When one door closes, another one opens. Thunderstrike, the Mac firmware hole from early in 2015, is back for its sequel, Thunderstrike 2.
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Role players get cuddly with photos of other people’s kids
It’s disturbing to see your child’s photo in adoption role play. It’s scarier still to see the #BabyRP hashtag lumped in with sexual tags.
Counterterrorism expert wants to arm US companies with hack-back capabilities
Deputizing for-profit companies to give out cyberwarrants and trusting that they have the capability to even determine the source of a cyberattack: Bad idea, good idea?
Someone killed hitchBOT the hitchhiking robot – can humans be trusted?
HitchBOT was on a mission to criss-cross the United States with the help of strangers, but the hitchhiking robot came up far short of its San Francisco destination, after it was destroyed in a vicious attack in Philadelphia – the city of brotherly love.
Black Hat 2015 – get your FREE SOCKS :-)
We don’t mean to be crassly commercial – and we aren’t – but if you’re attending Black Hat 2015, be sure to check out our socks. Blue Screen of Death socks…for real!
Man arrested for shooting down drone over his property
The drone slayer’s privacy fence didn’t keep a drone from flying over his property. What did: his shotgun and some birdshot. 
Women posed as fake brides to scam ISIS out of $3000
Even if you pull one over on the world’s most fearsome terrorist army, it’s still illegal.
Windows 10 spreads the love with updates on the side
“Windows Update Delivery Optimization” works P2P-style to speed up updates. But it could cost you money – and it’s opt-out, so be aware!
Can you trust Tor’s entry guards?
New research uses Tor entry guard computers to strip away the Dark Web’s anonymity features, exposing users and the hidden websites they visit.
Facebook rolls out ‘Security Checkup’ tool to all desktop users
The social network’s new Security Checkup tool urges users to check connected apps and devices, beef up passwords and enable login alerts.