Day: October 15, 2018

US Voter Records From 19 States Is Being Sold on a Hacking Forum, Threat Intelligence Firms Say

Catalin Cimpanu, reporting for ZDNet: The voter information for approximately 35 million US citizens is being peddled on a popular hacking forum, two threat intelligence firms have discovered. “To our knowledge this represents the first reference on the criminal underground of actors selling or distributing lists of 2018 voter registration data,” said researchers from Anomali…


Up to 35 Million 2018 Voter Records For Sale on Hacking Forum

Just weeks before the midterms, voter information from 19 states has turned up on the Dark Web. …read more Source:: Threatpost


NASA Administrator: ‘We will fly again on a Russian Soyuz rocket’

‘I have no reason to believe at this point that it won’t be on schedule’ For reals, my dude? NASA boss Jim Bridenstine says he’s confident the next Russian Soyuz rocket carrying crew and gear to the International Space Station will launch “on schedule.”… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Jeff Bezos plans to spend ‘a little more’ than a billion on Blue Origin next year – CNET

The Amazon CEO, speaking Monday during a Wired conference in San Francisco, previously invested $1 billion a year in the space company. …read more Source:: CNet


Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom talks about his departure and life after the photo-sharing app – CNET

Systrom hinted there were tensions between him and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. …read more Source:: CNet


Apple’s Jony Ive says he still has a lot to do at Apple – CNET

The design chief, speaking with Vogue’s Anna Wintour, also notes companies can’t always predict the consequences of products they create. …read more Source:: CNet


Winamp Media Player To Return as a Platform-Agnostic Audio Mobile App Next Year; Desktop Application Receives an Update

The charmingly outdated media player Winamp is being reinvented as a platform-agnostic audio mobile app that brings together all your music, podcasts, and streaming services to a single location. From a report: It’s an ambitious relaunch, but the company behind it says it’s still all about the millions-strong global Winamp community — and as proof,…


The Incredible Judges Of The Hackaday Prize

The last challenge of The Hackaday Prize has ended. Over the past few months, we’ve gotten a sneak peek at over a thousand amazing projects, from Open Hardware to Human Computer Interfaces. This is a contest, though, and to decide the winner, we’re tapping some of the greats in the hardware world to judge these…


Penta-gone! Personal records of 30,000 US Dept of Defense workers swiped by miscreants

Travel details for thousands of citizens slip into hands of slippery scumbags Someone has reportedly siphoned personal information on 30,000 or more US Department of Defense workers.… …read more Source:: Register


Microsoft To Disable TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 Support in Edge and Internet Explorer

Microsoft today said it plans to disable support for Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 in Edge and Internet Explorer browsers by the first half of 2020. From a report: “January 19th of next year marks the 20th anniversary of TLS 1.0, the inaugural version of the protocol that encrypts and authenticates secure connections…