An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A Charter customer has sued the…
US Finalizes Rules That Require Quiet Hyrbid and Electric Cars To Make Noise At Low Speeds
In an effort to prevent injuries among pedestrians, the U.S. government has finalized rules that…
Army Bug Bounty Building New Relationships with Hackers
The government announced its second bug bounty program called Hack the Army, which will concentrate…
Adult FriendFinder Hack Exposes 400 Million Accounts
The FriendFinder Network has reportedly been hacked exposing 400 million user accounts of Adult FriendFinder,…
CrySis Ransomware Master Decryption Keys Released
The master decryption keys unlocking files encrypted by the CrySis ransomware have been released. Kaspersky…
Microsoft Bolsters Ransomware Protection in Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Microsoft beefs up ransomware defenses in Windows 10 Anniversary Update starting with Edge browser and…
Anti-Virus
Make sure you have anti-virus software installed on your computer and that it is automatically…
US Drought Brings A Surprise Benefit: No Tornados
Slashdot reader turkeydance tipped us off to news that America hasn’t had a single tornado…
Red Hat Announces Fedora Will Support MP3 Playback
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Hack Exposes 412 Million Accounts on AdultFriendFinder Sites
“Almost every account password was cracked, thanks to the company’s poor security practices,” reports ZDNet…