Microsoft has taken the extraordinary step of providing an emergency update for unsupported Windows XP…
Soldiers sent hate-SMS messages from rogue base stations
The culprit exploits a design feature of older 2G networks in a type of man-in-the-middle…
Wanna Decrypter 2.0 ransomware attack: what you need to know
Security experts are firefighting the global outbreak of ransomware that is apparently exploiting a recently…
Gorilla Glass Maker Corning Gets $200 Million From Apple's US Manufacturing Investment Fund
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Apple made news and scored some positive…
Google Maps Now Uses Street View To Show You Exactly Where To Make Turns
Google Maps has received a small design update that will show Street View images of…
Cable Lobby Survey Backfires; Most Americans Support Net Neutrality
New submitter Rick Schumann writes from a report via Consumerist: The NCTA hired polling firm…
Human Sense of Smell Rivals That of Dogs, Says Study
One scientific analysis is arguing that the human sense of smell has not only been…
China Is On Track To Fully Phase Out Cash
An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from a report via Motherboard: Experts believe it won’t…
Threatpost News Wrap, May 12, 2017
The news of the week is discussed, including this week’s Microsoft Malware Protection Engine bug,…
Leaked NSA Exploit Spreading Ransomware Worldwide
Attackers behind today’s WannaCry ransomware outbreak in Europe are spreading the malware using the EternalBlue…