Day: October 4, 2019

DHS and FDA warn about much broader impact of Urgent/11 vulnerabilities

Urgent/11 vulnerabilities impact multiple operating systems, not just VxWorks. …read more Source:: ZDNet


IBM Hackathon winner helps fight rash of wasted food

IBM asked developers to use Watson to fight food waste. This is the winning project. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Iran tried to hack hundreds of politicians, journalists email accounts last month, warns Microsoft

No confirmation from Trump yet whether he asked them to do it The Iranian government has attempted to hack into hundreds of Office 365 email accounts belonging to politicians, government officials and journalists last month, Microsoft has warned.… …read more Source:: Register


The US’s renewed calls for backdoor access to encryption has all the same flaws – CNET

Meet the US’s new arguments against encryption. Same as the old arguments against encryption. …read more Source:: CNet


Modular Camera Remote Is Highly Capable

Many cameras these days have optional remotes that allow the shutter release to be triggered wirelessly. Despite this, [Foaly] desired more range, and more options for dealing with several cameras at once. As you’d expect, hacking ensued. [Foaly] uses Silver modules to photograph rocket launches safely. The system goes by the name of Silver, and…


Red Dead Redemption 2 launches on Stadia and PC in November – CNET

It’s really happening! …read more Source:: CNet


Microsoft: Iranian Hackers Targeted a 2020 Presidential Campaign

Microsoft disclosed today that Iranian state-sponsored hackers tried to hack into email accounts belonging to current and former US government officials, and members of a 2020 US presidential campaign. From a report: The attacks have taken place “in a 30-day period between August and September,” Tom Burt, Corporate Vice President, Customer Security & Trust at…


Fedora drops 32-bit Linux

With the next version of Fedora, support for the obsolete 32-bit version Linux will be dropped. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Microsoft: Iranian hackers targeted a 2020 presidential campaign

The Iranian hackers also targeted current and former US government officials, journalists, and Iranians living abroad. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Google Warns of Android Zero-Day Bug Under Active Attack

Flaw impacts 18 Android models including Google’s flagship Pixel handset as well as phones made by Samsung, Huawei and Xiaomi. …read more Source:: Threatpost