Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
WannaCry: the ransomware worm that didn’t arrive on a phishing hook
Email doesn’t seem to have been the initial vector for WannaCry, which initially took hold in south-east Asia
Brooks Brothers reveals theft of payment card details
Retailer suggests ‘unauthorized individual’ was behind the breach – and says it’s now resolved
Cryptocurrency-mining malware cashes in on NSA exploit that enabled WannaCry
WannaCry continues to hit headlines, but it’s not the first piece of malware to make use of the NSA’s EternalBlue exploit
How Big Fuzzing helps find holes in open source projects
Google’s beta project, OSS-Fuzz, has found 264 vulnerabilities in 47 open-source projects – so is it an idea whose time has come?
News in brief: warning on extending laptop ban; telecom customers alerted; watchdog opens data probe
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
All Fossil-Fuel Vehicles Will Vanish In 8 Years, Says Stanford Study
Stanford University economist Tony Seba forecasts in his new report that petrol or diesel cars, buses, or trucks will no longer be sold anywhere in the world within the next eight years. As a result, the transportation market will transition…
HPE Unveils The Machine, a Single-Memory Computer Capable of Addressing 160 Terabytes
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced what it is calling a big breakthrough — creating a prototype of a computer with a single bank of memory that can process enormous amounts of information. The…
Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Is Returning to the Company
After leaving Twitter in 2011 to pursue new projects, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has announced that he’s returning to the company to “guide company culture.” Stone said in a statement: “It’s important that everyone understands the whole story of Twitter…
The Tech Sector Is Leaving the Rest of the US Economy In Its Dust
Yesterday afternoon, the S&P 500 closed at a record high, and is up over $1.5 trillion since the start of 2017. “And the companies doing the most to drive that rally are all tech firms,” reports The Verge. “Apple, Alphabet,…