At the Black Hat security conference Wednesday, two security researchers have disclosed a security issue impacting hosted DNS service providers that can be abused to hijack the platform’s nodes, intercept some of the incoming DNS traffic, and then map customers’ internal networks. From a report: Discovered by Shir Tamari and Ami Luttwak from cloud security…

Trust us – you need to tune into this Webcast Some say the best form of defense is offense. But when it comes to modern ransomware from cyber-crime orgs that are well-funded, possibly have state actor backing, and have your data under their control, just how offensive can you afford to be?… …read more Source::…

A new app aims to bring more benefits of AI and machine learning to machine learning to consumes more directly, starting with a range of streamlined transactions. …read more Source:: ZDNet

An Australian mathematician has discovered what may be the oldest known example of applied geometry, on a 3,700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet. Known as Si.427, the tablet bears a field plan measuring the boundaries of some land. From a report: The tablet dates from the Old Babylonian period between 1900 and 1600 BCE and was discovered…

It’s a bike but it’s also a full body workout system, which is a solid upgrade over the competition. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader writes: Russia has put forward a draft convention to the United Nations ostensibly to fight cyber-crime. The proposal, titled “United Nations Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes,” calls for member states to develop domestic laws to punish a far broader set of offenses than current…

You can save up to $80 right now on Apple’s flagship wearable. …read more Source:: CNet

The Disney park two-night hotel sounds like an amazing experience to be sure, but pricey one. …read more Source:: CNet

USENIX will continue to create similar content for SREcon USENIX, the not-for-profit advanced computing association, has decided to put an end to its beloved LISA sysadmin conferences, at least as a standalone event.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

GM CEO Mary Barra said during the automaker’s earning’s call there will be an electric Chevy cargo van and plans for a fuel-cell, EV medium-duty truck. …read more Source:: CNet