Unpatched Linux bug may open devices to serious attacks over Wi-Fi
A potentially serious vulnerability in Linux may make it possible for nearby devices to use Wi-Fi signals to crash or fully compromise vulnerable machines, a security researcher …
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Yahoo is deleting all content ever posted to Yahoo Groups
Enlarge / The Yahoo Groups home page.
Yahoo Groups is shutting down after more than 18 years, and the Verizon-owned company is deleting all content from the site in mid-December.…
Chrome rolls out new protections preventing password and data theft
Google is temporarily increasing the rewards it pays for hacks that exploit holes in a beefed-up security protection that debuted in desktop versions of Chrome last month. Chrome for Android, …
T-Mobile and Sprint get FCC approval to merge in 3-2 party-line vote
Enlarge / Federal Communication Commission Republican members (L-R) Brendan Carr, Michael O’Rielly, and Chairman Ajit Pai participate in a discussion during the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 23, 2018 in National Harbor, Maryland.
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SpaceX says 12,000 satellites isn’t enough, so it might launch another 30,000
Enlarge / 60 Starlink satellites stacked for launch at SpaceX facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
SpaceX is seeking permission to launch another 30,000 low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites for its Starlink …
US claims cyber strike on Iran after attack on Saudi oil facility
Enlarge / Saudi defence ministry spokesman Colonel Turki bin Saleh al-Malki displays pieces of what he said were Iranian cruise missiles and drones recovered from the attack site that targeted Saudi Aramco’s facilities, during a press conference in Riyadh on
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Is the software world taking too much from the open source community?
Enlarge / Stock photos continue to be a gift to the world. Maybe it’s sometimes on par with open-source software.
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Free and open source software enables …
Bringing in the big gun: Army paves way for “strategic cannon”
Enlarge / US Army troopers assigned to the Field Artillery Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, fire their M777 Howitzer. The Army is looking for a gun with a bit more range—over 1,000 nautical miles.
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Washington State keeps enforcing net neutrality as it hails FCC court loss
Enlarge / Washington State Capitol building in Olympia, Washington.
Although the Federal Communications Commission abandoned its regulation of net neutrality, it wouldn’t be accurate to say there are no net …
Data for a whopping 26 million stolen payment cards leaked in hack of fraud bazaar
A thriving online bazaar selling stolen payment card data has been hacked in a heist that leaked the records for more than 26 million cards, KrebsOnSecurity reported on Tuesday.
The …