Games company ZeniMax successfully sued Facebook-owned Oculus for $500 million earlier this year, and now it has a new target in sight: Samsung. The company has filed a new lawsuit over Samsung’s Gear VR headset, claiming that “Samsung knowingly profited…
38,000 People a Year Die Early Because of Diesel Emissions Testing Failures
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Diesel cars, trucks, and other vehicles in more than 10 countries around the world produce 50 percent more nitrogen oxide emissions than lab tests show, according to a new study. The…
Matthew Hickey on WannaCry Ransomware Outbreak
Matthew Hickey, founder of HackerHouse and @hackerfantastic on Twitter, talks to Mike Mimoso about Friday’s WannaCry ransomware outbreak.
WannaCry Variants Pick Up Where Original Left Off
Exploits spreading WannaCry ransomware have surfaced after the discovery of a killswitch put a quick halt to the initial global outbreak.
OpenVPN Audits Yield Mixed Bag
The results of two audits of the open source software OpenVPN were shared late last week. One found two legitimate vulnerabilities, the other said the service is cryptographically “solid.”
WannaCry benefits from unlearned lessons of Slammer, Conficker
We’ve been here before with malware – so why was WannaCry able to cause such havoc around the world?
Monday review – the hot 23 stories of the week
From the Wanna Decrypter attack and the artist forced to unlock his phone to the Google Play apps ‘saying’ they don’t collect your data, and more!
Who’s targeting you on Facebook? A browser extension wants your data
But hang on – what happens to the data the campaign collects via its Chrome extension to learn more about election ads on Facebook? We asked the founders
The Windows worm is back – and this time it’s serious
Worms are a malware tactic from back in the day – but they still remain tricky to mitigate against
WannaCry: here’s what we know now about the outbreak
As the dust settles after Friday’s outbreak, things are becoming clearer and it seems this was an unsophisticated use of a sophisticated tool