Many pointed the finger at Windows XP, but the worst hit computers were unpatched Windows 7 machines

Despite use of facial recognition being banned under state law, Vermont’s DMV is ‘overstepping’ the legislation, say campaigners

SMB is the Windows networking protocol, so SMB security holes like the one that led to WannaCry can’t happen on Linux/Unix, right? Wrong!

Why would someone release the keys to victims? Who knows, but as the poster who uploaded them says, ‘Enjoy!’

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

A new study conducted by Fluent shows a majority of Americans are sharing passwords to their streaming video services. While millennials lead the pack, non-millennials are doing the same. Streaming Observer reports: Nearly 3 out of every 4 (72% exactly)…

Amazon has opened two drive-up grocery stores to the public that will allow Amazon Prime subscribers to place an online order and choose a two-hour pickup window for when they’d like to drive over and retrieve it. The Verge reports:…

Virginia Senator Mark Warner has introduced a bill that will give basic benefits to gig workers. “Warner has just proposed the first-ever piece of national legislation aimed at helping on-demand and other non-traditional workers without traditional benefits, like paid sick…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Quartz: If you want to truly understand what’s happening in the energy industry, the best thing to do is to travel deep into the heart of American coal country, to Carbon County, Wyoming…

Joe Palca reports via NPR: NASA’s Juno spacecraft has spotted giant cyclones swirling at Jupiter’s north and south poles. That’s just one of the unexpected and puzzling findings being reported by the Juno science team. Juno arrived at Jupiter last…