jenningsthecat writes: As reported here back in February, the CBC, (Canada’s national broadcaster), revealed DNA test results which indicated the chicken used in Subway Restaurants’ sandwiches only contained about 50% chicken. Now, Subway is suing the public broadcaster for $210…
Apple Forces Recyclers To Shred All iPhones and MacBooks
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Apple released its Environmental Responsibility Report Wednesday, an annual grandstanding effort that the company uses to position itself as a progressive, environmentally friendly company. Behind the scenes, though, the company undermines attempts…
Drupal Closes Access Bypass Vulnerability in Core Engine
Drupal released a point update for its core engine to patch a critical access bypass vulnerability.
Stuxnet LNK Exploits Still Widely Circulated
Endpoints are still encountering exploits for the LNK vulnerability, one of the principal infection mechanisms used by the Stuxnet worm.
20 Linksys Router Models Vulnerable To Attack
Researchers say more than 100,000 Linksys routers in use today could be vulnerable to 10 flaws found in 20 separate router models made by the company.
Google Fixes Unicode Phishing Vulnerability in Chrome 58, Firefox Standing Pat
Google fixed a vulnerability that could’ve let an attacker carry out phishing attacks with Unicode domains in Chrome but Mozilla is holding off – for now.
How tech support scammers have made millions of dollars
Researchers who spent eight months digging into the scammers’ techniques reveal the tools the bad guys use and the money they’ve made
Never can say goodbye: face scans for departing US visitors fast-tracked
Biometric Exit, a scheme launched under Obama to check departing passengers, is being rolled out to every international airport in the US
News in brief: Bose ‘spying’ on users via app; Samsung annoys users over Bixby; Microsoft raps gag orders
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Phishing with ‘punycode’ – when foreign letters spell English words
Many letters in English come from Greek, so they look the same even if they don’t sound the same. Phishers could use this to trick you…