Spora ransomware is back and it’s trying to confuse antivirus products and email filters.
News in brief: Gmail stops scanning; UK Parliament hack; Windows 10 S hacked
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Australian Officials Want Encryption Laws To Fight 'Terrorist Messaging'
An anonymous reader quotes Ars Technica: Two top Australian government officials said Sunday that they will push for “thwarting the encryption of terrorist messaging” during an upcoming meeting next week of the so-called “Five Eyes” group of English-speaking nations that…
Roadside Cameras Infected with WannaCry Virus Invalidate 8,000 Traffic Tickets
Long-time Slashdot reader nri tipped us off to a developing story in Victoria, Australia. Yahoo News reports: Victoria Police officials announced on Saturday, June 24, they were withdrawing all speed camera infringement notices issued statewide from June 6 after a…
Ohio Government Websites Hacked With Pro-Islamic State Messages
An anonymous reader quotes Bloomberg: The websites of Ohio Governor John Kasich and other state government agencies were hacked on Sunday with a posting professing love for the jihadist group Islamic State. Ten state websites and two servers were affected,…
New Maglev Elevator Can Travel Horizontally, Vertically, and Diagonally
An elevator that can move in any direction has been successfully tested by a German company named ThyssenKrupp. An anonymous reader quotes Wired UK: The Multi is the first ropeless lift, built using the same magnetic levitation technology used in…
Twitch Announces Six-Day Marathon Of Classic MST3K Episodes
BrianFagioli quotes Beta News: Twitch was designed as a video game streaming service, but since Amazon bought it, it seems to be evolving into something more. While it is still primarily a platform for showing off gaming, people are using…
Linus Explains What Surprises Him After 25 Years Of Linux
Linus Torvalds appeared in a new “fireside chat” with VMware Head of Open Source Dirk Hohndel. An anonymous reader writes: Linus explained what still surprises him about Linux development. “Code that I thought was stable continually gets improved. There are…
Germany Cracks Down On Illegal Speech On Social Media.
ArmoredDragon writes: German police have raided 36 homes of people accused of using illegal speech on Facebook and Twitter. Much of it was aimed at political speech. According to the article, “Most of the raids concerned politically motivated right-wing incitement,…
Account Registrations Enable 'Password Reset Man In The Middle' Attacks
“Attackers that have set up a malicious site can use users’ account registration process to successfully perform a password reset process on a number of popular websites and messaging mobile applications, researchers have demonstrated.” Orome1 quotes Help Net Security: The…