Day: November 3, 2020

A Nameless Hiker and the Case the Internet Can’t Crack

The man on the trail went by “Mostly Harmless.” He was friendly and said he worked in tech. After he died in his tent, no one could figure out who he was. Wired: It’s usually easy to to put a name to a corpse. There’s an ID or a credit card. There’s been a missing…


Get Aukey’s new ‘mini’ fast-charging 10000mAh power bank for only $16 – CNET

With 18W Power Delivery and Quick Charge 3.0, this fast-charging portable charger is an extra 18% off with this CNET-exclusive code. …read more Source:: CNet


Neustar Agrees to Buy Verisign’s Public DNS Service

The address space for Verisign Public DNS will be incorporated into Neustar’s UltraDNS Public service following the acquisition. …read more Source:: DarkReading


APT Groups Finding Success with Mix of Old and New Tools

The APT threat landscape is a mixed bag of tried-and-true tactics and cutting-edge techniques, largely supercharged by geo-politics, a report finds. …read more Source:: Threatpost


The death of the email attack ‘campaign’

So long and (no) thanks for all the phish Sponsored By the time we hit 50, most of us start slowing down. Not so for email. As the technology hits its half-century next year, it’s speeding up. Malicious emails are more ubiquitous than ever, and experts are seeing a worrying trend: Phishing campaigns are becoming…


Cybercrime: Nation-States Go Prime Time

Critical infrastructure remains a high-value target, but 90% of nation-states also attack other industry sectors. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Movie Industry: VPNs and Tor Pose a Threat to Legitimate Streaming Platforms

The Motion Picture Association says that circumvention services such as VPNs, DNS masks and Tor networks can pose a direct threat to legitimate streaming services. In comments submitted to the US Trade Representative, the movie industry group highlights PDF various other piracy challenges around the globe. of this story at Slashdot. …read more Source:: Slashdot


Oracle Issues Out-of-Band Update for Remote-Access Vulnerability

The exploit could give an attacker complete control of vulnerable WebLogic servers. …read more Source:: DarkReading


What’s for Christmas, Google? Oh, you’re taking away free phone calls from our Nest speakers

Reach out to your loved ones – but in Great Britain you’ll have to use your phone A handy feature in Google’s Nest speakers allows users to place calls to mobiles and landlines free of charge without a subscription or dedicated handset. Sadly, that particular benefit is coming to an end in the UK.… …read…


Mozilla’s MDN web standards reference platform makes move to GitHub, now in beta

Jamstack, Kubernetes, community contributions, and automatic translation – what could go wrong? Mozilla’s MDN JavaScript and web technology reference documentation is migrating to a new GitHub-based platform, codenamed Yari, which is now in beta and taking contributions.… …read more Source:: TheRegister