A drone operator has repeatedly flown two (UAVs close to the runway, grounding flights at the airport since last night.
Monthly Archives: December 2018
Facebook denies sharing private messages without user knowledge
Facebook hit back at press reports this week that highlighted a deep network of privileged data-sharing partnerships between the social media company and other large organisations.
Most home routers lack simple Linux OS hardening security
A new assessment of 28 popular models for home users failed to find a single one with firmware that had fully enabled underlying security hardening features offered by Linux.
Glitter bomb engineer exacts revenge on parcel thieves
Mark Rober “over-engineered the crap” out of it, including motion detection, geofencing, and 4 cameras to record some priceless reactions.
Phone repair shop employees accused of stealing nude photos
Keep your passwords safe, since: “Quintal: Did the girl that sounded hot bring her computer last night? Preuit: No Quintal: I’m depressed”
Serious Security: When cryptographic certificates attack
Machine learning is all the rage – but don’t knock human savvy just yet! One weird character can be enough to alert a smart researcher…
Snack-happy parrot shows insider threats come in all shapes and sizes
The African Grey has tried to get Alexa to send him lightbulbs, a kite, watermelon, ice cream, strawberries, raisins, broccoli and ice cream.
Instagram became the preferred tool in Russia’s propaganda war
Facebook and Twitter got a lot of heat, but “Instagram’s appeal is that’s where the kids are, and that seems to be where the Russians went.”
SQLite creator fires back at Tencent’s bug hunters
The creator of SQLite has downplayed reports of a bug that could lead to remote code execution.
How not to secure US missile defences
One BMDS site’s patching was so deficient, it failed to address a critical vulnerability that first came to light nearly three decades ago.