Slashdot reader BrianFagioli has posted an update about his communication with Opera over their plans for iOS. They’d originally tweeted Thursday that “at this moment we don’t have a team working on IOS which is why we haven’t released any…
Ask Slashdot: Is There A Screen-Less, Keyboard-Less, Battery-Powered Computer?
Long-time Slashdot reader Wycliffe writes: So I have a travel keyboard that I love. I can carry my OS on a USB flash drive. There are several options for portable battery powered monitors. The only thing I’m missing to have…
Security Analyst Concludes Windows 10 Enterprise 'Tracks Too Much'
A viral Twitter rant about Windows 10 Enterprise supposedly ignoring users’ privacy settings has since been clarified. “I made mistakes on my original testing and therefore saw more connections than I should have,” writes IT security analyst Mark Burnett, “including…
Facebook Bans Sale of Piracy-Enabling Set-Top Boxes
Lirodon quotes a report from Variety: Facebook has joined the fight against illegal video-streaming devices. The social behemoth recently added a new category to products it prohibits users to sell under its commerce policy: Products or items that “facilitate or…
10 Years Later: FileZilla Adds Support For Master Password That Encrypts Your Logins
An anonymous reader writes: “Following years of criticism and user requests, the FileZilla FTP client is finally adding support for a master password that will act as a key for storing FTP login credentials in an encrypted format,” reports BleepingComputer….
UCF Research Could Bring 'Drastically' Higher Resolution To Your Phone and TV
New submitter cinemetek quotes a report from University of Central Florida: Researchers at the University of Central Florida have developed a new color changing surface tunable through electrical voltage that could lead to three times the resolution for televisions, smartphones…
A Third of the Nation's Honeybee Colonies Died Last Year
A third of the honeybees in the United States were lost over the last year, part of a decade-long die-off experts said may threaten our food supply. USA Today reports: The annual survey of roughly 5,000 beekeepers showed the 33%…
Hackers Have Targetted Both the Trump Organization And Democrat Election Data
An anonymous reader writes: Two recent news stories give new prominence to politically-motivated data breaches. Friday the Wall Street Journal reported that last year Guccifer 2.0 sent 2.5 gigabytes of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee election data to a Republican operative…
Rash Of Phishing Attacks Use HTTPS To Con Victims
Phishing sites are deploying freely available TLS certificates in order to dupe victims into thinking they’re visiting a safe site.
Threatpost News Wrap, May 26, 2017
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap the news of the week, including the EternalRocks worm, the latest on WannaCry, a subtitle hack, and a Twitter flaw.