In Pictures: Robots that cook, clean, sing and dance
Cooking, learning language and doing the laundry are a few of the human skills demonstrated by.real humanoid bots featured in the National Geographic movie Robots.
View ArticleThink Apple OS X is below the malware radar? Think again
Instances of Apple OS X malware are soaring this year, already totaling more than five times the number tallied over the previous five years combined, according to an in-house Bit9 + Carbon Black tally.
View ArticleDell computers shipping with potentially dangerous root certificate authority
At least some Dell laptops are shipping with a trusted root certificate authority pre-installed, something that those who discovered the CA are comparing to the Superfish adware installed on Lenovo...
View ArticleThere’s finally reason to hope in the war against ransomware
Now when ransomware tries to take over your computer, there’s something you can be sides pay up: stop it, buy more time to deal with it or mitigate the damage it might do, Security BSides Boston...
View ArticleD-Link camera can be hijacked to become a spy-cam
D-Link is working to fix a weakness that allows attackers to take over remote control of one of its camera so they can eavesdrop, and the company is checking whether others of its products have similar...
View ArticleKaspersky: Ransomware that encrypts is booming
Over the past year the number of machines hit by ransomware that encrypts all or part of the hard drive is five-and-a-half times what it was the year before, according to Kaspersky Lab.
View ArticleStuxnet the movie: The U.S. has pwned Iran
The new documentary about Stuxnet, ‘Zero Days’, says the U.S. had a far larger cyber operation against Iran called Nitro Zeus that has compromised the country’s infrastructure and could be used as a...
View ArticleKaspersky researchers love “Mr. Robot” hacker but claim no Snowden ties
Malware researchers for Kaspersky Lab took to Reddit’s IAmA chat today and pronounced an affection for the hacker-hero TV show “Mr. Robot” but not NSA hacker Edward Snowden.
View ArticleBlack Hat: Kaspersky is seeking white hats
The security vendor has started up a bug-bounty program.
View ArticleBlack Hat: How to make and deploy malicious USB keys
USB keys were famously used as part of the Stuxnet attack on the Iranian nuclear program and for good reason: it’s got a high rate of effectiveness, according to a researcher at Black Hat 2016.
View Article14 essential Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts
There are plenty of ways to navigate Windows 10, but sometimes using keyboard shortcuts is the most convenient and can save time and effort.
View ArticleImperva: Application layer DDoS attacks are on the rise.
Application layer DDoS attacks are becoming more common, perhaps because they cost less for malicious actors to execute and can more effectively evade defenses than network layer attacks, Imperva says.
View ArticleIntel spinout: McAfee is back
Intel is going to spin out its subsidiary Intel Security as a joint venture with investment firm TPG, redubbing the new entity with its old name – McAfee.
View ArticleLargest DDoS attack ever delivered by botnet of hijacked IoT devices
Securing the internet of things should become a major priority now that an army of compromised devices – perhaps 1 million strong - has swamped one of the industry’s top DDoS protection services.
View ArticleBlockchain can help secure medical devices, improve patient privacy
If implemented properly, blockchain can help secure medical devices and improve patient privacy, but the key is proper implementation, according to a top security pro at Partners Healthcare.
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