Homeland Security warning: Small airplanes are vulnerable to hackers
Federal cybersecurity officials cited research from security firm Rapid7 in warning false data could be injected into planes’ instrument displays. Officials at the Department of Homeland Security...
View ArticleEverything we know about the alleged Capital One hacker
A 33-year-old engineer named Paige A. Thompson is accused of downloading Capital One credit card application data from a cloud server. Federal prosecutors in Seattle charged 33-year-old software...
View ArticleYour Social Security number has already been hacked. Why do we still have them?
Despite a wealth of security breaches, and the fact that the numbers were never particularly secret, plenty of institutions still treat them like passwords. With reports of a massive data breach at...
View ArticleApple’s AirDrop can leak your phone number to nearby creepers, security...
The iPhone doesn’t directly broadcast its phone number, but it sends enough information for someone to figure it out, warns security firm Hexway. When you use AirDrop to send files on an iPhone, it’s...
View Article8chan is getting a lifeline from a company that services far-right sites like...
After Cloudflare cut ties to 8chan in the wake of the El Paso shooting, the controversial forum site signed on with BitMitigate. After network service provider Cloudflare cut ties with controversial...
View ArticleCreepy IBM warning: Hackers could put tiny spying tools in packages shipped...
Attackers could ship you packages with hidden remote-controlled hacking devices designed to break into your home or office Wi-Fi network, warns IBM X-Force Red. Hackers looking to gain access to your...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren says she’d spend $85 billion on a New Deal-style...
The U.S. senator from Massachusetts says she’d give money to nonprofits, governments, and utility cooperatives to help connect rural and Native American areas. If Elizabeth Warren is elected president,...
View ArticleWhy the backlash against Equinox? Perhaps because Stephen Ross is such a rarity
The Equinox gym chain faces fallout for its parent company’s chairman’s decision to host a Trump fundraiser. As fancy gyms Equinox and SoulCycle continue to face blowback over a Trump fundraiser...
View ArticleAmazon’s face-recognition tool falsely matched California lawmakers to...
More than half were people of color. A test of Amazon’s controversial face recognition software found it matched more than one in five California state legislators to images from a set of 25,000 public...
View ArticleWhat is the “inverted yield curve”? Here’s why investors...
It’s a wonky market indicator that has successfully predicted recessions for the past 50 years. Stock markets fell on Wednesday with the Dow and S&P 500 indexes each down about 2.5% after news of...
View ArticleOverstock.com’s stock price tanks after CEO’s bizarre, cryptic...
Overstock released a statement from CEO Patrick Byrne after he gave an interview alluding to a relationship with alleged Russian agent Maria Butina. Shares of Overstock.com have fallen by more than 33%...
View ArticleA Bluetooth encryption flaw could let hackers spy on your connections
The flaw would let hackers inject dummy data when Bluetooth devices are connecting, making them use a simple-to-crack encryption key. A group of security researchers has discovered a security flaw in...
View ArticleDaniel Pantaleo fired: 5 years after Eric Garner’s death, NYPD officer...
The officer was fired by Police Commissioner James O’Neill after a recommendation from a departmental judge. More than five years after Eric Garner died while being arrested for allegedly selling loose...
View ArticleHackers mess with Texas in widespread ransomware attack on at least 23 targets
The state is working with local governments to get systems back online and investigate the attack. A ransomware attack has affected at least 23 targets in Texas, striking mostly “smaller local...
View ArticleOverstock.com CEO is out after ‘deep state’ comments and claims...
Patrick Byrne told multiple publications that he had a romantic relationship with Maria Butina, who pleaded guilty to being an unregistered agent for Russia. Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne has...
View Article‘Romance scammers’ among 80 charged by DOJ in Nigeria-linked...
They’re accused of conspiring to steal millions of dollars from businesses and individuals. Federal prosecutors in California charged 80 people in what they say is a massive conspiracy tied to Nigeria...
View ArticleIs Olive Garden funding Trump? How a false rumor ignited a Twitter boycott
The misinformation apparently came from a Twitter page belonging to a college professor who later said the account was hacked. The hashtag #BoycottOliveGarden went viral this week on Twitter, amid...
View ArticleWhat James Comey’s Trump memo handling says about his approach to data...
The former FBI director was faulted by a Justice Department watchdog for how he handled memos on Trump, but he clearly thought a lot about data security. In a report released Thursday, former FBI...
View ArticleNew Orleans just pulled a Mazda and a sofa out of a storm drain
New Orleans, recently plagued by flash floods, is pulling huge amounts of trash out of its storm drain system. New Orleans has been plagued by flash flooding in recent years, and not just from major...
View ArticleRansomware hackers could’ve taken home $400K but got $0 after they...
These hackers turned out to be bad negotiators. The mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts, said in a press conference Wednesday that the city attempted to negotiate with hackers demanding a $5.3 million...
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