An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: We’re now approaching the four-year anniversary of Microsoft’s rollout (and subsequent reversal) of a controversial plan to let game publishers limit resale of used, disc-based games. Looking back on that time…
Interviews: Ask Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor John Goodenough a Question
John B. Goodenough is a solid-state physicist and professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at The University of Texas at Austin. While he is most famous for identifying and developing the lithium-ion battery, which can be found in just…
Fileless UAC Bypass Uses Windows Backup and Restore Utility
Researcher Matt Nelson disclosed another Windows UAC bypass, this one abusing the sdclt.exe backup and restore utility to execute a payload without triggering an alert.
APT29 Used Domain Fronting, Tor to Execute Backdoor
APT29, a/k/a Cozy Bear, has used Tor and a technique called domain fronting in order to secure backdoor access to targets for nearly two years running.
New Clues Surface on Shamoon 2’s Destructive Behavior
Researchers report new connections between Magic Hound and Shamoon 2, along with descriptions of how the Disttrack malware component of campaigns moves laterally within infected networks.
Aerospace Startup Will Build A Supersonic Mach 2.2 Aircraft
A new commercial aircraft will fly more than twice the speed of sound, traveling from New York to London in 3.4 hours. An anonymous reader quotes Fortune: Colorado-based startup Boom Supersonic is one step closer to making such travel a…
17-Year-Old Corrects NASA Mistake In Data From The ISS
“A British teenager has contacted scientists at NASA to point out an error in a set of their own data,” writes the BBC. An anonymous reader quotes their report. A-level student Miles Soloman found that radiation sensors on the International…
New Release Of StarCraft In 4K Ultra High Definition Annouonced
The classic 90s-era videogames StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War will be re-released this summer — remastered in 4K Ultra High Definition. An anonymous reader quotes The Verge: It will also include a number of updates, such as remastered sound, new…
London Terrorist Used WhatsApp, UK Calls For Backdoors
Wednesday 52-year-old Khalid Masood “drove a rented SUV into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before smashing it into Parliament’s gates and rushing onto the grounds, where he fatally stabbed a policeman and was shot by other officers,” writes the Associated Press….
Is Microsoft Building A Foldable 'Surface' Phone?
“This past week, Microsoft received a new patent for a foldable handset, and once again there are rumors that it is related to the long awaited, mythical Surface Phone,” writes HardOCP, noting Samsung and LG are also rumored to be…