Day: June 29, 2018

Uber’s self-driving program could start again by August, report states – Roadshow

Don’t expect it to return to Arizona, though. …read more Source:: CNet


Natural Language Processing Fights Social Engineers

Researchers used natural language processing to detect malicious content in more than 187,000 phishing and non-phishing emails. …read more Source:: DarkReading


How Etak Paved the Way to Personal Navigation

Our recent “Retrotechtacular” feature on an early 1970s dead-reckoning car navigation system stirred a memory of another pre-GPS solution for the question that had vexed the motoring public on road trips into unfamiliar areas for decades: “Where the heck are we?” In an age when the tattered remains of long-outdated paper roadmaps were often the…


Tinder gets better protection against hackers spying on your love life – CNET

Practice safe swiping. …read more Source:: CNet


2018 iPhones could use LG’s OLED displays, and Apple and Samsung finally make up – CNET

Plus, a new trick with Amazon Alexa. We’ve got your iPhone news this week. …read more Source:: CNet


How the EU Copyright Proposal Will Hurt the Web and Wikipedia

Wikimedia, which operates Wikipedia, chimes in on the EU copyright debacle: Our movement is working to promote freedom online for the benefit of all. Our efforts in this public policy realm are all the more important in an era of increasing restrictions on free speech and free access to knowledge across the globe, which directly…


Apple Maps getting a thorough redesign with more detailed information – Roadshow

Apple’s vans are driving around cities worldwide to provide higher-quality mapping data. …read more Source:: CNet


Rowhammer Variant ‘RAMpage’ Targets Android Devices All Over Again

The attack allows malicious applications to break out of their sandbox and access the entire operating system, giving an adversary complete control of the targeted device. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Rewards of Up to $500,000 Offered for FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Linux Zero-Days

Exploit broker Zerodium is offering rewards of up to $500,000 for zero-days in UNIX-based operating systems like OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, but also for Linux distros such as Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, and Tails. From a report: The offer, first advertised via Twitter earlier this week, is available as part of the company’s latest zero-day acquisition drive….


A Massive Cache of Law Enforcement Personnel Data Has Leaked

Zack Whittaker, reporting for ZDNet: A data breach at a federally funded active shooter training center has exposed the personal data of thousands of US law enforcement officials, ZDNet has learned. The cache of data contained identifiable information on local and state police officers, and federal agents, who sought out or underwent active shooter response…