An anonymous reader shares a report: Earlier this year, researchers installed the world’s highest weather station on the upper reaches of Mount Everest. The roughly 50-kilogram station, taller than a person, is one of five on and near the mountain that are collecting data about jet steam winds and warming conditions in High Mountain Asia,…

The Craig Newmark Trustworthy Internet and Democracy Program will develop security toolkits — and enhance existing ones — ahead of the 2020 presidential election. …read more Source:: DarkReading

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Phishers are using “black SEO” to lure users in to malicious downloads masquerading as the latest Star Wars movie. …read more Source:: Threatpost

There are real concerns about the way 5G is being deployed in the US, including security issues, the potential to interfere with weather forecasting systems, and the FCC steamrolling local regulators in the name of accelerating the 5G rollout. But concerns over the potential health impacts of 5G are overblown. From a report: If you…

If you’re one of the lucky ten thousand today who still haven’t tried programming electronics with the Arduino platform, this detailed guide by [Dafna Mordechai] should hopefully give you enough incentive to pick it up now and make a simple bit of Christmas-themed decoration with it. The guide isn’t exactly aimed at complete ground-up beginners…

Bite into sheer beauty. No dyes here. …read more Source:: CNet

Between Europe’s and California’s privacy laws, companies have a complex landscape to navigate in 2020. Even data-mature industries, such as financial services, see problems ahead. …read more Source:: DarkReading

The leaky database was online for about a week, exposing customers’ vehicles information and personal identifiable information. …read more Source:: Threatpost