Ryuk, Ryuk, Ryuk: Georgia’s courts hit by ransomware
Enlarge / Court systems in Georgia are down due to a ransomware attack. Surprise.
Georgia’s Judicial Council and Administrative Office of the Courts is the victim of the …
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Google Stadia exec isn’t worried about data caps—but he probably should be
Enlarge / A Google Stadia controller and a Google Chromecast Ultra.
The Google executive in charge of the company’s new Stadia game-streaming service says he thinks data caps won’t be …
In-the-wild Mac malware kept busy in June—here’s a rundown
June was a busy month for Mac malware with the active circulation of at least six threats, several of which were able to bypass security protections Apple has built into …
Florida LAN: Someone clicks link, again, giving Key Biscayne ransomware
Enlarge / Key Biscayne, Florida, is the third Florida local government to get hit by ransomware within a month.
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A third Florida …
“We need to up our game”—DHS cybersecurity director on Iran and ransomware
Enlarge / Christopher Krebs, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, at a recent Senate hearing. Krebs issued a warning earlier this week on a surge in Iranian state-sponsored “malicious cyber activity.”
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Apple moves Mac Pro production from Texas to China
Enlarge / An inside view of the new Mac Pro.
Apple is manufacturing the new Mac Pro in China, marking a change from the previous Mac Pro that was made …
Renewable electricity beat out coal for the first time in April
Enlarge / Wind turbines near Palm Springs, California.
A remarkable thing happened in the US in April. For the first time ever, renewable electricity generation beat out coal-fired electricity generation …
New ransomware infections are the worst drive-by attacks in recent memory
An ongoing operation that’s installing ransomware and other malware on the computers of unsuspecting website visitors is one of the most potent drive-by attack campaigns researchers have seen in recent …
House votes to block Ajit Pai’s plan to kill San Francisco broadband law
The US House of Representatives has voted to block Ajit Pai’s attempt to kill a San Francisco ordinance designed to promote broadband competition in apartment buildings.
As we reported last …
WireGuard on Windows early preview
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WireGuard 0.0.14 pre-alpha, running on an x1.small machine at packet.net. It’s uploading across a WireGuard tunnel at 1.2Gbps to a Linux machine, also at packet.Jim Salter
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Here, it’s downloading