Scientists Warn Trump: FDA’s War On A Plant Could Worsen Opioid Crisis
Advocates worry the DEA will ban the popular plant-based drug kratom, which they see as a safer alternative to prescription and black market opioids. A group of scientists is challenging an FDA report...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s hacker army was “just a bunch of poor, low-paid...
North Korean hackers sent to China to make money for the impoverished Kim regime don’t have it particularly easy, a defector to South Korea tells Bloomberg Businessweek. He was part of group of hackers...
View ArticleTo See The Future Of Social Media Manipulation In Politics, Look To Mexico
The country’s high level of internet access and history of corruption make it a frequent testbed for digital manipulation techniques often later seen elsewhere. Read Full Story
View ArticleRussia’s election propaganda weaponized these mainstream news outlets
Breitbart News tops a list of otherwise “mainstream” news sites most linked to by troll accounts managed by Russian propagandists during the 2016 U.S. election, according to research just released by...
View ArticleWhat Matters In The Mueller Indictment
The charges against 13 Russians allege they tried to discourage Americans from voting and communicated with “unwitting” people in the Trump campaign. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office brought an...
View ArticleHere Come The Copyright Bots For Hire, With Lawyers In Tow
Anyone can now find infringers, send take-down requests, and quickly demand thousands in damages. Can the trolls be far behind? Christy Turner will do a lot for a good picture of the night sky. The...
View ArticleThe Hacker Zoo Breaking Into A Computer Near You
Security firm CrowdStrike highlights the growing global threat of both state-sponsored and criminal hackers in a new report. Security firm CrowdStrike says in a new report that the spread of more...
View ArticleTrump May Be Leaving The U.S. Vulnerable To More Election Attacks
The NSA has not been given orders to stop election interference, adding to a growing list of examples of inaction by the Trump administration. Admiral Mike Rogers, head of the U.S. Cyber Command, told...
View ArticleSecret Palantir deal revealed as New Orleans mulls sweeping surveillance
With the New Orleans City Council weighing a proposal by the mayor to build a sweeping network of surveillance cameras that critics call unprecedented, The Verge reported this week that the city’s...
View ArticleA New Border Security App Uses AI To Flag Suspicious People In Seconds
Amid concerns about predictive policing, Unisys says its system should expedite screening of cargo and people and reduce unnecessary inspections. A new system from IT company Unisys could help...
View ArticleResearchers Discovered Data Leak In Facebook’s Ad Software
The loophole, since patched, isn’t the first time Facebook has come under criticism for giving troubling amounts of freedom to advertisers. A loophole in Facebook’s advertising targeting mechanism...
View ArticleMajor Trump fundraiser says his email was hacked amid Mideast dispute
Elliott Broidy, a major Republican fundraiser and head of a security firm with hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts with the United Arab Emirates, recently learned that his email has been...
View ArticleCash-strapped North Korea hacked Turkish banks through Flash
The alleged North Korean hacking group sometimes called “Hidden Cobra” used a previously unknown Adobe Flash exploit to gain access to Turkish financial institution systems last week, security firm...
View ArticleOnline election ad rules may only come after U.S. midterms
While members of Congress and transparency advocates have urged the Federal Election Commission to institute disclosure rules for online election ads, the FEC’s chairwoman said Thursday that any new...
View ArticleReminder: Don’t put your satellites in space without FCC permission
The Federal Communications Commission believes a Silicon Valley space tech startup launched four small satellites without permission, an unprecedented move by a commercial space company, IEEE Spectrum...
View ArticleThe FBI makes it official: Russia is attacking U.S. energy, water, and...
Russia is attacking the U.S. energy grid, nuclear facilities, water processing plants, aviation systems, and other critical infrastructure that millions of Americans rely on, according to a new joint...
View ArticleLufthansa is pushing ahead to transform your face into a boarding pass
After a successful trial in Los Angeles, Lufthansa is planning to expand its biometric boarding pass program to airports nationwide, the airline announced Monday. Instead of checking boarding passes...
View ArticleHackers On The High Seas Are Putting Sailors In Harm’s Way
Last year’s NotPetya malware outbreak has the sprawling maritime sector looking to protect ships and port facilities around the world from hackers. The $500 billion shipping industry is familiar with...
View ArticleVideo shows Uber’s robot car and driver moments before it killed a...
The Tempe Police Department released a video Wednesday showing the final seconds before Sunday’s fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber car in that Arizona city. The video ends before the collision...
View ArticleAtlanta mayor cautions public after city computers hit by ransomware
Atlanta city computers, including some used by the public to pay city bills and access court information online, have been struck by ransomware, the Associated Press reports. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms...
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