number of tensegrity structures over the last…


Keepnet kerfuffle: Firing legal threats at bloggers did infosec biz more damage than its exposed database

UK outfit gets a Streisand effect 101 Comment UK-based infosec outfit Keepnet Labs left an 867GB database of previously compromised website login credentials accessible to world+dog earlier this year – then sent lawyers’ letters to bloggers in a bid to erase their reports of its blunder.… …read more Source:: Register