Day: September 14, 2020

The LG Wing’s Twisting Screen Offers a New Spin on the Dual-Screen Smartphone

LG is no stranger to two-screen smartphones in recent years, but the company has just officially announced its boldest foray into a dual-screen device in recent memory: the LG Wing. It’s a wild-looking, swiveling-display smartphone that looks to — quite literally — offer a new spin on what a phone can do. From a report:…


Virginia’s Largest School System Hit With Ransomware

Fairfax County Public Schools has launched an investigation following a ransomware attack on some of its technology systems. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Report unveils most vulnerable sectors to phishing attacks

The Keepnet Labs 2020 Phishing Trends Report found that 90% of successful cyberattacks occur through email-based attacks. The report also found that top sectors where breaches occur. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine


Venus Might Host Life, New Discovery Suggests

There is something funky going on in the clouds of Venus. Telescopes have detected unusually high concentrations of the molecule phosphine — a stinky, flammable chemical typically associated with feces, farts and rotting microbial activity — in an atmospheric layer far above the planet’s scorching surface. From a report: The finding is curious because here…


LG teases phone with extendable, pull-out display after LG Wing announcement – CNET

As LG experiments with new phone form factors, the company teases a possible phone with an extendable display. …read more Source:: CNet


Life on Venus? Unexplained discovery in the clouds has scientists buzzing – CNET

Phosphine gas has been discovered in the clouds of Venus. Scientists are yet to explain where it comes from. …read more Source:: CNet


Stop buying breakable phones. Rugged phones are cool now – CNET

Phones that are rugged and waterproof — even without a case — should be the new normal. …read more Source:: CNet


CISA: Chinese state hackers are exploiting F5, Citrix, Pulse Secure, and Exchange bugs

CISA says attacks have started a year ago and some have been successful. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Google Reverses Lifelong Carbon Emissions To Fight Climate Change

A few months after Microsoft pledged to undo by 2050 the climate harm it’s done to the atmosphere by emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, Google said it’s already done so. “We have eliminated Google’s entire carbon legacy,” Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said Monday in a blog post. From a report: Carbon dioxide, which can…


DHS issues public action plan for strategic framework for Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence (CTTV Framework)

In September 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued its Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence (CTTV Framework) and now offers this corresponding Public Action Plan demonstrating the Department’s efforts to combat emerging threats and improve information sharing. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine