An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Yesterday The Information reported on allegations made by half a dozen women working in the tech industry who say they have faced unwanted and inappropriate advances from Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Justin…
32TB of Windows 10 Internal Builds, Core Source Code Leak Online
According to an exclusive report via The Register, “a massive trove of Microsoft’s internal Windows operating system builds and chunks of its core source code have leaked online.” From the report: The data — some 32TB of installation images and…
Obama Authorized a Secret Cyber Operation Against Russia, Says Report
Jessica Conditt reports via Engadget: President Barack Obama learned of Russia’s attempts to hack U.S. election systems in early August 2016, and as intelligence mounted over the following months, the White House deployed secrecy protocols it hadn’t used since the…
FCC Grants OneWeb Approval To Launch Over 700 Satellites For 'Space Internet'
OneWeb has been granted approval from the FCC to launch a network of internet-beaming satellites into orbit. FCC chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement: “Humans have long sought inspiration from the stars, from the ancient Egyptians orienting the pyramids…
Sci-Hub Ordered To Pay $15 Million In Piracy Damages
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Two years ago, academic publisher Elsevier filed a complaint (PDF) against Sci-Hub and several related “pirate” sites. It accused the websites of making academic papers widely available to the public, without permission….
NSA Advocates Data Sharing Framework
Fighting attackers needs a new approach that leverages a public-private data sharing framework, enabling immediate and collective responses.
Threatpost News Wrap, June 23, 2017
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including Citizen Lab’s latest report, WannaCry hitting Honda, GhostHook, and Fireball.
Few Victims Reporting Ransomware Attacks to FBI
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) identified ransomware as one of 2016’s top threats, but a relatively small number of attacks were reported.
Siemens Patches Vulnerabilities in SIMATIC CP, XHQ
Siemens patched two vulnerabilities in products, SIMATIC CP and XHQ, commonly found in industrial control system setups this week