And we would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for that meddling Citizen Lab Canada’s Citizen Lab laboratory has uncovered a hacks-for-hire phishing operation targeting anyone from political activists and oligarchs to lawyers and CEOs that hit more than 10,000 email inboxes over seven years.… …read more Source:: Register

The Chinese behemoth that makes electric-car batteries for Tesla and Volkswagen developed a power pack that lasts more than a million miles — an industry landmark and a potential boon for automakers trying to sway drivers to their EV models. From a report: Contemporary Amperex Technology is ready to produce a battery that lasts 16…

The automaker’s CEO Mary Barra believes we won’t see EVs displace traditional vehicles for decades. …read more Source:: CNet

Researchers used ground-penetrating radar to reveal the secrets of an ancient city, Falerii Novi, hidden under layers of earth in Italy. …read more Source:: CNet

The FlowCloud modular remote-access trojan (RAT) has overlaps with the LookBack malware. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Critics worry mass return to House of Commons is unsafe UK Parliament select committees will continue in a “virtual” format until mid-September, House of Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has confirmed.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

WhatsApp claims it fixed an issue that was showing users’ phone numbers in Google search results. From a report: The change comes after security researcher Athul Jayaram revealed that phone numbers of WhatsApp users who used the Click to Chat feature were being indexed in search. Click to Chat allows users to create a link…

We talk with Microsoft expert Mary Jo Foley to find out what is happening with the newest version of Windows. …read more Source:: CNet

The Dark Basin group behind thousands of phishing and malware attacks is likely an India-based “ethical hacking” firm that works on behalf of commercial clients. …read more Source:: DarkReading

New features for core product as well as enhancements to Atlas DBaaS Against a backdrop of mounting losses, NoSQL document store database MongoDB has pushed out its 4.4 iteration with a slew of new features that it expects to improve analytics, ease scaling and smooth performance.… …read more Source:: TheRegister