The ban will come in stages, the earliest of which is set to happen next year. …read more Source:: CNet

NetSecOPEN, a group of next-generation firewall vendors, has added the first university-based testing facility in its effort to move toward more open security testing. …read more Source:: DarkReading

The Threatpost team breaks down the strangest security stories this week – from Cartoon Network hacked to show stripper videos, to a church being scammed out of $1.75 million. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Sudden flurry of forum posts leaves a few clues Programmers say they’ve been hit by ransomware that seemingly wipes their Git repositories’ commits and replaces them with a ransom note demanding Bitcoin.… …read more Source:: Register

Building a weather station isn’t too tall of an order for anyone getting into an electronics project. There are plenty of plans online, and you can even put your station on Weather Underground if it meets certain standards. These usually have access to a reliable source of power, though, and like any electronics project can…

The UK’s tax authority is to delete the biometric voice records of five million people because it did not have clear consent from its customers to have those files. From a report: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) uses the Voice ID biometric voice security system to make it easier for callers to pass its security…

But we’ve added networking features, OK? Bare metal cloud provider Packet, which specialises in services aimed at devs, has deployed infrastructure in Phoenix and Pittsburgh. This brings its total number of data center locations to 20 – up from just four in the beginning of 2017.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

OPINION: We need to make social data work for us rather than for the social media services themselves. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Unlike the 4 Series Gran Coupe, this one doesn’t appear to be a hatchback. …read more Source:: CNet

The company also reveals approximately when the next game will be announced. …read more Source:: CNet