Researchers find bug in Python script may have affected hundreds of studies
Enlarge / A Python coding error may have bitten as many as 150 different published chemistry research studies.
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AT&T charged customers for a corporate tax that it doesn’t have to pay
Enlarge / An AT&T store in Chicago.
AT&T charged customers in Portland, Oregon for a corporate tax that AT&T doesn’t actually have to pay. AT&T has agreed to provide refunds …
Sikorsky makes its bid for Army’s next scout copter
Enlarge / An artist’s rendering of Sikorsky’s proposed Raider X attack-scout helicopter.
As the Association of the US Army (AUSA) kicks off its annual Washington, DC meeting—a …
Planting tiny spy chips in hardware can cost as little as $200
More than a year has passed since Bloomberg Businessweek grabbed the lapels of the cybersecurity world with a bombshell claim: that Supermicro motherboards in servers used by major tech firms, …
Activists’ phones targeted by one of the world’s most advanced spyware apps
Mobile phones of two prominent human rights activists were repeatedly targeted with Pegasus, the highly advanced spyware made by Israel-based NSO, researchers from Amnesty International reported this week.
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AT&T raises prices 7% by making its customers pay AT&T’s property taxes
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Telecom companies like AT&T love creating new fees to tack on customer bills, and they really love raising those fees after customers sign contracts that are …
“Troll Factory” turns disinformation campaigns into teaching game
Enlarge / You, too, can become a Director of Disorder.
Half of the battle against disinformation campaigns is educating people about how they work. And that’s why the Finnish public …
Attackers exploit an iTunes zeroday to install ransomware
Attackers exploited a zeroday vulnerability in Apple’s iTunes and iCloud programs to infect Windows computers with ransomware without triggering antivirus protections, researchers from Morphisec reported on Thursday. …
Rent-a-troll: Researchers pit disinformation farmers against each other
Enlarge / For a relatively low price, you can unleash troll and bot armies to manipulate social media just like (or better than) state actors.
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Iran shows off new killer wheeled robots designed to take on tanks, infantry
Enlarge / A Heidar-1 UGV gets busy with its assault rifle in a demonstration by the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces (NEZAJA).
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