An anonymous reader quotes Quartz: “How screwed am I?” asked a recent user on Reddit, before sharing a mortifying story. On the first day as a junior software developer at a first salaried job out of college, his or her…
Linux Malware Infects Raspberry Pi Devices And Makes Them Mine Cryptocurrency
An anonymous reader quotes Hot Hardware: If you’re a Raspberry Pi user who’s never changed the default password of the “pi” user, then heed this warning: change it. A brand new piece of malware has hit the web, called “Linux.MulDrop.14”,…
DARPA Funds Development of New Type of Processor
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) is funding a completely new kind of non-von-Neumann processor called a HIVE — Hierarchical Identify Verify Exploit. According to EE Times, the funding is to the tune of $80 million over four-and-a-half years,…
App Store Now Requires Developers To Use Official API To Request App Ratings, Disallows Custom Prompts
One of the new App Store policy changes made this week is the addition of section 1.1.7, which requires developers to use the official in-app rating UI added in iOS 10.3 and states that they “will disallow custom review prompts”…
Tesla Plans To Disconnect 'Almost All' Superchargers From the Grid In Favor of Solar and Battery Power
Only half a dozen Supercharger stations or so out of the over 800 stations have solar arrays and batteries, but that may be about to change. Elon Musk said Tesla plans to deploy more battery and solar systems with the…
Pirate Bay Founder: We've Lost the Internet, It's All About Damage Control Now
Mar Masson Maack reports via The Next Web: At its inception, the internet was a beautifully idealistic and equal place. But the world sucks and we’ve continuously made it more and more centralized, taking power away from users and handing…
Apple's New iPhones May Miss Out On Higher-Speed Data Links
Due to Apple’s complicated way of managing the supply of the components embedded in its flagship devices, the company’s upcoming iPhones may miss out on the higher-speed data links that many rival smartphones employ. “One of Apple’s suppliers, Qualcomm, sells…
Threatpost News Wrap, June 9, 2017
How EternalBlue was ported to Windows 10, a Facebook phishing study, QakBot, and this week’s Apple security announcements are all discussed.
Platinum APT First to Abuse Intel Chip Management Feature
Microsoft has found a file-transfer tool used by the Platinum APT that leverages Intel Active Management Technology to stealthily load malware onto networked computers.
Google Releases reCAPTCHA API for Android
Google has released a reCAPTCHA API for Android, a first for the mobile applications.