An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fortune: The Navy and Marine Corps issued new regulations that ban members from sharing nude photographs following a scandal involving military personnel sharing intimate pictures of their female colleagues — some of which…

First Evidence For Higher State of Consciousness Found
New submitter baalcat quotes a report from Neuroscience News: Neuroscientists observed a sustained increase in neural signal diversity — a measure of the complexity of brain activity — of people under the influence of psychedelic drugs, compared with when they…

Record Oracle Patch Update Addresses ShadowBrokers, Struts 2 Vulnerabilities
Oracle released a record 299 patches, including a fix for a Solaris vulnerability disclosed by the ShadowBrokers, and another for the recently disclosed Apache Struts 2 flaw.

Patched Flaw in Bosch Diagnostic Dongle Allowed Researchers to Shut Off Engine
Two vulnerabilities were identified in Bosch’s Drivelog Connect OBD-II dongle and smartphone app that allowed researchers to shut off the engine of a vehicle.

Microsoft Touts New Phone-Based Login Mechanism
Microsoft announced this week its giving users a new way to sign into their accounts without long and complicated passwords.

Burger King triggers Google Home devices with TV ad
Inventive users took their revenge via Wikipedia

Researchers develop synthetic skeleton keys for fingerprint sensors
Your fingerprint doesn’t match anyone else’s but parts of it might, and that could be enough

Internet routing weakness could cost Bitcoin users
A flaw in the underlying design of the Internet could be very expensive for Bitcoin users, researchers find.

News in brief: Facebook introspects; Magento RCE; RIP Robert Taylor
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

Watch out for fraudsters attacking Amazon Marketplace accounts
Are you a Marketplace seller? Here are some tips to help you avoid becoming a victim of the latest round of attacks