An anonymous reader quotes a report from Digital Trends: Comcast already pipes internet into millions of homes, and now it wants to take its service to the airwaves. In April, the media giant announced the details of a new service,…
Google Home Gets Notifications, Hands-Free Calling, a TV Interface and More
Google has announced several news features for Google Home to help it better compete against the Amazon Echo. The six new features coming to Google Home include: notifications, free calling to phones in the U.S. and Canada, calendar and reminders,…
How the Lights Have Gone Out For the People of Syria
dryriver shares an excerpt from a report via the BBC that shows what the impact of the Syrian war looks like from space: Six years of war in Syria have had a devastating effect on millions of its people. One…
The Older the Doctor, the Higher the Patient Mortality Rate, Study Finds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The age of your doctor may impact the quality of the care you receive — and even cut your chances of survival — researchers report in the British Medical Journal. Harvard…
Next NSA Exploit Payload Could be Much Worse Than WannaCry
Researchers urge Windows admins to apply MS17-010 before the next attack using the EternalBlue NSA exploit deploys a worse payload than WannaCry ransomware.
APT3 Linked to Chinese Ministry of State Security
Researchers claim that APT3, widely believed to be a China-based threat actor, is directly connected to the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS).
News in brief: Depp film stolen by hackers; Facebook fined again; social media blocked in Ukraine
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
WannaCry: the ransomware worm that didn’t arrive on a phishing hook
Email doesn’t seem to have been the initial vector for WannaCry, which initially took hold in south-east Asia
Brooks Brothers reveals theft of payment card details
Retailer suggests ‘unauthorized individual’ was behind the breach – and says it’s now resolved
Cryptocurrency-mining malware cashes in on NSA exploit that enabled WannaCry
WannaCry continues to hit headlines, but it’s not the first piece of malware to make use of the NSA’s EternalBlue exploit