Rogue ads at the top of search results are targeting you for tech support scams – here’s what to watch out for
InfoSec 2017: a look at the family album of ransomware
Here’s SophosLabs’ guide to what’s been happening in the families of ransomware in the past six months
Two cheers for Google’s native Chrome ad-blocker
With more and more of us resorting to blocking the ads that turn websites into the digital equivalent of Piccadilly Circus’s neon landscape, we look at what Google’s move to control adverts in Chrome means
News in brief: spy chief warns on blame; FBI arrests NSA contractor; Japan holds teen on ransomware
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Cable TV 'Failing' As a Business, Cable Industry Lobbyist Says
According to a cable lobbyist group, cable TV is “failing” as a business due to rising programming costs and consumers switching from traditional TV subscriptions to online video streaming. “As a business, it is failing,” said Matthew Polka, CEO of…
US Insurer Hikes Tesla Premiums Due To 'Higher-Than-Average' Claim Rates
An anonymous reader writes: “National insurer AAA is raising its prices for Tesla’s Model S and Model X, citing higher-than-average claim rates and repair costs for the two cars,” reports The Verge. “According to a report from Automotive News, AAA…
Wall Street Journal's Google Traffic Drops 44% After Pulling Out of First Click Free
In February, the Wall Street Journal blocked Google users from reading free articles, resulting in a fourfold increase in the rate of visitors converting into paying customers. The tradeoff, as reported by Bloomberg, is a decrease in traffic from Google….
Dozens of Recent Clinical Trials May Contain Wrong or Falsified Data, Claims Study
John Carlisle, a consultant anesthetist at Torbay Hospital, used statistical tools to conduct a review of thousands of papers published in leading medical journals. While a vast majority of the clinical trials he reviewed were accurate, 90 of the 5,067…
Astronomers Discover Alien World Hotter Than Most Stars
Science_afficionado writes: An international team of astronomers has discovered a planet like Jupiter zipping around its host star every day and a half, boiling at temperatures hotter than most stars and sporting a giant, glowing gas tail like a comet….
53 Percent of Enterprise Flash Installs are Outdated
More than half of enterprises are exposing themselves to unnecessary risk by running out-of-date versions of Flash.