From guessing credit card security codes and double crossing Goldeneye ransomware to the sysadmin jailed for crashing ex-employer’s network!
Give the gift of a social engineering demo this Christmas
How’s this for a nice Christmas present: their jaw, scraped off the floor and handed back.
Like Jessica Alba? Don’t click Facebook links promising nude photos of her – or anyone else
It’s an old scam that never goes away: this latest version is a rogue Chrome plugin that promises nude videos of Alba and other celebrities but leaves your device hobbled
Robots Are Already Replacing Fast-Food Workers
An anonymous reader quotes Recode: Technology that replaces food service workers is already here. Sushi restaurants have been using machines to roll rice in nori for years, an otherwise monotonous and time-consuming task. The company Suzuka has robots that help…
Twitter Reinstates White Nationalist Leader's Account
An anonymous reader quotes BuzzFeed: On Saturday evening, Twitter reinstated — with verification — the account of Richard Spencer, a leading figure of the so-called alt-right movement, and the head of the white nationalist think tank, The National Policy Institute….
Japan Sends Its New Space Junk-Fighting Technology To The ISS
What floats 249 miles in the sky, stretches 2,300 feet, and took over 10 years to develop? An anonymous reader quotes Phys.org: Japan launched a cargo ship Friday bound for the International Space Station, carrying a “space junk” collector that…
IBM's Watson Used In Life-Saving Medical Diagnosis
“Supercomputing has another use,” writes Slashdot reader rmdingler, sharing a story that quotes David Kenny, the General Manager of IBM Watson: “There’s a 60-year-old woman in Tokyo. She was at the University of Tokyo. She had been diagnosed with leukemia…
Why Did Japan Just Ratify The TPP?
The controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership can’t go into effect without U.S. approval, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has acknowledged. Yet despite president-elect Trump’s promise to withdraw from the agreement — Friday Japan’s parliament voted to approve it. An anonymous reader quotes…