Activist hedge fund advises Intel to outsource CPU manufacturing December 31, 2020 Third Point fund, led by Daniel Loeb, demands strategy shake up https://bit.ly/3n3QdY4 Read more
Corellium notches partial victory in Apple iOS copyright case December 30, 2020 Security firm's actions both may and may not qualify under fair use, judge held. https://bit.ly/34TfWw7 Read more
CD Projekt Red investors sue company over Cyberpunk 2077 debacle December 28, 2020 Players aren't the only ones angry about how the game's console versions launched. https://bit.ly/3aOklVd Read more
2020 had its share of merorable hacks and breaches. Here are the top 10 December 28, 2020 The past 12 months teaches us that, yes, attacks do only get better. https://bit.ly/3mYt0GJ Read more
Zero-click iMessage zero-day used to hack the iPhones of 36 journalists December 21, 2020 Malicious messages installed spyware that recorded audio and pics and stole passwords. https://bit.ly/3nFAwaF Read more
AT&T reportedly struggling to sell DirecTV at anything but a huge loss December 21, 2020 AT&T told bidders it may cancel auction if offers don't improve, NY Post reports. https://bit.ly/3mLgsmk Read more
How an obscure British PC maker invented ARM and changed the world December 20, 2020 1987's Acorn Archimedes was the first production RISC-based personal computer. https://bit.ly/3atJyUD Read more
Russia’s hacking frenzy is a reckoning December 20, 2020 US still has no good answer for "supply chain" attacks that let Russia run wild. https://bit.ly/34xr8OS Read more
Kazakhstan spies on citizens’ HTTPS traffic; browser makers fight back December 19, 2020 Kazakhstan gov required citizens to install self-signed root certificate https://bit.ly/3haybCs Read more
Microsoft president calls SolarWinds hack an “act of recklessness“ December 18, 2020 Of 18,000 backdoored servers, hackers followed up on only a few dozen. https://bit.ly/2KxXy4O Read more
SolarWinds hack that breached gov networks poses a “grave risk” to the nation December 17, 2020 Nuclear weapons agency among those breached by state-sponsored hackers. https://bit.ly/3nvsTUo Read more
Amazon’s answer to SpaceX Starlink delivers 400Mbps in prototype phase December 17, 2020 Amazon offers peek into development of antenna for Project Kuiper user terminal. https://bit.ly/2KfaCvZ Read more
“Evil mobile emulator farms” used to steal millions from US and EU banks December 17, 2020 Scale of operation is unlike anything researchers had seen before. https://bit.ly/3r5VEJp Read more
Up to 3 million devices infected by malware-laced Chrome and Edge add-ons December 16, 2020 Security firm identifies 28 malicious extensions hosted by Google and Microsoft. https://bit.ly/2WoV9vQ Read more
SolarWinds hackers have a clever way to bypass multi factor authentication December 14, 2020 Hackers who hit SolarWinds compromised a think tank three separate times. https://bit.ly/3oTUcbi Read more
~18,000 organizations downloaded backdoor planted by Cozy Bear hackers December 14, 2020 Russia-backed hackers use supply chain attack to infect public and private organizations. https://bit.ly/3818C2x Read more
Russian hackers hit US government using widespread supply chain attack December 14, 2020 Russia's Cozy Bear is trojanizing business software to infect organizations worldwide. https://bit.ly/383824a Read more
Zodiac Killer cipher is cracked after eluding sleuths for 51 years December 12, 2020 Northern California serial murderer sent encoded messages that went uncracked until now. https://bit.ly/3gSs2e5 Read more
Facebook says hackers backed by Vietnam’s government are linked to IT firm December 11, 2020 Group is known for its robust, custom-made malware. IT firm says the link is a mistake. https://bit.ly/344DPAN Read more
Working from home at 25MHz: You could do worse than a Quadra 700 (even in 2020) December 11, 2020 Famously, Apple's Quadra 700 once helped track dinosaurs. Is it stuck in amber nowadays? https://bit.ly/3n59RE2 Read more
4 major browsers are getting hit in widespread malware attacks December 10, 2020 Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Yandex are all affected in widespread ad-injection campaign. https://bit.ly/39UGYqu Read more
Brave browser-maker launches privacy-friendly news reader December 10, 2020 By design, Brave Today doesn't let the company or third parties build user profiles. https://bit.ly/372FcSj Read more
COVID-19 vaccine data has been unlawfully accessed in hack of EU regulator December 09, 2020 Hack of the European Medicines Agency affects vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech. https://bit.ly/3oQl8J5 Read more
Pornhub blocks uploads and downloads in crackdown on child-sexual-abuse videos December 09, 2020 Pornhub will only allow uploads by verified users, bans downloads of most videos. https://bit.ly/3mY1TfU Read more
Security powerhouse FireEye says it was breached by nation-state hackers December 08, 2020 The stunning revelation means an already advanced group has a new set of attack tools. https://bit.ly/3mZuVvI Read more
Cloudflare, Apple, and others back a new way to make the Internet more private December 08, 2020 New DNS technique separates address lookups from the people making them. https://bit.ly/3m6KJvz Read more
GE puts default password in radiology devices, leaving healthcare networks exposed December 08, 2020 Fixing the critical vulnerability isn’t straightforward and comes with its own risks. https://bit.ly/3gqGc5D Read more
NSA says Russian state hackers are using a VMware flaw to ransack networks December 07, 2020 Multiple VMware products are exploited in attacks that access Windows active directory. https://bit.ly/36T48vy Read more
SpaceX gets $886 million from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 states December 07, 2020 Charter also wins big; FCC fund will bring service to 5.2M homes and businesses. https://bit.ly/3goA1z8 Read more
Rusty but intact: Nazi Enigma cipher machine found in Baltic Sea December 04, 2020 Enigma device stymied Allied intelligence until Alan Turing cracked it. https://bit.ly/3lPbRPy Read more
Google parts with top AI researcher after blocking paper, faces blowback December 04, 2020 Timnit Gebru’s exit reignites debate over diversity and free speech at tech group. https://bit.ly/3op0Y8K Read more
Verizon has been leaking customers’ personal information for days (at least) December 03, 2020 A bug in a customer chat feature shows transcripts of other people's chats. https://bit.ly/3omHr8U Read more
Nation-state backed hackers going after COVID vaccine supply chain December 03, 2020 Sophisticated operation is well-researched and well-placed, aimed at EU. https://bit.ly/2JNyWEY Read more
One of the Internet’s most aggressive threats could take UEFI malware mainstream December 03, 2020 New feature targets the most critical component of all modern-day computers. https://bit.ly/37BGDGy Read more
iPhone zero-click Wi-Fi exploit is one of the most breathtaking hacks ever December 01, 2020 Before Apple patch, Wi-Fi packets could steal photos. No interaction needed. Over the air. https://bit.ly/3qgjPo6 Read more
Oracle vulnerability that executes malicious code is under active attack December 01, 2020 Recently patched WebLogic security bug requires little skill and no authentication. https://bit.ly/2VrdHLD Read more
Amazon to roll out tools to monitor factory workers and machines December 01, 2020 Sensor, computer vision hardware come as tech giant pushes into industrial sector. https://bit.ly/2HXny8I Read more