Day: July 29, 2020

Billions of Devices Impacted by Secure Boot Bypass

The “BootHole” bug could allow cyberattackers to load malware, steal information and move laterally into corporate, OT,IoT and home networks. …read more Source:: Threatpost


A pair of meteor showers are peaking as comet Neowise fades – CNET

The brightest comet in a generation is heading back to deep space, but some big meteor showers offer a night sky encore. …read more Source:: CNet


Lawmaker questions Google’s CEO about geofence warrants – CNET

The warrants allow police to sweep up location data belonging to any people that were in a specific area. …read more Source:: CNet


Best alarm clocks of 2020 – CNET

Start your day off on the right foot with a reliable alarm clock that makes your morning routine easier. …read more Source:: CNet


Mark Zuckerberg Emails Outline Plan To Neutralize Competitors

An anonymous reader shares a report: In late February 2012, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg emailed his chief financial officer, David Ebersman, to float the idea of buying smaller competitors, including Instagram and Path. “These businesses are nascent but the networks established, the brands are already meaningful, and if they grow to a large scale the…


Dark Reading Video News Desk Returns to Black Hat

Coming to you prerecorded from in front of carefully arranged bookcases around the world …! …read more Source:: DarkReading


Breakaway Keyboard PCB Makes Customization a Snap

Once upon a time, keyboards were something that you took with you from computer to computer, because most of them were built quite nicely. After a few dark decades of membrane keyboards being the norm, the rise of the mechanical keyboard community has shined a light on what is possible with open source designs. Anyone…


The Cheapskate Show podcast: Shockingly cheap home-security systems – CNET

You can buy a complete setup for just a couple hundred bucks, or go the DIY route and get everything you need for $100 (or less). …read more Source:: CNet


Former Twitter employees hit with expanded espionage charges – CNET

The US government has charged two former employees and one other person with seven offenses for allegedly spying on Twitter users critical of the Saudi Arabian royal family. …read more Source:: CNet


Critical Bugs in Utilities VPNs Could Cause Physical Damage

Gear from Secomea, Moxa and HMS Networks are affected by remote code-execution flaws, researchers warn. …read more Source:: Threatpost