Eric S. Raymond recently documented one of the first public calls for free software, which happened immediately after AT&T’s fateful decision commercialize Unix: [I]n October 1984 I was in a crowd of people watching a presentation by a woman from…
Jaff Malware Probe Uncovers Link to Cybercrime Marketplace
Researchers have discovered a shared backend infrastructure between the Jaff ransomware and a black market carder shop.
'Instantly Rechargeable' Battery Could Change the Future of Electric Cars
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Science Daily: A technology developed by Purdue researchers could provide an “instantly rechargeable” method that is safe, affordable and environmentally friendly for recharging electric and hybrid vehicle batteries through a quick and easy…
Scientists Decipher the Neural Code For Faces
New submitter akakaak writes: In a new paper published in Cell, researchers Le Chang and Doris Tsao claim to have uncovered “The Code for Facial Identity in the Primate Brain.” They develop a model representing each face as a vector…
'Our Streets Are Made For People': San Francisco Mulls Ban On Delivery Robots
Norman Yee, an American elected official in San Francisco, has recently proposed legislation that would prohibit autonomous delivery robots — which includes those with a remote human operator — on public streets in the city. In a statement provided to…
FCC Seeks To Increase ISP Competition In Apartment Buildings
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Exclusive deals between broadband providers and landlords have long been a problem for Internet users, despite rules that are supposed to prevent or at least limit such arrangements. The Federal Communications…
JRR Tolkien Book 'Beren and Luthien' Published After 100 Years
seoras quotes a report from BBC: A new book by Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien is going on sale — 100 years after it was first conceived. Beren and Luthien has been described as a “very personal story”…
Fireball Malware Infects 250 Million Computers Worldwide
A massive malware campaign has already infected 250 million Windows and Mac OS computers worldwide.
WikiLeaks Dumps CIA Patient Zero Windows Implant
Pandemic is a Windows implant built by the CIA that turns file servers into Patient Zero on a local network, infecting machines requesting files with Trojanized replacements.
Threatpost News Wrap, June 2, 2017
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the ShadowBrokers crowdfunding attempt, errors in WannaCry, a new Wikileaks dump, last week’s Samba vulnerability, and the OneLogin breach.