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Monthly Archives: May 2018
Uber car software detected woman before fatal crash but failed to stop
Uber has reportedly discovered that the fatal crash was likely caused by a software bug in its self-driving car technology.
Google cracks down on election meddling advertisers
Google will now require people or groups purchasing federal election ads to show that they’re US citizens or lawful residents.
Could this be the end of password re-use?
It’s password security’s Achilles heel: too many people make life easy for cybercriminals by re-using the same ones over and over. But what if there were a way for websites to compare notes on whether a password (or similar password) has been set by a user elsewhere?
Pentagon orders military exchanges to pull Chinese smartphones over security risks
Huawei and ZTE are already telephones non gratae, tied too close for comfort to the Chinese Communist Party and People’s Liberation Army back home.
Budget Android manufacturer Blu settles with FTC over privacy fiasco
These are the phones that were calling home to Shanghai every 72 hours, with no opt-in or notice, to hand over a whole lot of PII.
The Man on the Train: Caught with his phishing loot
How does it end for phishing attackers who get caught? In a case that’s been working its way through the British courts since last September, the unusual answer is in the first-class carriage of a train travelling between Wales and London.
Tuesday review – the hot 21 stories of the week
From the medical devices needing a security patch and Google Maps’s open redirect flaw to VW and Audi’s infotainment systems remote hacking, and more!
Serious Security: The GLitch “row hammering” attack
How the graphics chip in your mobile phone could allow crooks to deliver malware via your browser – no app download required.
Breakthrough pushes Quantum Key Distribution beyond 500km
It’s getting better, but is it getting better fast enough?