Day: August 9, 2021

Black Hat: Scaling Automated Disinformation for Misery and Profit

Researchers demonstrated the power deep neural networks enlisted to create a bot army with the firepower to shape public opinion and spark QAnon 2.0. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Auth Bypass Bug Exploited, Affecting Millions of Routers

A mere three days after disclosure, cyberattackers are hijacking home routers from 20 vendors & ISPs to add them to a Mirai-variant botnet used for carrying out DDoS attacks. …read more Source:: Threatpost


T-Mobile Stirs ‘Grave Concerns’ at DOJ on Bid To End Old Network

Antitrust officials at the U.S. Justice Department said they have “grave concerns” about plans by T-Mobile US to shut down the wireless network used by millions of Boost Mobile customers. From a report: The department’s worries were disclosed Monday in a regulatory filing by Dish Network, which bought Boost as part of an antitrust settlement…


Amazon sellers beg and bribe customers to delete negative reviews, report says – CNET

Some sellers reportedly offered refunds worth more than the original product if a customer deleted or revised a bad review. …read more Source:: CNet


NOW the Web is 30 years old: When Tim Berners-Lee switched on the first World Wide Web server

It happened 30 years ago on a NeXTStation: Tim Berners-Lee turned on a World Wide Web server — and the internet would never be the same again. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Earth is Warming Faster Than Previously Thought, and the Window is Closing To Avoid Catastrophic Outcomes

JoshuaZ writes: As the world battles historic droughts, landscape-altering wildfires and deadly floods, a landmark report from global scientists says the window is rapidly closing to cut our reliance on fossil fuels and avoid catastrophic changes that would transform life as we know it. The state-of-the-science report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…


Using a Laser to Blast Away a Bayer Array

A Bayer array, or Bayer filter, is what lets a digital camera take color photos. It’s an array of tiny color filters that sit on top of a camera’s CCD. The filter makes it so that each sub-pixel in the image sensor only sees red, green, or blue light. The Bayer filter is an elegant…


Mortgage rates on Aug. 9, 2021: Rates increase – CNET

Several major mortgage rates increased today. Find out what this could mean for you if you’re shopping for a home loan. …read more Source:: CNet


Pentagon will require COVID-19 vaccine for US military by Sept. 15 – CNET

Or sooner if a vaccine gets full approval from the FDA. …read more Source:: CNet


Britney Spears, 39, just got first iPad, calls it a ‘groundbreaking day’ – CNET

“My life is changing” as a result of the purchase, the delighted singer says in an Instagram video. …read more Source:: CNet