According to a survey conducted by Autolist, “used Tesla Model S sedans sell faster than luxury-car competitors do, and faster than other top-selling used vehicles from Motor Co. and General Motors Co.,” reports MarketWatch. From the report: Used Model S…
‘High Risk’ Zero Day Leaves 200,000 Magento Merchants Vulnerable
A popular version of the Magento ecommerce platform is vulnerable to a remote code execution bug, putting as many as 200,000 online retailers at risk.
FDA Demands St. Jude Take Action on Medical Device Security
The FDA sent Abbott Laboratories a warning letter citing that it had inadequately addressed the security of the maligned Merlin@home Transmitter.
Malware, Sir? Jenkins ‘software butler’ tool gets many security fixes
You patched the operarting system, you patched your apps, but did you patch your plugins?
Low fines for charities misusing donors’ data was ‘a masterstroke’
When 13 charities including two leading animal welfare organisations were given what looked like very low fines for serious data breaches, many were outraged – but it increasingly looks like a very smart move by the regulator
Court to force adult site to expose ‘pirating’ users
A porn company has found more than 1,000 copyright-infringing videos on Pornhub. Fair. But why isn’t Pornhub itself being held accountable?
News in brief: NATO cyberthreat centre launches; Yahoo ‘hacker’ denied bail; Samsung delays AI assistant
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
AI Wins $290,000 in Chinese Poker Competition
An AI program has beaten a team of six poker players at a series of exhibition matches in China. From a report on BBC: The AI system, called Lengpudashi, won a landslide victory and $290,000 in the five-day competition. It…
Samsung Is Delaying the 'Voice' Part of Its New Bixby Voice Assistant
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Washington Post: A much-touted feature of Samsung’s next smartphones isn’t going to work as advertised when the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ launch April 21. Samsung said it’s delaying the launch of voice-command…
Broadcasters Put New Ad-Skipping Restrictions On YouTube TV
YouTube launched its new “YouTube TV” service last week for select markets. One of the biggest features for the service is its DVR functionality, which would in theory allow users to record shows and fast forward through all the commercials….