Day: March 11, 2019

Adobe Shockwave gets the ax on April 9 – CNET

The company recommends Creative Cloud instead. …read more Source:: CNet


Forrester: Ransomware Set to Resurge As Firms Pay Off Attacks

In this video, Josh Zelonis, senior analyst at Forrester Research, discusses the next great security threats to enterprises. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Hackers Break into System That Houses College Application Data

More than 900 colleges and universities use Slate, owned by Technolutions, to collect and manage information on applicants. …read more Source:: DarkReading


23andMe Plans New Genetic Test on Risk of Getting Diabetes

In an update to its genetic test, 23andMe is trying to make it easier for people to combat type 2 diabetes. From a report: When customers now purchase the company’s $199 Health & Ancestry Service test, they’ll get their saliva screened for type 2 diabetes, among a variety of other health conditions, the company said…


Oculus inventor’s startup takes on military drone work Google gave up, report says – CNET

Palmer Luckey’s new company, Anduril, seems to be filling a void after Google didn’t renew its Project Maven contract with the Pentagon. …read more Source:: CNet


YouTube reportedly fighting Captain Marvel trolls in search results – CNET

Not all superheroes wear capes. …read more Source:: CNet


Facebook sues Ukrainians over quizzes packed with adware stealing data – CNET

What kind of breach are you a part of? Find out by giving us all your data! …read more Source:: CNet


CSS To Get Support For Trigonometry Functions

CSS, or the language that styles and arranges how page elements appear on a website, will soon get support for trigonometry functions such as sine, cosine, tangent, and others, ZDNet is reporting. From the report: The new trigonometry functions were approved at the end of February in a meeting of the World Wide Web Consortium…


Doctor Who: The Runaway will debut in VR at Tribeca 2019 – CNET

Doctor Who fans will finally get a chance to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow. …read more Source:: CNet


NASA’s crap infosec could be ‘significant threat’ to space ops

Inspectors not happy with stagnant security practices NASA’s Office of the Inspector General has once again concluded the American space agency’s tech security practices are “not consistently implemented”.… …read more Source:: Register